The cradle of heaven-human induction idealism: agricultural intensification, environmental consequences and social responses in Han China and Three-Kingdoms Korea
- Authors
- Zhuang, Yijie; Lee, Heejin; Kidder, Tristram R.
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- Han China; heaven-human induction idealism; agricultural intensification; Yellow River floods; Three-Kingdoms period Korea
- Citation
- WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY, v.48, no.4, pp.563 - 585
- Indexed
- AHCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY
- Volume
- 48
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 563
- End Page
- 585
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/86389
- DOI
- 10.1080/00438243.2016.1251850
- ISSN
- 0043-8243
- Abstract
- Han China (206 bc-ad 220) witnessed significant population growth, pronounced technological development, intensified agricultural practices and the construction of large-scale hydraulic engineering projects in the Yellow River. These processes coincided with increased frequency and intensity of major floods along the Yellow River. The interactions between flooding and social-technical developments fundamentally reshaped the politics of the Han and stimulated the formation of so-called heaven-human induction idealism. This Confucian environmental ethic gradually became a powerful orthodoxy that shaped political and economic behaviours and society's perspective on and actions towards utilizing environmental resources and transforming landscapes. Similar processes played out in Three-Kingdoms Korea (ad 300-668). The Korean case exemplifies how, as in China, this idealism was a product of the long-term interplay between state formation and the environment through the development of intensive agriculture.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - Graduate School > Department of Archaeology and Art History > 1. Journal Articles
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.