Ye (Hebei)
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36°16′29″N 114°24′01″E / 36.2748°N 114.4002°E
Ye or Yecheng (
province.Ye was first built in the
History
In 204, Cao Cao wrestled the city of Ye from Yuan Shao's son Yuan Shang. As the preceding battle of Ye had destroyed the inner city, Cao Cao set about rebuilding the city in the mold of an imperial capital.[1] He initiated a number of works in Ye, digging canals in and around the city to improve irrigation and drainage, building the Hall of Civil Splendour (文昌殿) which was to become the centerpiece of Ye's palace complex,[2] and erecting the Bronze Bird Terrace in 210 that became much-celebrated in Chinese poetry. Cao Cao's impact on Ye was so extensive that he alone, more than any ruler of the city before and after, is associated with the city of Ye in the Chinese cultural memory.[3]
Shi Le made Ye the capital of his Later Zhao dynasty of the fourth century.[4]
In the 490s,
Some scholars, such as Ku Chi-kuang[8] reported that the Hebei region continued to harbour separatist sympathies into the Tang dynasty. It was the region from which An Lushan launched his rebellion during the reign of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong. The city was razed after the rebellion's failure.
Extensive excavations of the city have been made in recent years, allowing Chinese historians to make detailed plans of the site. In 2012, archaeologists unearthed nearly 3,000
A community of merchant
References
- ^ Tsao 2020, p. 16.
- ^ de Crespigny 2010, pp. 334–6.
- ^ Tsao 2020, p. 3.
- ISBN 0-8135-1304-9.
- ^ Arthur Cotterell. The Imperial Capitals of China: An Inside view of the Celestial Empire. London: Pimlico, 2007, page 93.
- ^ Cotterell, p. 93
- ^ E. G. Pulleyblank. The Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-Shan. Oxford University Press, London Oriental Series, Volume 4., 1966. Page 76.
- ^ "Ku Chi-kuang, "An-Shih Luan ch'ien chih Ho-pei Tao', Yen-ching Hsueh-pao 19 (1936), pp. 197-209
- ^ "Pictures: 3,000 Ancient Buddhas Unearthed in China". National Geographic. 2012-04-17. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ISBN 978-0-521-49781-7.
- ISBN 978-90-04-18522-7.
- Tsao, Joanne (2020). The city of Ye in the Chinese literary landscape. Leiden Boston: Brill. OCLC 1141200097.