Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Zhang, D; Jim, CY; Lin, CS; He, YQ; Lee, F |
| 刊名 | CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
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| 出版日期 | 2005 |
| 卷号 | 50期号:2页码:137-144 |
| 关键词 | climatic change war social unrest dynastic cycle temperature anomaly |
| ISSN号 | 1001-6538 |
| DOI | 10.1360/03wd0641 |
| 通讯作者 | Zhang, D(zhangd@hkucc.hku.hk) |
| 英文摘要 | The evident connection between human evolution and climatic changes has been concurred by scientists. Although many people are trying to forecast the impacts of climatic changes on our future society, there are not any studies to quantitatively scrutinize the interrelation between climatic changes and social developments by using historical data. In line with this knowledge gap, this study adopted a scientific approach to compare the paleoclimatic records with the historical data of wars, social unrests, and dynastic transitions in China spanned from the late Tang to Qing Dynasties. Results showed that war frequency in cold phases was much higher than that in mild phases. Besides, 70%-80% of war peaks and most of the dynastic transitions and nationwide social unrests in China took place in cold phases. This phenomenon could be attributed to the diminishing thermal energy input in cold phases resulting in the fall of land-productivity and hence, the deficiency of livelihood resources across society. Accompanied with certain social circumstances, this kind of ecological stress was transformed into wars and social unrests, followed by dynastic transitions in most of the cases. By closer examination, it was even found that war frequency was negatively correlated with temperature anomaly series. As land carrying capacities vary from one climatic zone to another, the magnitude of war-temperature association also differed among different geographic regions. It is suggested that climatic change was one of the most important factors in determining the dynastic cycle and alternation of war and peace in ancient China. |
| 收录类别 | SCI ; SSCI |
| WOS关键词 | LATE HOLOCENE ; KA BP ; TEMPERATURE ; VARIABILITY ; CIRCULATION ; MILLENNIUM ; HISTORY ; RECORDS ; STATE ; RIVER |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000228262700009 |
| 出版者 | SCIENCE CHINA PRESS |
| URI标识 | http://www.irgrid.ac.cn/handle/1471x/2555694 |
| 专题 | 寒区旱区环境与工程研究所 |
| 通讯作者 | Zhang, D |
| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, D,Jim, CY,Lin, CS,et al. Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2005,50(2):137-144. |
| APA | Zhang, D,Jim, CY,Lin, CS,He, YQ,&Lee, F.(2005).Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,50(2),137-144. |
| MLA | Zhang, D,et al."Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 50.2(2005):137-144. |
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