出版社: Oxford University Press
副标题: A New History
出版年: 2012-8-14
页数: 320
定价: USD 34.95
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780195159318
内容简介 · · · · · ·
The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different, and far more interesting, as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable arc...
The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different, and far more interesting, as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archaeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. For millennia, key records remained hidden--often deliberately buried by bureaucrats for safe keeping. But the sands of the Taklamakan Desert have revealed fascinating material, sometimes preserved by illiterate locals who recycled official documents to make insoles for shoes or garments for the dead. Hansen explores seven oases along the road, from northwest China to Samarkand, where merchants, envoys, pilgrims, and travelers mixed in cosmopolitan communities, tolerant of religions from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism. Hansen notes that there was no single, continuous road, but a chain of markets that traded between east and west. China and the Roman Empire had very little direct trade. China's main partners were the peoples of modern-day Iran, whose tombs in China reveal much about their Zoroastrian beliefs. Hansen writes that silk was not the most important good on the road; paper, invented in China before Julius Caesar was born, had a bigger impact in Europe, while metals, spices, and glass were just as important as silk. Perhaps most significant of all was the road's transmission of ideas, technologies, and artistic motifs. The Silk Road is a fascinating story of archeological discovery, cultural transmission, and the intricate chains across Central Asia and Southeast Asia.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
芮乐伟·韩森(Valerie Hansen),耶鲁大学历史教授,著名汉学家。著有《开放的帝国:1800 年之前的中国》(The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800,2015)、《传统中国日常生活中的协商:中古契约研究》(Negotiating Daily Life in Tradition China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts, 600 —1400,1995)、《变迁之神——南宋时期的民间信仰》(Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127—1276,1990)等汉学专著。
张湛,哈佛大学近东语言与文明系伊朗学方向博士候选人。
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0 有用 oonira 2018-01-03 00:30:19
不太新
0 有用 地下宇航员 2021-10-06 04:16:39
7.5/10.
0 有用 Duke 2015-06-18 22:24:08
姚大力老师的推荐。。。
1 有用 一一 2015-12-13 01:21:10
柏孜克里克千佛洞风光没拍好
0 有用 Jason 2016-12-26 21:59:56
10%
0 有用 Petit Matin 2023-11-29 09:22:30 北京
The last chapter on Khotan is quite rich in details.
0 有用 地下宇航员 2021-10-06 04:16:39
7.5/10.
0 有用 叶繁华 2021-02-17 19:15:52
别的不说,和其他读者感受大致类似,考据做的很不错,也增长了不少小知识。但写敦煌那一章怕是能气到所有中国人——用了十页字数讲斯坦因从王道士那里骗取敦煌石窟里的卷轴的过程,结果最后竟然用了“务实”来评价此次强盗行为:我拿别人家东西是不对,但是我可以拿到我家保存得更好,并且我丝毫不感觉到我的做法有什么不对🙄
0 有用 人在鹭洲 2020-10-10 03:56:11
丝路旧史没怎么读过,新史也不知道新在哪里。本书最重要的结论是,丝路大规模贸易的传统说法,无法得到出土文物和文献的支持,所以丝路主要的作用不是物质交流,而是科技、文化、思想和宗教。作为汉学家,感觉韩森应该是不太招中国同行喜欢的那类,因为她明显地更信任出土文献,而不是中国传统史书,比如她对贵霜帝国是由大月氏所建立这一说法表示强烈怀疑。另外,外国人研究中国史,感觉难免多少有层隔膜。体现在这本书里是,小苍... 丝路旧史没怎么读过,新史也不知道新在哪里。本书最重要的结论是,丝路大规模贸易的传统说法,无法得到出土文物和文献的支持,所以丝路主要的作用不是物质交流,而是科技、文化、思想和宗教。作为汉学家,感觉韩森应该是不太招中国同行喜欢的那类,因为她明显地更信任出土文献,而不是中国传统史书,比如她对贵霜帝国是由大月氏所建立这一说法表示强烈怀疑。另外,外国人研究中国史,感觉难免多少有层隔膜。体现在这本书里是,小苍蝇不断,比如说安禄山是中国历史上第一次种族屠杀,不知道把冉闵之流置于何地? (展开)
0 有用 范范范饭 2020-07-17 16:37:07
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