1. Studies/Sources on Kaifeng imperial palace? (Shinno, Reiko)

Dear Professor Shinno, For a brief introduction of the archaeological discoveries and research of Northern Song Kaifeng, she could refer to the first part of Chapter 13 in Liu Qingzhu 劉慶柱 ed., *Zhongguo gudai ducheng kaogu faxian yu yanjiu*中國古代都城考古發現與研究 vol.1 (Beijing: shehui kexue wenxian, 2016). There have been quite a few studies on the imperial city and the palace city of Northern Song Kaifeng in recent years based on the archaeological finds and the textual descriptions, such as Qiu Gang丘剛, Li Hequn李合群, Liu Chunying劉春迎, and Ge Qifeng葛奇峰's studies (they used to be or are in charge of Kaifengshi wenwu gongzuo dui開封市文物工作隊) and Zhang Jing張勁's monograph, *Liang Song Kaifeng Lin'an huangcheng gongyuan yanjiu*兩宋開封臨安皇城宮苑研究 (Jinan: Qilu shushe, 2008). The discussion mainly focuses on the issues of the perimeter of the palace wall, the layout, and the city-gates. I am afraid the question of the size of the palace halls and rooms could be hardly answered from archaeological perspective. Some Song sources like Songhuiyao provide some basic descriptions (eg. the size of the Bright Hall). I think your colleague might be interested in Professor Deng Xiaonan's鄧小南 paper, "Yanyin zhijian: Songdai shangshuneisheng guankui掩映之間—宋代尚書內省管窺," *Hanxue yanjiu*漢學研究 27.2 (2009): 5-42, in which the author explores the role of female Inner Court Secretariat in handling official documents in the palace. Also, Professor Ebrey in her *Emperor Huizong* has a vivid account of palace lives of the emperor, officials, clerks, technocrats, and palace women. The layout of the palace city of Kaifeng in English is included in the book (p.5). Best, Siyin Zhao Ph.D. Candidate History Department Binghamton University szhao9@binghamton.edu On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 12:02 PM <listserv-request@mail.songyuan.org> wrote: > Send Listserv mailing list submissions to > listserv@mail.songyuan.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.songyuan.org/mailman/listinfo/listserv_mail.songyuan.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > listserv-request@mail.songyuan.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > listserv-owner@mail.songyuan.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Listserv digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Studies/Sources on Kaifeng imperial palace? (Shinno, Reiko) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 03:52:59 +0000 > From: "Shinno, Reiko" <SHINNOR@uwec.edu> > To: "Listserv@mail. songyuan. org" <listserv@mail.songyuan.org> > Subject: [Song-Yuan Listserv] Studies/Sources on Kaifeng imperial > palace? > Message-ID: > < > SN6PR08MB5056DDB1DD6AA7301F44B9CACBFE0@SN6PR08MB5056.namprd08.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Colleagues, > > > A quick question from my Japanese Studies colleague. Are there a lot of > studies/sources on Kaifeng imperial palace as it was during the Northern > Song? She's particularly interested in how empresses and imperial consorts > resided in the palace, I think. How big each room might have been. How > they were placed within the building, etc. We are aware that a current > "palace" in Kaifeng city is a reconstruction and the original one was > burned down when the Jin entered the city. But we are hoping that there > might be archaeological reports or secondary source that have analyzed > textual materials... Thank you for whatever advice you may be able to give > us. > > > Reiko Shinno, Ph.D. > Professor, Department of History > Chair, Transnational Asian Studies Committee > University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire > (715)836-4995 > shinnor@uwec.edu<mailto:shinnor@uwec.edu> > http://uwec.academia.edu/ReikoShinno > > >