Acknowledgements iii
Abbreviations and Conventions iv
Introduction 1
0.1. The Transformation of Medieval Elites 3
0.2. Tomb epitaphs as a historical source 9
FIGURES 18
Chapter 1: Structures and Values of the Elites 25
1.1. Officeholders and their values 27
1.2. Merchants, landowners, and their ideals 33
1.3. Relative economic wealth of elites 41
1.4. Regional distribution of elites 44
1.5. Conclusion 47
FIGURES 50
Chapter 2: The Medieval Aristocracy 60
2.1. Past scholarship 62
2.2. Choronyms, clan lists, and local prestige 65
2.3. Legitimacy of great clan claims 72
2.4. The northeastern and southeastern aristocracies 78
2.5. Survival of genealogies and genealogical knowledge 86
2.6. Aristocratic mentality in the tenth century 89
2.7. Conclusion 93
APPENDIX. Preliminary observations on the impact of
Hebei provincial culture on Luoyang metropolitan society
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FIGURES 101
Chapter 3: Intergenerational Social Mobility and Marriage Ties 109
3.1. Social differentiation of elite types 111
3.2. Upward mobility among civilian bureaucrats 114
3.3. Upward social mobility in the military 122
3.4. Intergenerational elite-type mobility 125
3.5. Exogamous marriages 132
3.6. Youzhou civil-military elites 135
3.7. Conclusion 136
FIGURES 140
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Chapter 4: Elite Migration 145
4.1. Identifying migrants 147
4.2. Elite migration before Huang Chao’s Rebellion 149
4.3. Elite migration after Huang Chao’s Rebellion 155
4.4. The geography of migration 162
4.5. The social and human impact of migration 167
4.6. Conclusion 173
FIGURES 178
Chapter 5: Geography of Power 181
5.1. Migration in groups 183
5.2. Regional overrepresentation at the capital 190
5.3. Capital elites 199
5.4. Conclusion 206
FIGURES 210
Conclusion 212
Bibliography 218
Person Name Index 231
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