Chugoku Kodai No Oken to Tenka Chitsujo (Hozokan Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] This study historically examines the concept of Tianxia" that took shape in ancient China and the structure of the Tianxia-type state" based on that concept. Using Tang Dynasty China as a case study and incorporating comparisons with Japan, this study examines the spatial structure of Tianxia as well as the characteristics of royal authority and public sphere, and explores the territorial expansion of the concept of Tianxia and its significance. Furthermore, by analyzing the various institutions that constituted the capital such as the imperial palace system and rituals to worship Heaven this study concretely depicts the legitimacy of royal authority and the reality of the governing structure, and discusses the historical process by which Tianxia" came to carry dual meanings, referring to both the state and the world.

中国古代に形成された「天下」観念と、それにもとづく「天下型国家」の構造を歴史的に解明。唐代中国を素材に、日本との比較を交えつつ、天下の空間構造や王権・公共性の特質を検討し、天下観念の領域的拡大とその意味を考察する。さらに、宮闕制度や祭天儀礼など都城を構成する諸装置を分析し、王権の正統性と支配機構の実態を具体的に描き出し、また天下が国家と世界の両義を帯びるに至った歴史的過程を論じる。