Many Worlds under One Heaven: Material Culture, Identity, and Power in the Northern Frontiers of the Western Zhou, 1045-771 BCE

Many Worlds under One Heaven: Material Culture, Identity, and Power in the Northern Frontiers of the Western Zhou, 1045-771 BCE

歷史上沒有文字的人群如何發聲？這是本書的問題意識。書寫是權力的展現，不可避免帶有書寫者的主觀。以《詩經•北山》「溥天之下，莫非王土；率土之濱，莫非王臣」開山，形成了以西周統治者為主體的大一統史觀，其強調周王對於四土的政治控制，也側重周文化對於四方人群的同化。