Hou Xudong
侯旭东

Field of Study

Years of Stay at HYI

Aug 2001 to Jun 2002

University Affiliation (Current)

Current Research Projects: Early Medieval History of China, esp. focusing on local society and common people’s belief in the past works, and on the mechanism and structure of early Chinese empires as well as the recently unearthed bamboo slips.

Recent Publications

Hou Xudong. The routine in Han China. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press. 2022.
侯旭东:《汉家的日常》,北京:北京师范大学出版社,2022年

Hou Xudong. What is the study on the routine lives in History? Beijing: SDF Press, 2020.
侯旭东:《什么是日常统治史》,北京:三联书店,2020年

Hou Xudong. Favoritism: Monarchs’ relationship with subjects based on private trust and unfolding the Former Han History. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2018.
侯旭东:《宠:信—任型君臣关系与西汉历史的展开》,北京:北京师范大学出版社,2018年

Hou Xudong. Seeing medieval history of China closely, a collection of Hou Xudong. Shanghai: Zhongxi Book Company, 2015.侯旭东:《近观中古史:侯旭东自选集》,上海:中西书局,2015年

Hou Xudong. The Life-world of Villagers in Early Medieval China: Court, Local Governments and Cunli. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2005.侯旭东:《北朝村民的生活世界:朝廷,州县与村里》,商务印书馆,2005年

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