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Habsburg Empire, 2
Hai Rui (

, d. 1587), 97–100, 122–123, 198n56, 198n61, 200n43
Hainan Island, 35
Haldon, John, F., 8, 186n14, 186n15
Han dynasty (

, 206 BCE-220 CE), 19, 23–24, 32, 71, 144, 147, 150, 160, 199n13; centralization by, 23, 86, 132,

-236-

188n30; and Confucius, 88; decentralized rule by, 23, 86; emperor’s power in, 55, 192n26, 194n57; and family values, 126–128, 201n59; foreign policy of, 3435, 38, 189n54, 190n59; and intellectuals, 86–89, 93–95, 197n29, 198n53; laissez-faire policy of, 108, 132, 199n7; and local elites, 108–112, 199n14; songcollectors in, 203n11.
See also
Emperor Wu of Han; Later Han dynasty; Liu Bang
Han (

, “Chinese”), ethnic designation, 11, 165, 187n1
Han (

), noble lineage and regional state (after 453 BCE), 48, 188n24
Han (

) River, 12
Han Feizi (

, d. 233 BCE), 48, 53, 85–86, 126, 140, 192n22, 196n19
Han Yu (

, 768–824), 90, 197n38
“harmonious society” (
hexie shehui

), 181
Heaven (
tian

), supreme God, 30, 37; and monarchs, 12, 44, 48, 52, 57; and the people, 137, 139; and rebellions, 139–140, 155.
See also
Heaven’s Decree; Tengri
Heaven’s Decree/Mandate (
tian ming

), 47, 50, 57,
69
, 137, 156
Hebei Province, 27
Hegel, Georg W. F. (1770–1831), 1
hegemony, cultural, 4, 7, 9, 77, 80, 89, 93, 101–102, 130, 158, 161, 163, 185n6; in modern China, 166–167, 175, 181.
See also
Gramsci
hegemony, political: Springs-and-Autumns period, 13–14
heir apparent, 66–67,
69
, 73, 194n55
Helian Bobo (

381–425), emperor of Xia (r. 407–425), 198n53
Hellenistic empires, 2
Hemingway, Ernest M. (1899–1961), 204n49
hierarchy, social, 2, 30,
59
, 118, 121, 127, 136, 160; of abilites, 51; and hierarchical mind-set, 5, 135; in Qin, 106–108; and ritual system, 141–143
Historical Records
(
Shiji

), 149, 197n46, 199n9.
See also
Sima Qian
historiography, modern, 1, 8, 44, 159, 186n14, 203n18
historiography, traditional, 28, 57,
59
, 134; and banditry, 145; and emperors, 44, 66–67, 72, 98; and Han Emperor Wu, 88, 197n32; ideological conventions of, 6–7; and intellectuals’ identity, 96–100; and literary inquisitions, 89; official histories, 6–7; and rebels, 145, 148, 153154; and unification paradigm, 41–42. See also
Historical Records;
historiography, modern; Sima Guang; Sima Qian
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