Territorial division of the Tangut State in text tang 824 (Tangut Fund of the IOM RAS)

Key Points

The analysis provides insights into the military structure based on the territorial division of the Tangut State.
Translation of two lines from the text highlights specifics of governance during a particular historical period.
The study uses a historical text fragment as evidence, underscoring the relevance of ancient documents for understanding state organization.
Findings suggest that the principles of division were critical to the administrative structure and effectiveness of the Tangut State.

Abstract

This article is a preliminary study of a text fragment containing historical evidence on the Tangut State’s territorial division. Later, military and administrative structure of this state was to be organized on the principles of this division. As a sample of further intended study, we present a translation and short analysis of two lines of this text that reflect the specifics of territorial and military division of Xixia State during a concrete historical period.

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Kirill M. Bogdanov (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dd91c7fe798ba2fc4983e2 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55512/wmo688485