CONFLICT,EVOLUTION,AND CONTINUATION:SPATIAL SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION WISDOM OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENT IN URBAN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
The theoretical and technological development of city defense during the Northern and the Southern Song dynasties was close to the peak.The defense space and construction wisdom of the human settlements in the Southern Song Dynasty is mainly reflected in three aspects:historical figures,city guards'military books,and construction practices.Among them,the construction of defense environment of human settlements is shaped by the game among knowledgeable people.The ideas of urban construction developed into a predominantly defensive pattern in the midst of conflict and intermingling,which promoted the participation of the literati in the military,contributed to the evolution and development of the book of city guards and soldiers,and directed the planning and design of defense space of urban human settlements in the Southern Song Dynasty.Analyzing the characteristics of the site layout,joint defense mechanism,and defense space of the border city by summarizing the wisdom of the military book of city guards and the construction of the defense system of human settlements,this paper further probes into the historical continuity and renewal of the wisdom in the defense system of human settlements,and summarizes the structure and construction wisdom of the city defense space of the Southern Song Dynasty,hoping to provide a reference for the understanding,protection,and development of the military city defense heritage of the city walls in Ming and Qing dynasties.
cities of the Southern Song Dynastyhuman settlementsconstruction wisdomdefense system