Publications that Use CBDB Data

The spatiotemporal evolution and network analysis of the imperial examination jinshi groups in the past dynasties (ZhANG Qiang et al., 2022)

Yasheng Huang, Clair Yang. 2022. "A Longevity Mechanism of Chinese Absolutism." The Journal of Politics 84(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/714934.

An Institutional Trilemma of Meritocracy: Evidence from Civil Service Examinations in the Ming Dynasty(KE Rongzhu, HONG Wei, ZHENG Enying, 2023)

Bol, Peter K. Localizing Learning: The Literati Enterprise in Wuzhou, 1100-1600. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2022.

Wang, Yuhua. The rise and fall of imperial China : the social origins of state development. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2022.

China Biographical Database and Elite Distribution Research in Sichuan: A Case Study of Sichuan Elites in the Song Dynasty(Xiaohong Wang, 2022)

Blood is Thicker Than Water: Elite Kinship Networks and State Building in Imperial China(Yuhua Wang, 2022)

Visual Reasoning for Uncertainty in Spatio-temporal Events of Historical Figures(Wei Zhang, Siwei Tan, Siming Chen et al., 2022)

De Weerdt, Hilde, Brent Ho, Allon Wagner, Jiyan Qiao, and Mingkin Chu. “Is There a Faction in This List?” Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 4, no. 2 (2020): 347–89. doi:10.1017/jch.2020.16

Chen, Song. “Writing for Local Government Schools: Authors and Themes in Song-Dynasty School Inscriptions.” Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 4, no. 2 (2020): 305–46. doi:10.1017/jch.2020.11.

Tackett, Nicolas. “The Evolution of the Tang Political Elite and Its Marriage Network.” Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 4, no. 2 (2020): 277–304. doi:10.1017/jch.2020.6.

Tsui, Lik Hang, and Hongsu Wang. “Harvesting Big Biographical Data for Chinese History: The China Biographical Database (CBDB).” Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 4, no. 2 (2020): 505–11. doi:10.1017/jch.2020.21.

Bol, Peter. “The Visualization and Analysis of Historical Space.” Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 4, no. 2 (2020): 511–19. doi:10.1017/jch.2020.22.

A New Perspective on the Study of Literature (Songci): Text Correlation and Spatio-Temporal Visual Analytics(Zhang Wei, Tan Siwei, Liu Kai et al., 2019)

General Introduction of the Digital Resources of Historical Chinese Studies in U.S. and Europe (Geng Yuanli, 2019)

The social networks of antiquities collectors in the late Northern Song(Hsu Ya-hwei, 2018)

Digital Humanistic Perspective, A Study on the Visualization of Political Network in Song Dynasty Based on Symbolic Analysis(Chengxi Yan, Jun Wang, 2018)

Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Northern Song Dynasty Authors in the Complete Song Prose - A Search Based on QGIS and Other Techniques(Xiaohong Wang, 2017)

Exploring Lives of China Ming-Qing Female Poets (Hu Jiajia, 2017)

Chen, Song. "Governing a Multicentered Empire: Prefects and Their Networks in the 1040s and 1210s." In State power in China, 900-1325, edited by Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Paul J. Smith, 101-52. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2016.

Some Visualization Approaches to the Study of Classical Chinese Literature: A Case Study on Tang Xianzu (Yongming XU, 2016)

The Imperial Examination Society and Regional Order: a Study of Song Dynasty Notable Families in Xiuzhou(Junjie Huang, 2015, Master's Thesis)

如何利用CBDB 找出《鳳墅帖》結集的人脈 (PDF) Four students of National Taiwan University and Tamkang University reported their findings in using CBDB at the 4th International Conference on Sinology. They tried to explore the social relationships for the owner of Fengshutie 鳳墅帖, a collection of letters written in Chinese calligraphy.

GIS, prosopography and history (Peter Bol, 2012)

The Daoxue Movement and Local Society: The Jinhua Case / 道學運動與地方社會: 以南宋婺州為例 By Peter K. Bol Harvard University / 哈佛大學包弼德Given at The Fagu Lectureship on the Humanities at Peking University on 2011/12/18 at Peking University.

Visualizing CBDB Data from the Song to Ming Dynasties: ArcGIS Technique and Methodology This is a project paper by Darius Li and Adam Mitchell in Professor Peter Bol's c200r class. Darius and Adam gave a wonderful explanation of step-by-step procedures of how to visualize CBDB with ArcGIS software.