Prof. LIU, William Guanglin (劉光臨)
Professor
Tel.: (852) 2616-8327
Fax.: (852) 2467-7478
Email: [email protected]
Location: Room 320, Ho Sin Hang Building, 何善衡樓320室
Areas of Interest
The Political Economy of Late Imperial China
Pre-modern Chinese Economic History
Chinese Military History
Neo-Confucianism and the Market Economy in Historical Perspective
Ph. D in History, Harvard University, 2005
M.A. in History, Peking University, 1993
B.A. in History, Peking University, 1990
I. Journal Papers & Book Chapters in recent years
1. <制度與數據之間:宋元明之際兩稅的去貨幣化進程--以溫州樂清為例> [The demonetization in the collection of land taxes during the Song-Yuan-Ming transition: a case study of Wenzhou],《歷史文獻研究》Lishi Wenxian Yanjiu (Shangahi:Zhongguo lishiwenxian yanjiuhui),No.1 (2017).
2. 'The Making of a Fiscal State in Song China, 960-1279,' Economic History Review, Vol. 68, Issue 1 (Feb. 2015), 48-78.
3. 'Market Integration in China, AD 960-1644', in A History of Market Performance from Ancient Babylonia to the Modern World, edited by R. J. van der Spek, B. van Leeuwen, and J. L. Zanden, Routledge (August 2014), 308-338.
4. <傳統中國如何對流通商品徵稅—關於宋代和晚清商稅徵收的比較研究> [How to Tax Commerce in Pre-industrial China], 《臺大歷史學報》The Historical Inquiry,Vol. 52, December 2013, 145-249.
5. 'Long-distance Trade and Water Transports in China, 1000-1800,' in多元視角下的封建主義:慶賀馬克垚先生80華誕學術論文集[Feudalism in Multiple Perspectives, A Collection of Papers in Celebration for Professor Keyao Ma's 80th anniversary], Beijing: Zhongguo shehuikexue wenxian chubanshe (May 2013), 446-485.
6. 'Agricultural Productivity in early modern Jiangnan,' in The Economy of Lower Yangzi delta in Late Imperial China, edited by Billy K. L. So, Routledge (Academia Sinica Series, 2013), 99-117.
7. 'Long-term changes in prices, wages and the size of the monetary economy in pre-industrial China, 1000-1770,' in 遺大投艱集:紀念梁方仲教授誕辰一百周年 [Yida toujian ji: A collection of papers in honorary of Liang Fangzhong], Guangzhou: Guangdong renmin (Dec 2012), 437-99.
8. <嶺南州府宋元明之際兩稅徵收的比較研究--以連州、廣州、潮州、惠州為例>[Evolution in the land taxes in Guangdong during the Song-Yuan-Ming transition], 《北大史學》Clio at Beida, No. 17 (December 2012), 68-105(Beijing:Beijing daxue chubanshe).
9. <嘉靖朝抗倭战争和一条鞭法的展开>[The Cause of the Single-whip Reform in the late Sixteenth Century], co-authored with Liu Hongling刘洪铃,《明清論叢》[A collection of essays on the Ming and Qing dynasties], No. 12 (June 2012), 113-148(Beijing:Gugong chubanshe).
10. <銀進錢退與明代貨幣流通體制>[Counterfeiting and the circulation of money in the Chinese economy, 1450-1600], 《河北大學學報》人文社會科學版[Journal of Hebei University, Philosophy & Social Sciences], Vol. 36, No. 2(2011), 24-32.
6. Song China's Water Transport Revolution Revisited: A Study of the 1077 Commercial Tax Data, Pacific Economic Review, Volume 17, No. 1 (2012), 57-85.
11. <明代通貨問題研究—對明代貨幣經濟規模和結構的初步估計>[An Estimate of Money Stock in the Ming Era], 《中國經濟史研究》[Researches in Chinese Economic History], Issue 1 (March 15, 2011), 72-83.
12. <回歸傳統—歷史學視野中的資本主義> [Writing Capitalism in Modern Historiography]. 《清華大學學報》人文社會科學版[Journal of Tsinghua University, Philosophy & Social Sciences], No.1 (January 2010), 14-26.
13. <宋明間國民收入長期變動之蠡測>[Estimation of Song and Ming China's National Incomes], 《清華大學學報》人文社會科學版[Journal of Tsinghua University, Philosophy & Social Sciences], Issue 3 (2009), 7-11.
The full text is reprinted by Xinhua wenzhai, 17 (2009), pp. 60-63. 《新華文摘》全文轉載, 17 (2009), 60-63;另外以"11—16世纪国民收入的长期变动与宋明之变"為題目在《中国社会科学文摘》轉載(中國社會科學雜誌社主辦,2009年 第10期 总第70期 10月1日出版 )
14. <市場、戰爭和財政國家—对南宋賦稅問題的再思考>[ Warfare, Markets and the Fiscal State: a reconsideration of Southern Song Taxation and finance], 《臺大歷史學報》The Historical Inquiry,Vol. 42 (December 2008), 221-285.
II.Book Publications
1. The Chinese Market Economy, 1000-1500 (Albany: the State University of New York Press, August 2015)
2. Wrestling for Power, the changing relationship between the state and the market economy, 1000-1500 (Hong Kong: the Chinese University Press, forthcoming)
3. Government Finance, ca. 980-1368, a monograph for the series of The Quantitative Economic History of China, ca. 960-1912 (to be published by Leiden: Brill; still in progress and the manuscript to be submitted on 1 May 2017)
Wrestling for power (a book manuscript) 2007-2008
As PI, HKUST RGC Direct Allocation Grant
Global prices and incomes, Asia-focusing 2nd stage 2007-2009
As CI, The National Science Foundation
Global prices and incomes, Asia-focusing 3rd stage 2009-2011
As CI, The National Science Foundation
The Study of Siege Wars in Sichuan, 1100-1279 2010-2011
As PI, RGC General Research Fund
How did the local government work in pre-industrial times: 2014-2016
Collection and analysis of the financial data
for Chinese local administrations, 1150-1550
As PI, RGC General Research Fund
- "The Song military state," presented at Panel "Chinese public finance: from military-fiscal state through the issues of common pool resources and foreign trade taxation to the emergence of public debt", the XVIIth World Economic History Congress, 3 August 2015, Kyoto, Japan.
- "Was the Song state set to fail: travel with Robert Hartwell in early modern Europe and Song China", presented at the Conference on Middle Period China: 800-1400", 7 June 2014, Harvard University, USA.
- "Changes in China's agricultural productivity, 1000-1600", presented at Panel "Accounting for the Great Divergence", the XVIth World Economic History Congress, 10 July 2012, Stenllbosch, South Africa.
- "The nature of Chinese economic data in Song and Ming eras", presented at Panel "Chinese economic performance since 1500: facts and data", the XVIth World Economic History Congress, 13 July 2012, Stenllbosch, South Africa.
- "A re-examination of the debate on agricultural productivity in Jiangnan," International Symposium on the Market Economy of the Lower Yangzi Delta in Late Imperial China: Space, Institutions and Networks, held on October 5-6, 2009, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei.
- "Warfare, public debts and capitalism:a financial study of the military defense in Sichuan, 1125-1275", presented at the panel "The Sinew of Power: Capital, Trade and Gunpowder in East and Southeast Asia, 1100-1644", The 2009 AAS Conference at Chicago, March 26-29, 2009
- "The nexus of power: warfare, market, and state formation in late imperial China, 1000-1600" presented at Panel "War and Economic History: A Global Perspective of the Centuries before World War I", the XVth World Economic History Congress, 4 August 2009, Utrecht.
- <明代货币经济质疑> [A Discussion on the monetary size of the Ming economy]. 「纪念梁方仲教授诞辰100周年中国经济史研究国际学术研讨会」(广州:中国经济史学会、清华大学历史学系和中山大学历史系合办,2008年11月20-21日)
- <陈寅恪与德国历史主义思想关系之探讨—兼论何以是日本学者首先提出宋代近世说>[A Discussion on relationship between Chen Yinke's writings and the thoughts of the German Historical School]. International Conference on New Perceptions in Song History宋史研究新视野研讨会, Guangzhou, Sun Yat-sen University, 08-09 March 2008.
- <北宋商税征收的比较研究>[A Comparative Study of the 1077 Song Commercial Taxes], "唐宋时期的文书传递与信息沟通"国际学术工作坊,北京大学中国中古史中心, 28 September 2007.
- "Exploration of Long-term changes in money supply, prices, and the size of the monetary economy in China: 1000-1600." Economic History Department, London School of Economics, 8 August 2007.
- "Long-term Changes in prices, wages, and the size of the monetary economy in pre-industrial China, 1000-1770." Harvard-Yenching Conference, 2-4 June 2006.