Hua-shi-gang; Hua-shih-kang

Japanese: 花石綱 - かせきこう（英語表記）Hua-shi-gang; Hua-shih-kang

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty in China, a fleet of ships transported flower stones to the capital Bianjing (Kaifeng). Prime Minister Cai Jing (蔡京) learned that Emperor Huizong liked rare flowers and strange stones, and sent his close aide Zhu Men to Jiangnan to search for flower stones. In order to do so, the transporters even stole rare flowers and strange stones from ordinary people's homes, and in trying to transport huge stones obtained from Lake Tai in Jiangnan, they destroyed all the water gate bridges of the prefectures and counties they passed through, causing great damage to society at the time as well as the hardships of the transporters. This caused the Fang La Rebellion (1120-21). However, this rebellion led to the suspension of the flower stone project.

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Japanese:

中国の北宋末，花石を首都汴京 (開封) に運搬した船団。宰相蔡京 (さいけい) は，徽宗皇帝が珍花奇石を好むのを知り，腹臣朱めんを江南に派し，花石を求めさせた。このため庶民の家の珍花奇石までも強奪し，江南の太湖で得た巨石を運ぼうとして，通過する州県の水門橋梁をことごとく破壊するなど，運搬夫の労苦とともに当時の社会に大きな被害を与えた。方臘の乱 (1120～21) が起ったのはこのためであった。しかし，この乱を機に花石綱は中止された。

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