Tombs of the Han Emperors - Kanteiryo (English spelling) Hàn dì líng

Japanese: 漢帝陵 - かんていりょう（英語表記）Hàn dì líng

The imperial tombs of the Western Han dynasty are the Ba Tomb of Emperor Wen and the She Tomb of Emperor Xuan, which are located in the hills south of Xi'an, while the other nine are all located on the north bank of the Wei River, in the Wuling Plains in Xianyang (five tombs have their own tomb towns). The identification of the imperial tombs was traditionally based on the theory of Biyuan (1730-97), but in recent years, field surveys and verification of ancient documents have led to a revised order: Maoling of Emperor Wu, Pingling of Emperor Zhao, Yanling of Emperor Cheng, Kangling of Emperor Ping, Weiling of Emperor Yuan, Yiling of Emperor Ai, Anling of Emperor Hui, Changling of Gaozu, and Yangling of Emperor Jing. The tomb system of the Han dynasty was inherited from that of the Qin dynasty, and it has huge fiefs shaped like truncated square pyramids. The Yangling and Weiling have sides of about 160m each and a height of about 30m, while the particularly large Maoling has a side of over 230m and a height of 46.5m.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

前漢の帝陵は文帝灞陵，宣帝社陵が西安の南方の丘陵にあるほか，他の9陵はすべて渭河北岸，咸陽の五陵原(5陵が陵邑をもつ)上にある。帝陵の比定は従来畢沅(1730‐97)の説によっていたが，近年実地調査と古文献との校定により，西から武帝茂陵，昭帝平陵，成帝延陵，平帝康陵，元帝渭陵，哀帝義陵，恵帝安陵，高祖長陵，景帝陽陵の順に改められた。漢の陵制は秦のそれを受け継ぎ，截頭方錐形の巨大な封土をもつ。1辺は陽陵，渭陵で共に約160m，高さ約30m，ひときわ大きい茂陵が1辺230余m，高さ46.5mを計る。

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