长杨宫 / Changyang Palace

Overview

长杨宫 / Changyang Palace enters the wiki through Hanji 551 as the site of 汉成帝’s shooting-bear spectacle and the immediate setting behind 扬雄’s 《长杨赋》.

Current Profile

The current evidence is narrow. Hanji 551 says Chengdi has captured animals brought to the palace’s shooting-bear enclosure, uses nets to confine them, and watches Hu men fight wild beasts for reward. The episode treats the spectacle as late-Western-Han display power built on burdensome mobilization of commoners and as the event that later becomes literary material for Yang Xiong.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han palace setting tied to Chengdi’s animal spectacle.
• Site where captured beasts and human combat become imperial entertainment.
• Literary occasion for Yang Xiong’s 《长杨赋》 in the current source set.

Evidence

• Hunting spectacle: Hanji 551 says Chengdi sends captured animals to Changyang Palace’s shooting-bear enclosure and watches combat there.
• Literary occasion: Hanji 551 says Yang Xiong later writes 《长杨赋》 after accompanying Chengdi to the site.

Qualifications

This page does not reconstruct Changyang Palace’s architecture, location history, full institutional role, or all literary references. It only records the Hanji 551 spectacle-and-fu context.

What Changed

• Created a compact page for the Changyang Palace setting behind Chengdi’s spectacle and Yang Xiong’s fu.

Relationships

• 汉成帝 - ruler whose spectacle is staged at Changyang Palace.
• 扬雄 - writer whose 《长杨赋》 is tied to the palace event.
• 西汉 - dynasty and court setting for the palace.