“Interpreting Buddhist Precepts with Confucian Rites” Based on Their Similarity and Dissimilarity: A Perspective of the History of Ideas in Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties by Kai Sheng, Bangwei Zhou

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Technical Study of the Paint Layers from Buddhist Sculptures Unearthed from the Longxing Temple Site in Qingzhou, China by Yan Song, Linlin Zhou, Yunpeng Wang, Fangzhi Liu, Juwen Guo, Ruixia Wang, Austin Nevin

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Ancient Chengdu and the Silk Road by He Yimin

“…During the period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (420-581), the Hexi Corridor along the Silk Road was blocked by the war, resulting in the interruption of the Northern Silk Road from Chang’an (currently Xi’an). …”
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The language aspects of Chinese papercuts / Florence Kuek Chee Wee by Kuek, Florence Chee Wee

“…Its history can be traced as far back to the period known as the Northern and Southern Dynasties (386-581 A.D.) Nonetheless, Chinese paper cutting is an age-old handicraft of the Chinese people. …”
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Paramārtha’s Ultimate Truth and the Development of Chinese Buddhism’s Ultimate Truth by Sijia Wang, Huanhuan He

“…This paper discusses the development of ideas of the ultimate in the thought of Chinese Buddhism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The concept of ultimate truth is, along with that of conventional truth, a core concept in Mahāyāna Buddhism. …”
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The Celestial Masters and the Origins of Daoist Monasticism by Qi Sun

“…The second saw the Southern Dynasties’ Celestial Masters order embrace and experiment with the beliefs and values within the Lingbao scriptures; this process introduced the inherent communitarian nature of the Celestial Masters into the development of Daoist monasticism and resulted in the large-scale transformation of religious practice among the Celestial Masters of the period. …”
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A study on the spatial distribution and historical evolution of grotto heritage: a case study of Gansu Province, China by Yang Runze

“…The Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Ming and Qing Dynasties had more grottoes than the Wei, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties. …”
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Research on the Spatial–Temporal Distribution and Morphological Characteristics of Ancient Settlements in the Luzhong Region of China by Mengfei Tong, Baihao Li, Zhao Li

“…The study found that the Neolithic period, the Shang–Zhou period, and the Qin–Northern and Southern Dynasties were the three high points of settlement development. …”
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Dressing as horsemen: the universalisation of steppe dress in the first half of Tang dynasty China (618-755) by Nomoto, K

“…Previous studies tend to regard the diffusion of the riding dress as a natural consequence of the preceding situation, that is, the intrusion of steppe peoples and correspondingly of their clothing customs into mainland China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386-589). This thesis tackles the question from a new angle, first, by effectively synthesising iconographic, textual and archaeological materials and, secondly, by taking into account recent historiography on Tang politics emphasising on the interethnic political networking at the Tang court in the context of the competitive and entangled interstate relationships in Eastern Eurasia that the Tang experienced in its attempt to survive. …”

A Humane Kings Convocation Held in the Zhongxing Palace: A New Study of the P. 3808 <i>Sutra Sermon</i> by Changchun Pei, Wei Li

“…Additionally, this analysis can provide a more systematic understanding of the Humane Kings Convocations (<i>Renwang hui</i> 仁王會), which have had a significant impact on East Asia since the late Southern Dynasty.…”
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The Creation of <i>Jiansi</i>: Study on the Buddhist Monastic Supervision System during the Sui and Tang Dynasties by Jing Guo

“…This <i>jiansi</i> system can be seen once in the period of Gaochang Kingdom (449–640) in the Turpan region, and is traceable to the role of the Lay Rectifier of Monks created by Emperor Wu of Liang (r. 502–549) in the Southern dynasty. It is then officially created by Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 604–618) but failed quickly in the Tang dynasty. …”
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What Do the Lingbao Celestial Scripts Tell Us about Some Fundamental Characteristics of Daoism? by Pengzhi Lü

“…It then summarizes how Lu Xiujing 陸修靜 (406–477), a prominent Daoist of the Liu Song Southern Dynasty, classified and understood the various scripts in his <i>Catalogue of Lingbao Scriptures</i> (<i>Lingbao jingmu</i> 靈寶經目). …”
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