A dataset of dynamical social map in ancient China: 618-1644

The data set of this article is related to the paper "Dynamical structure of social map in ancient China" (2022, Physica A, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.128209) . This article demonstrates the data of social relations between cities in ancient China, ranging from 618 AD to 1644 AD. The raw data of social associations between elites used to build social maps are extracted from the China Biographical Database. The raw data contain 14610 elites and 29673 social associations, which cover 366 cities in China. The dataset of this article is relevant both for social and natural scientists interested in the social and economic history of ancient China. The data can be used for further insights/analyses on the evolutionary pattern of geo-social architecture, and the geo-history from the viewpoint of social network. The dataset contains $3$ files: "Networks.xlsx", "Coordinates.xlsx", and "SocialMap.html". The "Networks.xlsx" has 3 columns, representing the source node (city), target node (city), and weight of a link between two nodes, respectively. The "Networks.xlsx" contains $9$ sheets, which are the data for different dynasties named by Early Tang, Late Tang, Early Northern-Song, Late Northern-Song, Early Southern-Song, Late Southern-Song, Yuan, Early Ming, and Late Ming. Noticeably, the "Networks.xlsx" can be visualized by the network software of Gephi directly. The "Coordinates.xlsx" has 4 columns storing longitude and latitude for all cities that appeared in 9 networks. The first and second columns are English names and Chinese names of cities; the third and fourth columns are longitudes and latitudes of cities. The "SocialMap.html" provides a visualization platform, in which users could select and illustrate the evolution of social maps intuitively.本文的数据集关联于2022年发表于《Physica A》的论文《中国古代社会地图的动态结构》（DOI：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.128209）。本文展示了公元618年至1644年中国古代城市间的社会关系数据。用于构建社会地图的精英社会交往原始数据提取自中国传记数据库（China Biographical Database）。该原始数据集包含14610位精英与29673条社会交往关系，覆盖中国境内366座城市。本数据集可供关注中国古代社会与经济史的社会科学及自然科学研究者使用，可用于从社会网络视角开展地理社会结构演化模式与地理历史相关的深度分析与研究。本数据集包含3个文件："Networks.xlsx"、"Coordinates.xlsx"与"SocialMap.html"。其中，"Networks.xlsx"包含三列数据，分别代表源节点（城市）、目标节点（城市）以及两节点间连边的权重。该文件共包含9个工作表，对应9个不同朝代的数据集，依次为初唐、晚唐、北宋早期、北宋晚期、南宋早期、南宋晚期、元代、明初与明末。值得注意的是，"Networks.xlsx"可直接通过Gephi网络分析软件进行可视化。"Coordinates.xlsx"包含四列数据，存储了9个网络中出现的所有城市的经纬度信息：第一、二列为城市的英文名称与中文名称，第三、四列为城市的经度与纬度。"SocialMap.html"提供了可视化平台，用户可在此平台中直观地选择并演示社会地图的演化过程。