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.本文所用数据集关联于论文《中国古代社会地图（social map）的动态结构》（2022，《Physica A》，https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.128209）。本文呈现了公元618年至1644年间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间社会关联（social association）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条社会关联，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与自然科学研究者使用，可用于进一步探究地理社会架构的演化模式，以及基于社会网络（social network）视角的地理历史研究。 本数据集包含3个文件："Networks.xlsx"、"Coordinates.xlsx"与"SocialMap.html"。其中，"Networks.xlsx"包含3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。该文件内含9个工作表，对应9个不同朝代的数据集，依次为初唐、晚唐、北宋前期、北宋后期、南宋前期、南宋后期、元代、明代前期与明代后期。值得注意的是，"Networks.xlsx"可直接通过网络可视化软件Gephi进行可视化处理。"Coordinates.xlsx"包含4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、第二列分别为城市的英文名称与中文名称，第三、第四列则为城市的经度与纬度。"SocialMap.html"提供了一个可视化平台，用户可在此平台中直观地选择并展示社会地图的演化过程。