The original "AI 朝廷" project pioneered the brilliant concept of mapping ancient Chinese governmental structures to modern AI multi-agent collaboration. First published February 22, 2026.
The Tang Dynasty (唐朝三省六部制) configuration in regimes/china/tang/ is the original
author's work, preserved unchanged with full attribution.
We extend our deepest gratitude for this creative and inspiring open-source contribution.
CivAgent (AI 文明) extends the original concept to cover 20 Chinese dynasties and 37 global empires, creating a universal multi-regime governance platform.
- Fork maintained by @LeoLin990405 — a data professional & online part-time history undergraduate & AI programming enthusiast
- Original concept and Tang Dynasty implementation: @wanikua
- @wanikua — The original AI 朝廷 project that started it all
- Sid Meier's Civilization — The "choose your civilization" concept that inspired CivAgent's core interaction model
- 钱穆《中国历代政治得失》 — 五代政治制度的经典对比分析,本项目最核心的灵感
- 钱穆《国史大纲》 · 吕思勉《中国制度史》 · 白钢 主编《中国政治制度史》
- 阎步克《品位与职位》 · 田余庆《东晋门阀政治》 · 黄仁宇《万历十五年》
- 杨宽《战国史》 · 姚大力《读史的智慧》 · 陈寅恪《唐代政治史述论稿》《隋唐制度渊源略论稿》
- 邓小南《祖宗之法》 · 萧启庆《蒙元史新研》 · 茅海建《天朝的崩溃》
- Aristotle, Politics · Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws
- Max Weber, Economy and Society · S.N. Eisenstadt, The Political Systems of Empires
- Francis Fukuyama, The Origins of Political Order
- Charles Tilly, Coercion, Capital, and European States
- Douglass North, Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
- Perry Anderson, Lineages of the Absolutist State
- Samuel Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies
- Wooldridge & Jennings, "Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice" (1995)
- Dorri et al., "Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey" (2018)
- Herbert Simon, Administrative Behavior (1947)
- Henry Mintzberg, The Structuring of Organizations (1979)
- Yale Open Courses: Donald Kagan (Ancient Greek History), Steven B. Smith (Political Philosophy)
- HarvardX ChinaX · 中国大学 MOOC 北京大学 (阎步克、邓小南)
- BBC The Story of China (Michael Wood) · CCTV《中国通史》· PBS Empires series
Full reference list (with per-regime citations): see 灵感来源 & 参考文献 in README
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