Mirroring the Past : the Writing and Use of History in Imperial China /
China is known for its deep veneration of history. Far more than a record of the past, history to the Chinese is the magister vitae (teacher of life): the storehouse of moral lessons and bureaucratic precedents. Mirroring the Past presents a comprehensive history of traditional Chinese historiograph...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2005]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. The Age of Confucius The Genesis of History
- Chapter 2. From the Warring States Period to the Han: The Formation and Maturation of Historiography
- Chapter 3. The Age of Disunity: Proliferations and Variations of Historiography
- Chapter 4. The Tang: The History Bureau and Its Critics
- Chapter 5. The Song: Cultural Flourishing and the Blooming of Historiography
- Chapter 6. The Jin and the Yuan: History and Legitimation in the Dynasties of Conquest
- Chapter 7. The Ming: The Flowering of Private Historiography and Its Innovations
- Chapter 8. The Qing: Histories and the Classics
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors