Mirroring the Past : : The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China / / On-cho Ng, Q. Edward Wang.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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