The Making of Song Dynasty History The Making of Song Dynasty History

The Making of Song Dynasty History

Sources and Narratives, 960–1279 CE

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In this ambitious work of political and intellectual history, Charles Hartman surveys the major sources that survive as vestiges of the official dynastic historiography of the Chinese Song dynasty (960–1279). Analyzing the narratives that emerge from these sources as products of Song political discourse, Hartman offers a thorough introduction to the texts and the political circumstances surrounding their compilation. Distilling from these sources a 'grand allegory of Song history', he argues that the narratives embedded within reflect tension between a Confucian model of political institutionalism and the Song court's preference for a non-sectarian, technocratic model. Fundamentally rethinking the corpus of texts that have formed the basis of our understanding of the Song and of imperial China more broadly, this far-reaching account of historiographical process and knowledge production illuminates the relationship between official history writing and political struggle in China.

GENRE
Geschichte
ERSCHIENEN
2020
8. Oktober
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
751
Seiten
VERLAG
Cambridge University Press
GRÖSSE
26,7
 MB

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