Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China 9780824843205

China is known for its deep veneration of history. Far more than a record of the past, history to the Chinese is the mag

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Table of contents :
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
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