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Author:   Hok-Lam Chan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.810kg
ISBN:  

9781138337343

ISBN 10:   113833734
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   09 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Chinese Official Historiography at the Yuan Court: The Composition of the Liao, Chin and Sung Histories 2. Wang O’s Contribution to the History of the Chin Dynasty (1115-1234) 3. Comprehensiveness (T’ung) and Change (pien) in Ma Tuan-lin’s Historical Thought 4. Siting by Bowshot: A Mongolian Custom and its Sociopolitical and Cultural Implications 5. The Demise of Yuan Rule in Mongolian and Chinese Legends 6. The Rise of Ming T’ai-Tsu (1368-98): Facts and Fictions in Early Ming Official Historiography 7. Liu Chi (1311-75) and his Models: The Image-Building of a Chinese Imperial Adviser 8. Liu Chi (1311-75) in the Ying-Lieh Chuan: The Fictionalization of a Scholar-Hero 9. Chang Chung and his Prophecy: The Transmission of the Legend of an Early Ming Taoist 10. A Mongolian Legend of the Building of Peking.

Reviews

'...the sequence of articles gathered together here...certainly reinforce each other to add up to a very valuable and well indexed resource for the study of 13th- and 14th-century China, especially in the fields of historiography and of religion and folklore.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, Vol. 63, No. 2 'While the volume can only include a sampling of Hok-lam Chan's rich scholarly output, readers are treated to an impressive offering.' China Review International 'All in all, China and the Mongols is a valuable collection that gives a set of superbly-documented essays on three important research topics.' Mongolian Studies

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