| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 377 pages) : illustrations, tables, graphs |
| Contents |
Introduction : toward a dynamic historiography of the Song dynasty -- The Song state compendium -- Li Tao and the Long draft -- Lin Xinchuan and the Chronological record -- The Daoxue historians -- The Song history -- Political precedents and the origins of historical narrative -- Song history and grand allegory : an introduction -- An empire of benevolence -- From soldier to sage : deifying the prime ancestor -- The lineage of evil : benevolence undermined -- The rhythms of Song history |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-359) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 29, 2020) |
| Subject |
Historiography
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Song Dynasty (China)
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Sources
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China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Historiography
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108877176 |
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1108877176 |
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9781108883207 |
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1108883206 |
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