Mirroring the past the writing and use of history in imperial China
Writing and use of history in imperial China
On-cho Ng and Q. Edward Wang
- Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2005
- xxiii, 306 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and index.
The Age of Confucius: the Genesis of History -- From the Warring States Period to the Han: The Formation and Maturation of Historiography -- The Age of Disunity: Proliferations and Variations of Historiography -- The Tang: The History Bureau and Its Critics -- The Song: Cultural Flourishing and the Blooming of Historiography -- The Jin and the Yuan: History and Legitimation in the Dynasties of Conquest -- The Ming: Flowering of Private Historiography and Its Innovations -- The Qing: Histories and the Classics.