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Author_Hok-Lam Chan
Autumn Annals
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Chin Capital
Chin History
Chinese elements
Chinese folktales
Chinese Historiographical Tradition
Chinese legends
Chu Ti
Comprehensiveness
Cultural history
Divine Book
elite popular traditions
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Hanlin Academy
Historical Compilation
Historical Composition
historical narrative analysis
imperial historiography
Liu Chi
Ma Tuan Lin
Ming Founder
Mongol elements
Mongol Lama
Mongol Rulers
Mongol-Chinese cultural exchange
Mongolian Version
Moon Cake
Mountain Cave
National History Office
official dynastic records
Official Historiography
Poyang Lake
Qubilai Qaghan
San Kuo Chih
Southern Sung
Veritable Records
Yuan Ming dynasty legend studies
Yung Lo Emperor
Product details
- ISBN 9781138615601
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 148 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 20 Dec 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Published in 1999. A common theme linking these papers is that of the interaction of élite and popular traditions, as found in the writings and folktales of Yuan and Ming China. The first studies focus on historical writings, not just as topics of intellectual and cultural history, but as foundations for understanding the sources of that time and seeing how earlier periods were viewed - for example, in the composition of the Liao, Chin and Sung histories at the Mongol-Yuan court in the 1340s. A second cluster examines a number of popular legends in which Mongol and Chinese elements can be seen to mix: the use of a bowshot in choosing a site, as in the story of the founding of Peking; the legends of the foundation of the Ming dynasty; or the image and fictionalisation of the great Ming statesman, Liu Chi.
