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China and the Mongols

History and Legend Under the Yüan and Ming

By: Hok-Lam Chan

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China and the Mongols

History and Legend Under the Yüan and Ming

By: Hok-Lam Chan

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.

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Routledge

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0429809093

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9780429809095

Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

By: Hok-lam Chan

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Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

By: Hok-lam Chan

This second collection of studies by Hok-lam Chan focuses on the person and the image of Ming Taizu, the founder of the Ming dynasty, and a powerful, brutal and autocratic emperor who has had a significant impact not only in late imperial China, but also in East Asia, over the last six centuries. Individual studies look at the legitimation of the dynasty, particular military and religious figures, policies of persecution and punishment, and struggles over the succession.

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375

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Taylor & Francis

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1000940233

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9781000940237

Li Chih 1527-1602 in Contemporary Chinese Historiography

New light on his life and works

By: Hok-Lam Chan

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Li Chih 1527-1602 in Contemporary Chinese Historiography

New light on his life and works

By: Hok-Lam Chan

This title was first published in 1980. The present monograph, primarily a collection of annotated translations of these recent studies, is neither a new appraisal of Li Chih drawing on these materials nor a critical evaluation of the current Chinese scholarship on his life and thought. In a modest way it is an attempt to make these new sources of information more readily accessible to the sinological community to faciliate research. The divisions of this study are: two sections consisting of translations of new materials on Li Chih, with an analytical introduction on the significance of these discoveries, and two appendices of bibliographical accounts of primary and secondary sources down to recent times.

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1351711784

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Book's by Hok-Lam Chan

China and the Mongols

China and the Mongols

Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

Li Chih 1527-1602 in Contemporary Chinese Historiography

Li Chih 1527-1602 in Contemporary Chinese Historiography

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