The Rise of the Mongols
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The Rise of the Mongols

Five Chinese Sources

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Rise of the Mongols

Five Chinese Sources

About this book

Rise of the Mongols offers readers a selection of five important works that detail the rise of the Mongol Empire through Chinese eyes. Three of these works were written by officials of South China's Southern Song dynasty and two are from officials from North China writing in the service of the Mongol rulers. Together, these accounts offer a view of the early Mongol Empire very different not just from those of Muslim and Christian travelers and chroniclers, but also from the Mongol tradition embodied in The Secret History of Mongols. The five Chinese source texts (in English translation, each with their own preface):

  • Selections from Random Notes from Court and Country since the Jianyan Years, vol.2, by Li Xinchuan
  • "A Memorandum on the Mong-Tatars, "by Zhao Gong
  • "A Sketch of the Black Tatars, "by Peng Daya and Xu Ting
  • "Spirit-Path Stele for His Honor Yelü, Director of the Secretariat, "by Song Zizhen
  • "Notes on a Journey, "by Zhang Dehui


Also included are an introduction, index, bibliography, and appendices covering notes on the texts, tables and charts, and a glossary of Chinese and transcribed terms.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Chronology of Major Events
  9. Maps
  10. Introduction
  11. Selections from Random Notes from Court and Country since the Jianyan Years, vol. 2, by Li Xinchuan
  12. “A Memorandum on the Mong-Tatars,” by Zhao Gong
  13. “A Sketch of the Black Tatars,” by Peng Daya and Xu Ting
  14. “Spirit-Path Stele for His Honor Yelü, Director of the Secretariat,” by Song Zizhen
  15. “Notes on a Journey,” by Zhang Dehui
  16. Appendix 1: Notes on the Texts
  17. Appendix 2: Tables and Charts
  18. Appendix 3: Glossary of Chinese and Transcribed Terms
  19. Appendix 4: Image Details and Credits
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. Back Cover