Essays on Tang and pre-Tang China
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Essays on Tang and pre-Tang China

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Essays on Tang and pre-Tang China

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This first volume of studies by Professor Pulleyblank opens with an abridged version of his inaugural lecture at Cambridge, on Chinese history and world history. The next pieces look at the historiography of Tang China, and more broadly at Chinese attitudes to the writing of history and the critical methods that were employed. The An Lushan rebellion (755CE) forms an important focal point in the book, with studies on the racial background of the rebel and the impact of the rebellion on governmental systems, as well as on the intellectual history of the period. A further article examines the system of population registration in Tang China and its bearing on the interpretation of population statistics, while the final item goes outside the Tang to discuss the origins and role of slavery as a legal institution in China.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040231272
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Half Title
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. I: Chinese History and World History
  10. II: The Tzyjyh Tongjiann Kaoyih and the Sources for the History of the Period 730–763
  11. III: The Shun-tsung Shih-lu
  12. IV: Liu K'o, a Forgotten Rival of Han Yü
  13. V: Neo-Confucianism and Neo-Legalism in T'ang Intellectual Life, 755–805
  14. VI: Chinese Historical Criticism: Liu Chih-chi and Ssu-ma Kuang
  15. VII: A Sogdian Colony in Inner Mongolia
  16. VIII: Registration of Population in China in the Sui and T'ang Periods
  17. IX: The An Lu-shan Rebellion and the Origins of Chronic Militarism in Late T'ang China
  18. X: The Origins and Nature of Chattel Slavery in China
  19. Index