Chapter 6. The Jin and the Yuan: History and Legitimation in the Dynasties of Conquest

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Prologue vii
4. Chapter 1. The Age of Confucius The Genesis of History 1
5. Chapter 2. From the Warring States Period to the Han: The Formation and Maturation of Historiography 31
6. Chapter 3. The Age of Disunity: Proliferations and Variations of Historiography 80
7. Chapter 4. The Tang: The History Bureau and Its Critics 108
8. Chapter 5. The Song: Cultural Flourishing and the Blooming of Historiography 135
9. Chapter 6. The Jin and the Yuan: History and Legitimation in the Dynasties of Conquest 167
10. Chapter 7. The Ming: The Flowering of Private Historiography and Its Innovations 193
11. Chapter 8. The Qing: Histories and the Classics 223
12. Epilogue 259
13. Glossary 265
14. Bibliography 275
15. Index 295
16. About the Authors 307