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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.
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.
Published in 1999. A common theme linking these papers is that of
the interaction of elite 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.
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.
Published in 1999. A common theme linking these papers is that of
the interaction of elite 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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