Exploring the Origins of "history of Liao": a Compilation and Research Series of Twenty-four Histories
by Miao Runbo
About This Novel
Yuanxiu's "History of Liao" is the most basic and important document for studying the history of the Liao Dynasty. It alone formed the main cognitive framework of the history of the Khitan Dynasty in today's academic circles. However, the academic circles' discussion of the source of historical materials and the compilation process of Yuanxiu's "History of Liao" is quite weak. In order to thoroughly clarify the historical origin of the "History of Liao" revised by the Yuan Dynasty, this book first makes an overall discussion of the textual sources of each part of the "History of Liao", and then divides special chapters to examine the parts of "History of Liao" that have more factors compiled by historians in the Yuan Dynasty, including "Emperor Tianzuo Chronicle", "Yingwei Zhi", "Bingwei Zhi", "Geography", "Rites", "Le Zhi", "Yiwei Zhi", "Food and Goods" and "Deeds of the Western Liao". This book systematically studies the text sources, generation process, existing problems and historical material value of each part of the "History of Liao" revised by Yuan Dynasty, presents the life course of "History of Liao" itself, and isolates the narrative framework compiled and constructed by Yuan Dynasty historians. At the same time, this book places "History of Liao" in the context of the generation and evolution of ancient Chinese official history texts, highlights its universal and particular significance, makes methodological reflections on traditional historical source studies, and explores possible paths of text criticism from the perspective of history.
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