China and the Mongols History and Legend Under the Yüan and Ming 1st Edition by Hok Lam 9781138615601 1138615609

Table Contents:

1. I Chinese Official Historiography at the Yüan Court: The Composition of the Liao, Chin, and Sung Histories
2. II Wang O’s Contribution to the History of the Chin Dynasty (1115–1234)
3. III “Comprehensiveness” (Tung) and “Change” (Pien) in Ma Tuan-lin’s Historical Thought
4. IV Siting by Bowshot: A Mongolian Custom and its Sociopolitical and Cultural Implications
5. V The Demise of Yüan Rule in Mongolian and Chinese Legends
6. VI The Rise of Ming T’ai-Tsu (1368–98): Facts and Fictions in Early Ming Offical Historiography
7. VII Liu Chi (1311–75) and his Models: The Image-Building of a Chinese Imperial Adviser
8. VIII Liu Chi (1311–75) in the Ying-Lieh Chuan: The Fictionalization of a Scholar-Hero
9. IX Chang Chung and his Prophecy: The Transmission of the Legend of an Early Ming Taoist
10. X A Mongolian Legend of the Building of Peking
11. Index