{"product_id":"the-writing-of-official-history-under-the-tang-paperback-9780521522939","title":"The Writing of Official History under the T'ang (Paperback) 9780521522939","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Writing of Official History under the T'ang\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book describes the selection, processing and editing of material for an authorized history of the T'ang.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDenis Twitchett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521522939, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 November 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book describes how the Chinese government, between about 620 and 850, developed an official organization designed to select, process, and edit material for inclusion in official historical works eventually to be incorporated in an official history of the dynasty. The first part gives a detailed account of the establishment of the official apparatus designed to produce a record of the T'ang dynasty, which would remain standard for more than a millennium, with some analysis of the individuals who served in these offices. The second part gives all available detail about the various works produced by this apparatus, divided among its various genres, and listing all known titles, their authorship, and their relationships to one another. The third part shows the cumulative process by which a dynastic history came into being, and the way in which we can detect various elements in the completed history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Conventions\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Bureaucratic Apparatus: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The bureaucratic apparatus\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Compilation of the Historical Record: 3. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 4. The court diaries (Ch'i-chii chu)\u003cbr\u003e 5. The inner palace diaries (Nei Ch'i-chii chu)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The record of administrative affairs (Shih-cheng chi)\u003cbr\u003e 7. The daily calandar (Jih-li)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Biographies\u003cbr\u003e 9. Histories of institutions, historical encyclopedias, and collections of documents\u003cbr\u003e 10. The veritable records (Shih-lu)\u003cbr\u003e 11. The national history (Kuo shih)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Chiu T'ang shu: 12. The compilation of the Chiu T'ang shu\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Chiu T'ang shu and its sources: the basic annals\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Chiu T'ang shu and its sources: the monographs\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019767533848,"sku":"9780521522939","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521522939i_5ef4e22c-900d-478d-9028-134cbd4597b6.jpg?v=1691383676","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-writing-of-official-history-under-the-tang-paperback-9780521522939","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}