Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 703 g
Reihe: Variorum Collected Studies
Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 703 g
Reihe: Variorum Collected Studies
ISBN: 978-0-86078-399-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
From c. 1215 to 1368 China was part of the world empire of the Mongols, and during this period underwent many changes as the country was opened up to external influences - demographic, linguistic, religious, socio-economic. The studies by Herbert Franke collected here examine different aspects of this process, dealing with the polyethnicity of China under a dynasty of conquest and the cultural and political roles of non-Chinese, as well as the Chinese reaction, and antagonism to the situation. Of the articles, the first focus on source material, then on the position of the Mongol rulers, tracing their transformation from tribal chieftains into universal emperors, and gods. The following pieces look at cultural contacts, including the author's well-known survey of Sino-Western encounters, while the final ones use biographical studies to illuminate different aspects of Yüan China.
Zielgruppe
Academic and Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Contents: Preface; Chinese historiography under Mongol rule: the role of history in acculturation; Some remarks on Yang Yü and his Shan-chü hsin-hua; Some sinological remarks on Rasîd ad-dîn’s history of China; From tribal chieftain to universal emperor and god: The legitimation of the Yüan Dynasty; Could the Mongol emperors read and write Chinese?; Women under the dynasties of conquest; Sino-Western contacts under the Mongol empire; Tibetans in Yüan China; The exploration of the Yellow river sources under emperor Qubilai in 1281; Wang Yün (1227-1304): a transmitter of Chinese values; Sha-lo-pa (1259-1314), a Tangut Buddhist monk in Yüan China; Tan-pa, a Tibetan Lama at the court of the Great Khans; A Sino-Uighur family portrait: notes on a woodcut from Turfan; Index.
