The writing of official history under the Tʻang /

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Author / Creator:Twitchett, Denis Crispin, 1925-2006
Imprint:Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Description:xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1303820
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ISBN:0521413486
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Conventions
  • List of abbreviations
  • Part I. The Bureaucratic Apparatus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The bureaucratic apparatus
  • Part II. The Compilation of the Historical Record
  • 3. Introduction
  • 4. The court diaries (Ch'i-chii chu)
  • 5. The inner palace diaries (Nei Ch'i-chii chu)
  • 6. The record of administrative affairs (Shih-cheng chi)
  • 7. The daily calandar (Jih-li)
  • 8. Biographies
  • 9. Histories of institutions, historical encyclopedias, and collections of documents
  • 10. The veritable records (Shih-lu)
  • 11. The national history (Kuo shih)
  • Part III. The Chiu T'ang shu
  • 12. The compilation of the Chiu T'ang shu
  • 13. The Chiu T'ang shu and its sources: the basic annals
  • 14. The Chiu T'ang shu and its sources: the monographs
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index