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Chinese Accounts of Rome, Byzantium and the Middle East

http://www.fordham.edu

It is well known that Zhongguo [China] is fortunate enough to possess a series of historical works comparing most favorably, in some of its parts, with the historical literature of any nation in the West. Since the Han, each dynasty has had its own history, compiled from its court chronicles, or Jih-li, during the succeeding reigns. The Jih-li, lit. "Daily Chronicles," must be considered the prime source of all the information contained in these histories. c. 91 B.C.E. - 1643 C.E.

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demerzel

22 weeks 2 days 10 hours 16 min ago

I presume it'll be worthwhile read once I get to it...

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Ryan

22 weeks 1 day 10 hours 2 min ago

Currently reading a great history book that charts China's history as it relates to wall building and it speaks to these Dynasty "histories" quite a lot. China's history truly was written by the victors - with the recently fallen dynasty often demonized to legitimize the rule of the current dynasty.

Fascinating stuff.

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demerzel

22 weeks 1 day 8 hours 27 min ago

How else do you think the Mandate of Heaven came to be?

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