Dubious Facts
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-4390-4 (ISBN)
What were the intentions of early China's historians? Modern readers must contend with the tension between the narrators' moralizing commentary and their description of events. Although these historians had notions of evidence, it is not clear to what extent they valued what contemporary scholars would deem "hard" facts. Offering an innovative approach to premodern historical documents, Garret P. S. Olberding argues that the speeches of court advisors reveal subtle strategies of information management in the early monarchic context. Olberding focuses on those addresses concerning military campaigns where evidence would be important in guiding immediate social and political policy. His analysis reveals the sophisticated conventions that governed the imperial advisor's logic and suasion in critical state discussions, which were specifically intended to counter anticipated doubts. Dubious Facts illuminates both the decision-making processes that informed early Chinese military campaigns and the historical records that represent them.
Garret P. S. Olberding is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Subversive Power of the Historian
3. Politicized Truth and Doubt
4. Interactive Constraints at Court
5. Salient Formal Characteristics of the Addresses
6. Rhetoric in Opposition: Two Zhanguoce 戰國策 Addresses
7. Commitment to the Facts
8. Moral Norms as Facts: Arguing Before the Emperor
9. How Did Ministers Err?
10. A Diversity of Evidence
Appendices
A. Li Zuoche 李左車 and Chen Yu’s 陳餘 Exchange
B. Liu Jing’s 劉敬 Address to the High Emperor (Liu Bang 劉邦)
C. Zhufu Yan’s 主父偃 Address to Emperor Wu (Liu Che 劉徹)
D. Chao Cuo’s 晁錯 Address to Emperor Wen (Liu Heng 劉恆)
E. Zou Yang’s 鄒陽 Address to the King of Wu (Liu Pi 劉濞)
F. Liu An’s 劉安 Address to Emperor Wu (Liu Che 劉徹)
G. Zhao Chongguo’s 趙充國 Exchange with Emperor Xuan (Liu Bingyi 劉病已)
H. Wei Xiang’s 魏相Address to Emperor Xuan (Liu Bingyi 劉病已)
I. Hou Ying’s 侯應 Address to Emperor Yuan (Liu Shi 劉奭)
J. Yan You’s嚴尤 Address to Wang Mang 王莽
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.7.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
| Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 0 |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4384-4390-0 / 1438443900 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-4390-4 / 9781438443904 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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