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Far more than a record of the past, history to the Chinese is the magister vitae (teacher of life): the storehouse of moral lessons and bureaucratic precedents. Mirroring the Past presents a comprehensive history of traditional Chinese historiography from antiquity to the mid-Qing period.

Mirroring the Past The Writing and Use of History

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 6/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824884338, 978-0824884338
      ISBN10: 0824884337

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      Book Synopsis
      Far more than a record of the past, history to the Chinese is the magister vitae (teacher of life): the storehouse of moral lessons and bureaucratic precedents. Mirroring the Past presents a comprehensive history of traditional Chinese historiography from antiquity to the mid-Qing period.

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