The History of Imperial China

A Research Guide

Bibliographic Data

ID2909809
AuthorsEdgar Wickberg (University of British Columbia, corresponding author), Endymion Wilkinson
Year1974
Volume47
Issue2
Pages225
Publication date1974-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2755621
OpenAlexW1987549494
LanguageEN
Citations received15

Part 1 Research hints: guides and reference works - manuals, bibliographic guides, and syllabi, guides to reference works, Japanese historical encyclopaedias dictionaries how to find out what sources are available from a given period how to find rapidly the contents of primary sources where to find primary sources - library catalogues, collectanea how to locate places how to find biographical materials how to convert dates indexes and concordances secondary sources - comprehensive bibliographies, bibliographies of Chinese secondary sources, main Chinese journals and how to locate them, bibliographies of Japanese secondary sources, main Japanese journals and how to locate them, bibliographies of Western secondary soruces, main Western journals. Part 2 Traditional Chinese historical writing and main categories of primary sources: introduction - characteristics of traditional Chinese historical writing, note on availability of sources from different periods, main categories of Chinese historical sources at a glance - glossary-index to Part 2 ancillary disciplines - historiography, traditional classification of primary sources, textual criticism archaeology and epigraphy - archaeology, epigraphy, oracle-bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, stone inscriptions annalistic sources and annals style - basic annalistic sources and veritable records, major works in annals style topically arranged histories the standard histories - editions, corrections, supplements and studies, studies and research aids for individual standard histories, monographs in the standard histories biographical writing - commemorative writings, historical biographies, chronological biographies, genealogies and family instructions, how to find biographical materials historical and administrative geography - maps, local gazetteers, how to find local gazetteers, foreign peoples and border areas, travel accounts, cities, merchant manuals and route books, how to locate places encyclopaedic histories of institutions administrative and penal law - pre-Tang law, the statutes and compendia of administrative law (Tang and post-Tang), guides and handbooks for local officials and clerks, the penal codes (Tang and post-Tang) army administration and warfare collections of important documents collections of edicts and memorials new documentary sources - Han documents on wooden slips, Dunhuang manuscripts, Ming / Qing archives, provincial and district archives, private documents, works on agriculture, technology, and water control encyclopaedias literary anthologies and collected works miscellaneous notes Confucian classics and philosophical works Buddhist and Taoist writings oral and popular traditions foreign writings

Ancient history · Archaeology · China · History of China · Political science · Chinese history and philosophy · History

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