What's in a Name? On the Appellative "Shu" in Early Medieval Chinese Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5071592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Michael Farmer (0009-0003-2405-3406, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/606728 |
| OpenAlex | W2313370182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Drawing on contemporary sources such as edicts, memorials, and epistles quoted by Chen Shou (233-97) in his Sanguo zhi, this paper examines the various names applied to Liu Bei's (161-223) state-known in later history as Shu or Shu Han-by the state itself, its contemporaries, and later historians of the early medieval period (ca. 220-618). Additionally, a brief explanation is offered of the rhetoric behind these appellatives, a rhetoric closely linked to the debate over legitimacy (zheng-tong) in early medieval China. Finally, we see how a misnomer came to be accepted as historical record, and how later historians have perpetuated this view, even when they own ideological positions might have demanded otherwise
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Historiography · Literature · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · History · Japanese History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |