China Under Mongol Rule

✍ Scribed by John D. Langlois

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 515
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Encompassing history, politics, religion, and art, this collection of essays on Chinese civilization under the Mongols challenges the previously held views that Mongol rule had only negative consequences.

Originally published in 1981.

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✦ Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
Note on Transcription of Mongolian Names and Terms
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
I. Introduction
Introduction
II. Institutions
Structure and Function in the Yüan Imperial Government
Chinese Official Historiography at the Yüan Court: The Composition of the Liao, Chin, and Sung Histories
Southern Chinese Scholars and Educational Institutions in Early Yüan: Some Preliminary Remarks
III. Thought
Political Thought in Chin-hua under Mongol Rule
Wu Ch’eng and the Perpetuation of the Classical Heritage in the Yüan
Yü Chi and Southern Taoism during the Yüan Period
IV. Foreigners in China
The Muslims in the Early Yüan Dynasty
Tibetans in Yüan China
V. Art and Literature
The Role of Wu-hsing in Early Yüan Artistic Development Under Mongol Rule
The Impact of the Re-unification: Northern Elements in the Life and Art of Hsien-yü Shu (12577-1302) and Their Relation to Early Yüan Literati Culture
Mongol Influence on the Development of Northern Drama
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Index
List of Contributors