Scholars of Confucianism and Han culture during the Jin and Yuan dynasties

Author: Zhao Qi
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book examines the Confucian scholars employed or recruited by various ruling institutions in the Central Plains during the period of the Great Mongol Empire, as well as those who engaged in teaching and writing in the. The book covers hundreds of individuals, nearly encompassing all. Many of their biographies were newly discovered and verified through cross-referencing and analysis. For example, among the nine unverified individuals mentioned in the aforementioned article by Professor Yao, this book identifies seven; it also provides additional details on many of the individuals already examined in Yao's work. The 20 chief and deputy tax collectors appointed in the ten regional tax collection offices established in the second year of the Taiding era (1230) are not recorded in the History of Yuan, and their lives remain largely unknown. This book meticulously investigates each of them, providing detailed accounts and further identifying over a dozen subsequent regional tax collectors, deputy tax collectors, and their subordinates.