An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China. What were the intentions of early Chinas historians? Modern readers must contend with the tension between the narrators moralizing commentary and their description of events. Although these historians had notions of evidence, it is not clear to what extent they valued what contemporary scholars would deem hard facts. Offering an innovative approach to premodern historical ...
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An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China. What were the intentions of early Chinas historians? Modern readers must contend with the tension between the narrators moralizing commentary and their description of events. Although these historians had notions of evidence, it is not clear to what extent they valued what contemporary scholars would deem hard facts. Offering an innovative approach to premodern historical documents, Garret P. S. Olberding argues that the speeches of court advisors reveal subtle strategies of information management in the early monarchic context. Olberding focuses on those addresses concerning military campaigns where evidence would be important in guiding immediate social and political policy. His analysis reveals the sophisticated conventions that governed the imperial advisors logic and suasion in critical state discussions, which were specifically intended to counter anticipated doubts. Dubious Facts illuminates both the decision-making processes that informed early Chinese military campaigns and the historical records that represent them.
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