
Abstract
Th e present article investigates the tomb inscription of Wang Chuzhi (863-923), a militarygovernor whose career spanned the end of the Tang and the beginning of the Five Dynasties. By comparing the inscription with representations of the deceased in offi cial sources,the article reveals that the tomb inscription presents a critical attitude toward the moral standards of conventional historiography, and demonstrates a shifting moral geography in the works of Song historians. Th is new standard increasingly excluded nomadic peoples from the newly imagined political body, and excluded with them the pragmatic diplomacy that had characterized the politics of the Five Dynasties. Cet article analyse l’inscription funéraire de Wang Chuzhi (863-923). Ce gouverneur militaire vécut à la fi n des Tang et au début de la période des Cinq Dynasties. La comparaison de l’inscription à diverses représentations du défunt contenues dans les sources offi cielles montre la manière dont l’auteur de l’inscription critique les standards moraux de l’historiographie offi cielle. Elle montre aussi le cadre géographique mouvant dans lequel s’appliquait la morale Song : les populations nomades étaient de plus en plus exclues du corps politique tel qu’il était alors imaginé ; la diplomatie pragmatique qui avait dominé la période des Cinq Dynasties était abandonnée.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
Keywords: | tomb inscriptions, historiography, dynastic histories, Five Dynasties, Wang Chuzhi. |
Faculties: | Cultural Studies > Department of Asian Studies > Sinology |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-16114-8 |
ISSN: | 0022-4995 |
Alliance/National Licence: | This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 16114 |
Date Deposited: | 25. Jul 2013, 11:40 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 12:57 |