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Article: 'An Account of Burned Pepper': Yao Shilin and the Forging of Liao Dynasty History
| Title | 'An Account of Burned Pepper': Yao Shilin and the Forging of Liao Dynasty History |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 16-Dec-2024 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Citation | Journal of Song-Yuan Studies, 2024, v. 53, p. 33-57 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Fen jiaolu 焚椒錄 (An Account of Burned Pepper) purports to be an eyewitness biographical account of the life and tragic death of the Liao dynasty empress Xiao Guanyin 蕭觀音 (1040–1075). It is explicitly attributed to the authorship of Wang Ding 王鼎 (d. 1106), a senior government official, and dated to the year 1089. Many scholars have used this text as an authoritative source for understanding Liao history, and the poems which it contains, attributed to the empress, have appeared frequently in anthologies and studies of women's writings. However, this text is a late Ming dynasty forgery, produced in around 1600. This article provides a detailed examination of the manifold anachronisms in the Fenjiao lu, its close relationship with the Liao shi 遼史 (History of the Liao Dynasty) which was only completed in 1343, and its connections with other works of Ming dynasty fiction. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/352749 |
| ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.218 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Milburn, Olivia | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-28T00:35:06Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-28T00:35:06Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-12-16 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Song-Yuan Studies, 2024, v. 53, p. 33-57 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1059-3152 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/352749 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | <p><em>Fen jiaolu</em> 焚椒錄 (<em>An Account of Burned Pepper</em>) purports to be an eyewitness biographical account of the life and tragic death of the Liao dynasty empress Xiao Guanyin 蕭觀音 (1040–1075). It is explicitly attributed to the authorship of Wang Ding 王鼎 (d. 1106), a senior government official, and dated to the year 1089. Many scholars have used this text as an authoritative source for understanding Liao history, and the poems which it contains, attributed to the empress, have appeared frequently in anthologies and studies of women's writings. However, this text is a late Ming dynasty forgery, produced in around 1600. This article provides a detailed examination of the manifold anachronisms in the <em>Fenjiao lu</em>, its close relationship with the <em>Liao shi</em> 遼史 (<em>History of the Liao Dynasty</em>) which was only completed in 1343, and its connections with other works of Ming dynasty fiction.</p> | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Song-Yuan Studies | - |
| dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
| dc.title | 'An Account of Burned Pepper': Yao Shilin and the Forging of Liao Dynasty History | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1353/sys.2024.a946873 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 53 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 33 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 57 | - |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2154-6665 | - |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 1059-3152 | - |