Chinese historiography is the study of the techniques and sources used by historians to develop the recorded history of China. See more

The recording of events in Chinese history dates back to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC). Many written examples survive of ceremonial inscriptions, divinations and records of family names, which were carved or painted onto tortoise shell or bones. … See more

From the beginning of Communist rule in 1949 until the 1980s, Chinese historical scholarship focused largely on the officially sanctioned Marxist theory of class struggle. From the time of See more

• Beasley, W. G. and Edwin G. Pulleyblank, eds. Historians of China and Japan. (Oxford UP, 1962). Essays on the historiographical … See more

Dynastic cycle
Like the three ages of the Greek poet Hesiod, the oldest Chinese historiography viewed mankind as living in a fallen age of depravity, cut off … See more

• History of China
• History of Chinese archaeology
• Timeline of Chinese history
• Dynasties in Chinese history
• Official communications of the Chinese Empire See more

• Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Bragg, Melvyn [host]; Sterckx, Roel [guest]; Barrett, Tim [guest]; Weerd, Hilde de [guest]; Morris, Thomas [producer] (23 January 2014). Sources of Early Chinese History. In Our Time. BBC Radio 4.{{cite serial}}: … See more