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The mythistorical Chinese scholar-rebel-advisor Li Yan : a global perspective, 1606-2018 / by Roger V. Des Forges.
Van Pelt Library DS752.6.L5 D47 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Des Forges, Roger V., author.
- Series:
- Leiden series in comparative historiography ; vol.12.
- Leiden series in comparative historiography, 1574-4493 ; vol.12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Li, Yan, -1644.
- Li, Yan.
- Li family.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- China.
- History.
- China--History--Li Zicheng Rebellion, 1628-1645.
- Scholars--China--Biography.
- Scholars.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan's identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Then, in 2004, there was discovered a genealogical manuscript which includes a Li Yan (1606-1644). He now appears to be the principal historical reality behind the Li Yan story, which became a powerful metaphor for the rise and fall of Li Zicheng's rebellion. Offering a fresh theory of Chinese and world history, the author elucidates Li Yan's historical significance by comparing and contrasting him with similar figures in other times and places around the globe."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Des Forges, Roger V., The mythistorical Chinese scholar-rebel-advisor Li Yan
- ISBN:
- 9789004421059
- 900442105X
- OCLC:
- 1135093035
- Publisher Number:
- 99984253296
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