Narrative as History: Yao P’ing-Chung’s Raid in 1126 C.E.
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Hu, Chih-Yen
Abstract
This thesis homes in on narrativity in historiography, especially that of Sung dynasty. Through narratology glasses, the essay reads and analyzes a total of five historical texts before 1194 C.E. explaining the event of Yao P’ing-Chung’s 姚平仲 raid during Jingkang Incident 靖康之難, each of them told somewhat different story about Yao’s butched raid; Meanwhile, it attempts to present, with these narratives, an old dilemma in the field of philosophy of history, a dilemma concerning the unfalsifiability of truth-claim that historical narratives assumingly entail. Deploying the idea of “coherent narrative,” the essay not only illustrates Sung historical apprehension, historical writing tradition, and official historiography in which Yao’s narratives resided or joined, but also ventures upon tackling the dilemma by adapting Michael Oakeshott’s historical Coherentism as a prospective strategic solution.
Subjects
Historical narrative
Jingkang Incident
Historiography
Philosophy of History
Type
thesis
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