Dang An: A Brief History of the Chinese Imperial Archives and Its Administration

Autor/in	Zhang, Wenxian
Titel	Dang An: A Brief History of the Chinese Imperial Archives and Its Administration
Quelle	In: Journal of Archival Organization, 2 (2004) 1-2, S.17-38 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-2748
Schlagwörter	Asian Culture; Archives; Foreign Countries; Asian History; Government Libraries; Administration; Primary Sources; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Archivwesen; Archiv; Ausland; Staatliche Bibliothek; Verwaltung; Primärquelle
Abstract	Archives are preserved records of human activities. An account of Chinese archival development is as long as the written records of the Chinese history. Oracle bones, bronze ware, and wood and bamboo strips are the three most important recording forms of the early Chinese civilization, as they represented three major stages of archival development in China. Early Chinese archival documents were exclusively administrative records of the state. The basic guiding principles of archival organization throughout ancient China were the essential, imperial orders of the feudal society. This article presents a brief account of the Chinese imperial archives and its administration from the beginning of the Chinese civilization to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the last empire in the Chinese history. (Contains 45 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10