Bamboo Annals
E704513
The Bamboo Annals is an ancient Chinese chronicle, discovered on bamboo slips in a tomb, that records legendary and early historical events of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bamboo Annals canonical | 7 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese chronicle
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bamboo manuscript ⓘ historical text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
State of Wei
NERFINISHED
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Xia–Shang–Zhou chronology project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| describes |
early historical events
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legendary events ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | tomb in the State of Wei ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | Jin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Chinese historiography
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Sinology ⓘ paleography ⓘ |
| genre |
annalistic history
ⓘ
chronicle ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of rulers
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chronological entries ⓘ regnal year records ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
ancient text version
ⓘ
later redacted version ⓘ |
| historicity |
partly historical
ⓘ
partly legendary ⓘ |
| influenced |
reconstruction of Xia dynasty history
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study of early Chinese chronology ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Chinese legendary rulers
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Shang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Xia dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ early Chinese history ⓘ |
| material | bamboo ⓘ |
| medium | bamboo slips ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| preservationStatus |
original bamboo slips lost
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survives in transmitted copies ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Book of Documents
NERFINISHED
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Records of the Grand Historian NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Chinese bamboo texts ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
chronological debates
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philological research ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Shang dynasty period
NERFINISHED
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Xia dynasty period NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou dynasty period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | later Chinese historians ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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Subject: Bamboo Annals Description of subject: The Bamboo Annals is an ancient Chinese chronicle, discovered on bamboo slips in a tomb, that records legendary and early historical events of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties.
Referenced by (7)
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