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Some Chinese Sources on the Khazars and Khwarazm |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:37 来源：不详
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Of the Chinese characters, shi (history) pictures a man holding an open book in his hand. According to the opinion of the famous scholar Wang Guowei (1877-1927), shi was an official title in charge of the imperial archive and library, which had been an important position since early times. We don’t know exactly the function and position of shi in the court before the Shang Dynasty (1700-1045 BC), however, the fact that many titles of courtiers included shi and even transformed from shi seems proof of the high position of shi at that time. Down to the period before the Qin Dynasty (227-207 BC), more accounts inform us that the positions of shi officials were lifetime and hereditary, thus they were able to maintain and accumulate documents generation after generation. In addition, there were gushi (blind shi officials) in the court who preserved the details of important events with their memory and recitation.
The earliest history included writing of words and writing of events. Later, the two styles were combined and transformed into Biannian[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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