Local Resistance in Early Medieval Chinese Historiography and the Problem of Religious Overinterpretation

Official Chinese historiography is a treasure trove of information on local resistance to the centralised empire in early medieval China (third to sixth century). Sinologists specialised in the study of Chinese religions commonly reconstruct the religious history of the era by interpreting some of these data. In the process, however, the primary purpose of the historiography of local resistance is often overlooked, and historical interpretation easily becomes ‘overinterpretation’—that is, ‘fabricating false intensity’ and ‘seeing intensity everywhere’, as French historian Paul Veyne proposed to define the term. Focusing on a cluster of historical anecdotes collected in the standard histories of the four centuries under consideration, this study discusses the supposedly ‘religious’ nature of some of the data they contain

Compte rendu du séjour en Extrême-Orient

Pelliot Paul. Compte rendu du séjour en Extrême-Orient. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 79ᵉ année, N. 3, 1935. pp. 363-364

Robert Kennaway Douglas : Supplementary Catalogue of Chinese books and Manuscripts in the British Museum

Pelliot Paul. Robert Kennaway Douglas : Supplementary Catalogue of Chinese books and Manuscripts in the British Museum. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 5, 1905. pp. 219-224

Les début de l'imprimerie en Extrême-Orient

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Étymologies de quelques mots de la langue du Moyen Âge

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