Title: A Textual Research and Description of the Compilation on Ming-dynasty History·Electoral History
Abstract: It successively went through three stages to compile and revise Ming-dynasty History·Electoral History. To begin with, Wan Si-tong completed the first draft, and then Wang Hong-xu finished the second manuscript. At last Zhang Ting-yu finalized the text. Among them, Wan’s work was the first draft, but it laid the foundation. Wang’s work revised and polished Wan’s draft through many years of hard labour. It possessed not only a concise and perfect construction but also was rich in content and succinct in style, reflecting the author’s thorough knowledge and deep understanding of the electoral system in Ming Dynasty. Wang’s work played a critical role in the course of writing Ming-dynasty History·Electoral History. The final text by Zhang Ting-yu adjusted Wang’s manuscript in construction, revised and polished individual phrases of Wang’s work. As a whole, it basically kept the style of the original and in content had almost the same number of words. So the disadvantages of Wang’s work were almost completely inherited.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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