Song Lian (; 1310–1381),

courtesy name A courtesy name (), also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name. This practice is a tradition in the East Asian cultural sphere, including China China, officially the People's R ...

Jinglian (), was a Chinese historian and politician of the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

. He was a literary and political advisor to the

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. Before that, he was one of the principal figures in the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongols, Mongol-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Division of the M ...

's Jinhua school of

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. As a head of the official ''Bureau of History'' of the

, Song Lian directed the compilation of the official dynastic history of the preceding Yuan dynasty. The compilation of the ''

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'', commissioned by the court of the Ming dynasty, was completed in 1370. Under the guidance of Song Lian, the official dynastic history broke with the old Confucian historiographical tradition, and established a new historical paradigm professing that the influence of history was equal in influence to the great Confucian classics in directing the human affairs. In Asian historiography, the ''History of Yuan'' is a major source for the study of the histories of the Han,

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, and

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peoples.

References

* Kelly Boyd, ''"Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing"'', Taylor & Francis, 1999, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Lian 1310 births 1381 deaths 14th-century Chinese historians Historians from Zhejiang Ming dynasty historians Ming dynasty politicians Politicians from Jinhua Writers from Jinhua

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