Recommendations for where to look for information on these please. I have some but wondering what else is out there. Used to be stuff available on CHF but that is no longer in existence :-[
Perhaps helpfully, I note there's an abridged English translation (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Historical-Records-Five-Dynasties-Ouyang-ebook/dp/B009CHDI1K/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=ouyang+xiu&qid=1554962986&s=gateway&sr=8-2) of Ouyang Xiu's Historical Records of the Five Dynasties.
Got that one already thanks.
Eberhard's Conquerors and Rulers: Social Forces in Medieval China (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Conquerors-Rulers-Social-Forces-Medieval/dp/B0066F620U/) is the main study that I know of: not just about the Shatuo, but has a lot about them.
Richard Davis, who translated Ouyang Xiu, also has a biography of one of the Shatuo emperors: From Warhorses to Ploughshares: The Later Tang Reign of Emperor Mingzong (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Warhorses-Ploughshares-Emperor-Mingzong-2015-05-26/dp/B01K16C26W/)
Edit: Oh, and this (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Dynasties-Kingdoms-Professor-Peter-Lorge/dp/962996418X/)was news to me...
Lorge's book on the Song reunification (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Reunification-China-Peace-through-Dynasty/dp/1107446791/) obviously deals with the end of the Five Dynasties era.
There are also books on some of the Ten KIngdoms:
- Min (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Min-South-Kingdom-Century/dp/1891640364/)
- Former Shu (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Power-Politics-Tenth-Century-China-Former/dp/1604977647/)
- Southern Tang (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Chinas-Southern-Tang-Dynasty-937-976/dp/1138657220/)
Thanks - I think a couple of those will be on the ordering list :D
Have the Lorge one on Song reunification (good IMO) but that other one was new to me as well - may just tip me over to Kindle unlimited ...
If you can find it, its got some good data...
Lai, S. F., Dissertation, The Military and Defense System under the Tang Dynasty, (Princeton, 1986)
But there is a bit of ra-ra too.
Not sure, if you want just the 5D Tang, or are interested in the Tang proper... Anyways, this was OK...
Zhenping, W., Tang China in Multi-polar Asia, (Honolulu, 2013)
Quote from: Dangun on April 11, 2019, 01:11:41 PM
If you can find it, its got some good data...
Lai, S. F., Dissertation, The Military and Defense System under the Tang Dynasty, (Princeton, 1986)
But there is a bit of ra-ra too.
No joy in finding it - unless I want to go to Princeton and borrow it in book format from their library :P
Oh, and there's always Wang Gungwu (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Structure-Power-North-During-Dynasties/dp/B0006BRL32/) (or here (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/structure-power-North-during-dynasties/dp/B0000CLZMK/)) - the first book on the Five Dynasties I ever bought, back in the 1980s.
Quote from: Dangun on April 11, 2019, 01:11:41 PM
Not sure, if you want just the 5D Tang, or are interested in the Tang proper...
5 Dynasties really, but Tang post An Lushan could be useful as it is the run up as the Tang state decentralises 8)
Quote from: Duncan Head on April 11, 2019, 01:41:19 PM
Oh, and there's always Wang Gungwu (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Structure-Power-North-During-Dynasties/dp/B0006BRL32/) (or here (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/structure-power-North-during-dynasties/dp/B0000CLZMK/)) - the first book on the Five Dynasties I ever bought, back in the 1980s.
Updated in 2007 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Divided-China-Preparing-Reunification-883-947/dp/9812707921/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=divided+china+preparing+for+reunification+883-947&qid=1555014442&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull