From History to Literature

The Legend of Warriors of the Yang Family

Authors

  • Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University

Keywords:

The Warriors of the Yang Family, Song dynasty, Chinese literature, Print culture

Abstract

The legend of Warriors of the Yang Family has been widely circulated in China since the past. Although poorly documented in documents of Song dynasty, the stories of Warriors of the Yang Family are re-narrated in various forms of literature and entertainment, such as legend, opera, fiction, TV series and film. This article explores the legend of Warriors of the Yang Family in three perspectives. First, it presents the stories in recorded historical documents. Second, it provides examples of the stories of Warriors of the Yang Family in various genres of literature. Finally, it examines the relation between history and literature to demonstrate the development of the stories in historical contexts, as such how literature was constructed by social/cultural contexts and world view of the Chinese.

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Published

2015-08-01

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Tungkeunkunt, K. . (2015). From History to Literature: The Legend of Warriors of the Yang Family. Journal of Sinology (วารสารจีนวิทยา), 9, 38–64. retrieved from https://so16.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JSINO/article/view/2869

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Vol. 9: August 2015

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Research Article

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