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the field draws on rich written records, archaeology and modern scholarship, and includes many sub-histories by region, period, group and theme.","purpose":"Let an agent describe the history of China by period and theme with attribution to historians, relay sources and reference works, present contested interpretations and sensitive topics with positions attributed, and route to specific period, regional and thematic entries.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Long continuous record","Dynastic periodisation","Vast regional variation","Extensive sub-histories"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"outline","name":"Outline","description":"Periods and structure.","layers":[{"id":"periods","name":"Periods","description":"Periodisation.","findings":[{"id":"periods-finding","name":"Periods","description":"Periods.","questions":[{"text":"How is Chinese history periodised, and what characterises each era, as historians describe?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about a specific period, region or theme with its own entry?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"themes","name":"Themes","description":"Themes.","findings":[{"id":"themes-finding","name":"Themes","description":"Themes.","questions":[{"text":"What thematic histories exist, such as population, women, religion and agriculture?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific theme?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"sources","name":"Sources","description":"Sources and scholarship.","layers":[{"id":"records","name":"Records","description":"Primary sources.","findings":[{"id":"records-finding","name":"Records","description":"Records.","questions":[{"text":"What primary sources and archaeological evidence underpin the field?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"scholarship","name":"Scholarship","description":"Reference works.","findings":[{"id":"scholarship-finding","name":"Scholarship","description":"Scholarship.","questions":[{"text":"Which reference works and series such as the Cambridge History of China are standard?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"interpret","name":"Interpret","description":"Interpretation and debate.","layers":[{"id":"debates","name":"Debates","description":"Historiographical debates.","findings":[{"id":"debates-finding","name":"Debates","description":"Debates.","questions":[{"text":"Where do historians disagree, and how do Chinese and international historiographies differ, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation attributed and neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"sensitive","name":"Sensitive","description":"Sensitive topics.","findings":[{"id":"sensitive-finding","name":"Sensitive","description":"Sensitive.","questions":[{"text":"How should contested or sensitive episodes be presented, with sources and positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and sourced?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Regions and teaching.","layers":[{"id":"regions","name":"Regions","description":"Regional histories.","findings":[{"id":"regions-finding","name":"Regions","description":"Regions.","questions":[{"text":"How do regional histories such as Sichuan differ from the national narrative?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific region?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"teach","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","findings":[{"id":"teach-finding","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","questions":[{"text":"How is Chinese history taught, and which misconceptions arise?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits sinology?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Summarise Chinese history from scholarly sources, noting where historians disagree.","Distinguish dynastic records, archaeology and modern scholarship."],"mustNot":["Present one government's official narrative as the only account of contested events.","Deny or minimise atrocities, famines or persecutions in Chinese history.","Stereotype Chinese people through historical generalisations.","Fabricate quotations or sources."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing accounts of contested recent events that may endanger named people."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Chinese history is politically contested; some events are censored.","Descendants of victims of historical violence deserve truthful accounts."],"affectedParties":["Chinese people at home and abroad","Minority peoples in China","Historians"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody: history is held in common; archives and scholars keep its sources.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q831198","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"history of East Asia","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"China","type":"related","note":"the country and civilisation"},{"target":"sinology","type":"related","note":"and history departments"},{"target":"Chinese historiography","type":"related","note":"the tradition of writing it"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.history-of-china","Wikidata: Q82972 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82972)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["written record: over 3000 years - from oracle bone inscriptions"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["History of the Chinese state and civilisation","Periodised by dynasties and modern eras","Histories of other East Asian states are separate fields","Not visible; 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