"Ta Chin" (Great Golden): the Origin and Changing Interpretations of the Jurchen State Name
@article{Chan1991TaC,
title={"Ta Chin" (Great Golden): the Origin and Changing Interpretations of the Jurchen State Name},
author={H. Chan},
journal={T'oung Pao},
year={1991},
volume={77},
pages={253-299}
}The proclamation of the name or title of a ruling regime, a state or an empire has been regarded as a serious and sacrosanct event in the political history of human civilization. Such an action established a powerful symbol of identity and thereby the legitimacy of the organized state, and the choice was often rooted in the sociopolitical and religious-cultural heritage of the ruling class, if not also of the predominant social group of that polity. In China's millennial history, which saw the… Expand