Eurasian Influences on Yuan China. Edited by Morris Rossabi

摘要

This book is very much like the curate's egg: parts of it are excellent. It is an interesting reflection of the current state of Mongol/Yuan studies. Firstly, I am pleased to note that most of the contributors have backgrounds in Chinese studies. It would be good to see more contributions to the study of the Mongols from scholars of Chinese. As Joseph Fletcher pointed out (sadly, in an article published posthumously), the Chinese sources for the history of the Mongols are "more voluminous but less exploited" than the Persian sources.