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10.57760/sciencedb.011nv 2026-09-07T09:17:44Z

2026-09-07 Dataset: Ethnonymic Categorisation and Relational Positioning in Zhang Cheng's Diary (N=44 Core Events) doi:10.57760/sciencedb.011nv en This dataset contains manually coded ethnonymic and relational-positioning data extracted from Zhang Cheng's Diary (张诚日记), covering 44 core intercultural contact events from 1689 to 1690.The data includes standardised ethnonym categories (MONGOL, KHALKHA, OIRAT, SOLON, TARTAR_GENERIC), interaction domains (political, ritual, economic, military, mobility, legal), political-relational frames, evidence modes, and original Chinese text for each event.The Excel workbook contains six worksheets:1. Core_Data_N44: 44 coded relational events with 29 variables2. Manual_Review_N5: 5 manually reviewed ambiguous cases (Tartar generic references)3. Excluded_Audit_N8: 8 excluded events with audit trail and exclusion reasons4. Exclusion_Rules: documented criteria for event exclusion5. Review_Summary: data quality and coding review metrics6. Codebook: variable definitions and coding rulesThis dataset supports the analysis in the paper "Ethnonymic Categorisation and Relational Positioning in Historical Intercultural Contact: Mongol-Related Groups in Zhang Cheng's Diary." ethnonyms; social categorisation; relational positioning; Zhang Cheng's Diary; Mongol-related groups; historical intercultural contact; identity representation Hong Yi Zou Xinying Xia Hu PUBLIC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ dataset Science Data Bank