This volume is the third book of the Jin Shu (Book of Jin), one of the official histories included in the Twenty-Four Histories of China. Compiled during the Tang dynasty under the leadership of Fang Xuanling, it records major political events, biographies, cultural developments, and institutional structures of both the Western and Eastern Jin dynasties (265–420 CE). This simplified-character…
This volume is part of the Book of Jin (Jin Shu), one of the official Chinese dynastic histories included in the Twenty-Four Histories. Compiled during the Tang dynasty by Fang Xuanling and a team of scholars, the work documents the political, social, cultural, and military developments of both the Western and Eastern Jin dynasties (265–420 CE). This modern simplified-character edition by Zho…
The Book of Jin (Jin Shu) is one of the official dynastic histories included in the Twenty-Four Histories of China. Compiled by Fang Xuanling and other scholars during the Tang dynasty, the text records the political, cultural, and military developments of the Western and Eastern Jin dynasties (265–420 CE). This Simplified Edition published by Zhonghua Book Company preserves the classical str…