The Book of Sui (Sui Shu) is the official historical record of the Sui dynasty (581–618), compiled during the early Tang dynasty by Wei Zheng and other court historians. As part of the Twenty-Four Histories, it provides essential accounts of emperors, government institutions, economy, law, culture, and foreign relations of the Sui empire. Volume 3 continues the historical narrative and biogra…
Volume 2 of the History of the Southern Dynasties (Nan Shi) continues the official historical records compiled by the Tang historian Li Yanshou. This dynastic history documents the political, social, and cultural developments of the Southern Dynasties—Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang, and Chen—during the period 420–589 CE. As part of the Twenty-Four Histories, the text provides authoritative …
History of the Northern Dynasties (Bei shi) is a classical Chinese historical text belonging to the official canon of the Twenty-Four Histories, covering the history of northern Chinese regimes from the year 386 CE to 618 CE. It records the political, cultural, military, and social developments of the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasty periods ac…
Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tang Shu) is one of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China, compiled during the Later Jin dynasty under the leadership of Liu Xu. It documents the political, military, cultural, economic, and biographical history of the Tang dynasty (618–907). Volume 2 contains imperial annals and records that provide essential primary-source material for the study of Tang governanc…
Jiu Tang Shu (Old Book of Tang), Volume 4, is part of the official historical record of the Tang dynasty as included in the Twenty-Four Histories. Compiled during the Later Jin dynasty under the leadership of Liu Xu, the work preserves early historical materials about the Tang dynasty, including imperial biographies, major political events, administrative developments, and cultural achievements…
Volume 2 of the Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai Shi) continues the official Song-dynasty chronicle compiled under the leadership of Xue Juzheng. The work documents the political, military, biographical, and administrative history of the Five Dynasties period (907–960), a pivotal era between the Tang and Song dynasties. This simplified-character edition published by Zhonghua Book …
The History of the Song Dynasty (Song Shi) is the official chronicle of the Song dynasty, compiled during the Yuan dynasty under the supervision of Tuotuo and other court historians. It documents political events, imperial biographies, institutional records, and cultural developments from 960 to 1279. This simplified-character edition by Zhonghua Book Company provides a clear and authoritative …
“Yuan Shi” (History of the Yuan Dynasty) is one of the official works of the “Twenty-Four Histories” series, compiled at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty by Song Lian with other scholars. This second volume contains continued historical notes regarding the government of the Yuan Dynasty, including political structure, biographies of important figures, as well as social and cultural dev…
“Ming Shi” (History of the Ming Dynasty) is one of the official works of the “Twenty-Four Histories” series, compiled during the Qing Dynasty by Zhang Tingyu and other scholars. This first volume contains preliminary accounts of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, government structure, important political events, and biographies of major figures. As a very influential classical historical…
“Ming Shi” (History of the Ming Dynasty) is one of the official historiographic works from the series of “Twenty-Four Histories” compiled during the Qing Dynasty by Zhang Tingyu and a number of other scholars. This third volume continues the historical explanation regarding important figures, the chronology of political events, and social and cultural developments during the Ming Dynast…