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About this Item

Title

  • Wu dai shi ji

Other Title

  • 五代史記

Translated Title

  • History of the Five Dynasties

Summary

  • Wu dai shi ji (History of the Five Dynasties) was the original title of this work by Ouyang Xiu (1007--72), statesman, historian, essayist, calligrapher, and poet of the Song dynasty. It traditionally has been called Xin Wu dai shi (The new history of the Five Dynasties) to distinguish it from another work entitled Jiu Wu dai shi (The old history of the Five Dynasties), by Xue Juzheng (912--81). This was the only authorized history compiled privately after the Tang dynasty and before the publication of Xin Yuan shi (The new Yuan history). Ouyang Xiu spent more than 20 years on the compilation of this work. Its existence was not known until after his death, when it was dispatched to the court by imperial order and was promulgated to the entire country. The work consists of 74 juan, 12 of them basic annals, 45 biographies, three critical studies, 10 family histories, a genealogy, and three supplemental juan on four non-Han tribes. Stylistically different from the older dynastic history, it follows the style of the Tang historian Li Yanshou, who divided his work of 659 on the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420--589) into histories of the south and the north. Ouyang Xiu provides a general history combining the period of the Five Dynasties of Late Liang, Late Tang, Late Jin, Late Han, and Late Zhou (907--60). The material in this work was taken both from Xue Juzheng's history and from historical records of works, such as Wu dai hui yao (Essentials of the Five Dynasties), Wu dai shi bu (Supplement to the history of the Five Dynasties) and Wu dai shi que wen (Missing texts in the history of the Five Dynasties). Various notes and collected essays were also consulted. The contents, therefore, are extremely rich. Ouyang Xiu was the most eminent literary figure of his time. His style of writing was concise and meticulous, following that of the Chun qiu (Spring and autumn annals). This work was vastly superior to Jiu Wu dai shi, and so much importance was attached to it that after its publication Xue Juzheng's earlier history was largely forgotten and nearly lost to the world.

Names

  • Ouyang, Xiu, 1007-1072 Author

Created / Published

  • [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1280 to 1368]

Headings

  • -  China
  • -  907 to 960
  • -  Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Only preface and juan 1--15 are included in the WDL presentation."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 74 juan, 18 volumes, 16.7 x 11.6 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Central Library.
  • -  Content in Chinese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
  • -  Title revised per Asian Division.--cc28 2023-01-06

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Chinese Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Prints

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666360

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ouyang, Xiu, Author. Wu Dai Shi Ji. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1368, 1280] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666360/.

APA citation style:

Ouyang, X. (1280) Wu Dai Shi Ji. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1368] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666360/.

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Ouyang, Xiu, Author. Wu Dai Shi Ji. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1368, 1280] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666360/>.