Volumes 1–5 contain the Wei annals including the Eastern Wei and Western Wei emperors. Volumes 6–8 contain the annals of the Northern Qi emperors, volumes 9–10 contain the annals of the Northern Zhou emperors, and volumes 11–12 contain the annals of the Sui emperors. Volumes 13–14 contain the biographies of empresses and consorts. Volumes 15–19 contain biographies of the imperial families of the Wei dynasties and volumes 20–50 contain the other Wei biographies. Volumes 51-79 contain biographies of figures from the Northern Qi (51–56), Northern Zhou (59–70), and Sui (71–79) dynasties. Volumes 80 through 100 contain other biographical content, including families of imperial consorts (80), Confucian scholars (81-82), literature (83), filial acts (84), recluses (75–76), exemplars of the loyal and righteous (85), virtuous officials (86), cruel officials (87), recluses (88), divination (89–90), exemplary women (91), favorites of nobles (92), foreign states and peoples (93–99), and a preface to the biographies (100).[2]
Graff, David (2015). "Bei shi 北史". In Dien, Albert E.; Chennault, Cynthia Louise; Knapp, Keith Nathaniel; Berkowitz, Alan J. (eds.). Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley, CA: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California. pp. 18–23.
Wu, Huaiqi; Zhen, Chi (2018). An Historical Sketch of Chinese Historiography (e-book). Berlin: Springer.
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Canonical History Records of the Northern Dynasties
history, northern, dynasties, chinese, 北史, pinyin, běishǐ, north, history, official, chinese, historical, works, twenty, four, histories, canon, text, contains, volumes, covers, period, from, histories, northern, western, eastern, northern, zhou, northern, dyn. The History of the Northern Dynasties Chinese 北史 pinyin Beishǐ lit North History is one of the official Chinese historical works in the Twenty Four Histories canon The text contains 100 volumes and covers the period from 386 to 618 the histories of Northern Wei Western Wei Eastern Wei Northern Zhou Northern Qi and Sui dynasty Like the History of the Southern Dynasties the book was started by Li Dashi and compiled from texts of the Book of Wei and Book of Zhou Following his death Li Yanshou 李延寿 son of Li Dashi completed the work on the book between 643 and 659 Unlike most of the rest of the Twenty Four Histories this work was not commissioned by the state 1 History of the Northern DynastiesChinese北史Literal meaningNorth HistoryTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBeishǐSouthern MinHokkien POJPak su col Pok su lit This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources History of the Northern Dynasties news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Contents 1 Content 2 References 2 1 Citations 2 2 Works cited 3 External links 4 See alsoContent EditVolumes 1 5 contain the Wei annals including the Eastern Wei and Western Wei emperors Volumes 6 8 contain the annals of the Northern Qi emperors volumes 9 10 contain the annals of the Northern Zhou emperors and volumes 11 12 contain the annals of the Sui emperors Volumes 13 14 contain the biographies of empresses and consorts Volumes 15 19 contain biographies of the imperial families of the Wei dynasties and volumes 20 50 contain the other Wei biographies Volumes 51 79 contain biographies of figures from the Northern Qi 51 56 Northern Zhou 59 70 and Sui 71 79 dynasties Volumes 80 through 100 contain other biographical content including families of imperial consorts 80 Confucian scholars 81 82 literature 83 filial acts 84 recluses 75 76 exemplars of the loyal and righteous 85 virtuous officials 86 cruel officials 87 recluses 88 divination 89 90 exemplary women 91 favorites of nobles 92 foreign states and peoples 93 99 and a preface to the biographies 100 2 References EditCitations Edit Wu amp Zhen 2018 p 273 Graff 2015 pp 18 19 Works cited Edit Graff David 2015 Bei shi 北史 In Dien Albert E Chennault Cynthia Louise Knapp Keith Nathaniel Berkowitz Alan J eds Early Medieval Chinese Texts A Bibliographical Guide Berkeley CA Institute of East Asian Studies University of California pp 18 23 Wu Huaiqi Zhen Chi 2018 An Historical Sketch of Chinese Historiography e book Berlin Springer External links Edit nbsp Chinese Wikisource has original text related to this article Canonical History Records of the Northern Dynasties Text of the History of the Northern Dynasties National Sun Yat sen University History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 Chinese text with matching English vocabularySee also Edit nbsp China portal nbsp History portal nbsp Books portalTwenty Four Histories History of the Southern Dynasties nbsp This article about a non fiction book on Chinese history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title History of the Northern Dynasties amp oldid 1045345298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
