History of Northern Dynasties

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The History of Northern Dynasties (Chinese: 北史; pinyin: Běishǐ) is one of the official Chinese historical works in the Twenty-Four Histories canon. It contain 100 volumes and covering 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 Southern Dynasties, the book along was started by Li Dashi. Following his death, Li Yanshou, son of Li Dashi, completed the work on the book between 643 to 659. Unlike most of the rest of the Twenty-Four Histories, this work was not sponsored by state.

[edit] See also

• Twenty-Four Histories

[edit] External links

• Text of the History of Northern Dynasties, available from National Sun Yat-sen University.

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