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.
- Text of the History of Northern Dynasties, available from National Sun Yat-sen University.
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Records of the Grand Historian (Sima Qian) | Book of Han (Ban Gu) | Book of the Later Han (Fan Ye) | Records of Three Kingdoms (Chen Shou) | Book of Jin (Fang Xuanling et al) | Book of Song (Shen Yue) | Book of Qi (Xiao Zixian) | Book of Liang (Yao Silian) | Book of Chen (Yao Silian) | Book of Wei (Wei Shou) | Book of Northern Qi (Li Baiyao) | Book of Zhou (Linghu Defen et al) | Book of Sui (Wei Zheng et al) | History of Southern Dynasties (Li Yanshou) | History of Northern Dynasties (Li Yanshou) | Book of Tang (Liu Xu et al) | New Book of Tang (Ouyang Xiu et al) | Five Dynasties History (Xue Juzheng et al) | New History of the Five Dynasties (Ouyang Xiu) | History of Song (Toktoghan et al) | History of Liao (Toktoghan et al) | History of Jin (Toktoghan et al) | History of Yuan (Song Lian et al) | History of Ming (Zhang Tingyu et al) |
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