Book of Zhou


The Book of Zhou records the official history of the Chinese/Xianbei ruled Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, and ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. Compiled by the Tang Dynasty historian Linghu Defen, the work was completed in 636 CE and consists of 50 chapters, some of which have been lost and replaced from other sources.
The book was criticised by Liu Zhiji for its attempt to glorify the ancestors of Tang Dynasty officials of the time.

Translations

Two partial translations have been published. Dien provides a translation of volume 11 on the biography of Yü-Wen Hu.
Miller provides a partial translation of volume 50 on accounts of Western nations.

Contents

Annals (帝紀)

Biographies (列傳)

Footnotes

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