History of the Southern Dynasties
The ''
History of the Southern Dynasties'' is one of the official Chinese historical works in the ''
Twenty-Four Histories'' canon. It contain 80 volumes and covers the period from 420 to 589, the histories of the
Liu Song,
Southern Qi,
Liang, and
Chen dynasties in southern China during the
Northern and Southern dynasties period. Like the ''
History of the Northern Dynasties'', the book was started by
Li Dashi. Following his death,
Li Yanshou (李延壽), his son, completed the work on the book between 643 and 659. As a historian, Li Yanshou also took part of some of the compilation during the early
Tang dynasty. Unlike the many other contemporary historical texts, the book was not commissioned by the state.
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