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The Book of Sui (Chinese: 隋書; pinyin: Suí Shū) is the official history of the Sui dynasty, which ruled China in the years AD 581–618. It ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written by Yan Shigu, Kong Yingda, and Zhangsun Wuji, with Wei Zheng as the lead author.
Prior to the Jin dynasty, both the states of Cao Wei and Wu has already composed their own official histories: the Book of Wei by Wang Chen, Xun Yi, and Ruan Ji; and the Book of Wu by Wei Zhao, Hua He, Xue Ying, Zhou Zhao (周昭), and Liang Guang (梁廣). Additionally, Yu Huan had completed his privately compiled history of Wei, the Weilüe.
The bibliography of the Book of Sui lists Zhou Xuan's book Zhanmengshu (占夢書) as having 1 juan (volume), [2] while the bibliographies of the Old Book of Tang and New Book of Tang record it as having 3 juan. [3] [4]
It is not known when Xiao Cong was born, and his mother's name is also lost in history. All that is known about his birth is that he was either the oldest or the second son of his father Xiao Kui—although the fact that he was initially created the Prince of Dongyang, rather than crown prince, by his father suggests that he was the second son, not the oldest.
The Book of Sui ascribes it to Gongsun Nizi, a second-generation disciple of Confucius, and this view was common during the Tang dynasty. However, the present version includes reference to Marquis Wen of Wei and Zi Xia 's meeting which could not have occurred during Gongsun Nizi's life.
The Dongguan Hanji gradually faded in importance during the Tang dynasty, especially after Crown Prince Li Xian sponsored a commentary on the Book of the Later Han. [2] Once the Dongguan Hanji was replaced as a standard history, large parts of it began to be lost. The Book of Sui lists the text as having the original 143 volumes. By the Tang ...
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Since the Book of Sui, the Jizhong cache is broadly referred as the source of the Yi Zhou Shu. However, this statement should be accepted with caution. Its source, the Book of Jin, indeed lists it among the titles of the Jizhong finds. However, some of the chapters presently contained in this compendium evidently postdate King Xiang’s era.