Classic historical work about the Tang dynasty in China
Old Book of Tang
Traditional Chinese
舊唐書
Simplified Chinese
旧唐书
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Jiù Tángshū
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Kū Tông-su (col.) Kiū Tông-su (lit.)
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
唐書
Simplified Chinese
唐书
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Tángshū
Wade–Giles
T'ang-shu
The Old Book of Tang, or simply the Book of Tang, is the first classic historical work about the Tang dynasty, comprising 200 chapters, and is one of the Twenty-Four Histories. Originally compiled during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it was superseded by the New Book of Tang which was compiled in the Song dynasty, but later regained acceptance.
The credited editor was chief minister Liu Xu, but the bulk (if not all) of the editing work was actually completed by his predecessor Zhao Ying. The authors include Zhang Zhao, Jia Wei (賈緯), and Zhao Xi (趙熙).[1]
^Zhao Yi, Ch. 16 "Old and New Books of Tang" (新舊唐書), Notes on Twenty-two Histories (廿二史劄記(in Chinese)).
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Zhao Ying, eds. (945). 舊唐書 [OldBookofTang] (in Traditional Chinese). Ouyang Xiu; Song Qi, eds. (1060). 新唐書 [New BookofTang] (in Traditional Chinese)...
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Japan since Bookof the Later Han is not clear. There are discrepancies in the descriptions of the OldBookofTang and the New BookofTang. The word "wa...
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& Ishida (1979), p. 32. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869, p. 321. Murray (1894) p. 402, citing Bramsen (1880)...
(related to Jurchens and later Manchus) affiliated with Goguryeo. The OldBookofTang also states Dae's ethnic background as Mohe but adds that he was "高麗別種"...
day. Nippon appeared in history only at the end of the 7th century. The OldBookofTang (舊唐書), one of the Twenty-Four Histories, stated that the Japanese...
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