Traditional Chinese 陳書 Hanyu Pinyin Preceded by Book of Liang | Simplified Chinese 陈书 Hokkien POJ Tân-su Date written 636 AD Followed by Book of Northern Qi | |
Similar Book of the Later Han, Book of Han, Records of the Three Kingdoms, Records of the Grand Historian, Zizhi Tongjian | ||
The Book of Chen or Chen Shu (Chén Shū) was the official history of the Chen dynasty, one of the Southern Dynasties of China. It ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China, and was compiled by the Tang dynasty historian Yao Silian, completed in 636.
Similar to Book of Liang, it heavily relied on Yao Silian's father Yao Cha's original manuscript.
The book is one of the more complete extant records of the Chen dynasty. However, it has been criticised for attempting to cover up the wrongdoings of the royal family. A commentary by the Tang prime minister Wei Zheng, which is also included in the book, contradicts some of the claims made in the book.
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