Original title 晉書 Publication date 648 Date written 648 AD Country China | Preceded by Book of Sui | |
Subject Ancient Chinese history (Jin dynasty) Followed by History of the Southern Dynasties Similar Book of the Later Han, Book of Han, Records of the Grand Historian, Records of the Three Kingdoms, A New Account of the Tales | ||
The Book of Jin is an official Chinese historical text covering the history of the Jin dynasty from 265 to 420. It was compiled in 648 by a number of officials commissioned by the imperial court of the Tang dynasty, with chancellor Fang Xuanling as the lead editor, drawing mostly from official documents left from earlier archives. A few essays in volumes 1, 3, 54 and 80 were composed by the Tang dynasty's Emperor Taizong himself. The contents of the Book of Jin, however, included not only the history of the Jin dynasty, but also that of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, which was contemporaneous with the Eastern Jin dynasty.
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