The Book of Tang (traditional Chinese: 唐書; simplified Chinese: 唐书; pinyin: Tángshū; Wade-Giles: T'angshu) or the Old Book of Tang (舊唐書/旧唐书) is the first classic work about the Tang Dynasty. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by The book began when Gaozu of Later Jin ordered its commencement in 941. Shi Jingtang 石敬瑭 (892-942 was the founder of the Later Jin Dynasty (936-946 the third of the Five Dynasties that controlled much of northern China from Events By Place Asia The Rus'-Byzantine War (941 is fought By Topic Religion Oda Its lead editor, Liu Xu (劉昫), the chief minister and director of the National History redacted it during the last years of his life, and presented it to the Emperor Chudi in 945. Events By Place Asia The Buwayhid Dynasty takes control of Baghdad (it does not supplant the local caliphate)

It is a compilation of earlier annals, now lost; it further incorporates other monographs and biographies, using as sources (for instance) the Tongdian of Du You. The Tongdian ( is an important Chinese institutional history and encyclopedia text Du You ( 735–812 Courtesy name Junqing (君卿 was a Chinese scholar, Historian and Prime minister of the Tang Dynasty ^[1]

After this was revised during the Song Dynasty into the New Book of Tang, Liu Xu's work continued to be preserved as the Old Book of Tang. The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms The New Book of Tang ( is a classic work of history about the Tang Dynasty edited by Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi (宋祁 and other official scholars of the It has been canonised in the Twenty-Four Histories. The Twenty-Four Histories ( is a collection of Chinese Historical books covering a period of history from 3000 BC to the Ming Dynasty in the

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• Twenty-Four Histories

The Twenty-Four Histories ( is a collection of Chinese Historical books covering a period of history from 3000 BC to the Ming Dynasty in the

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