Du You (Chinese: 杜佑; pinyin: Dù Yòu; Wade-Giles: Tu Yu, 735–812), courtesy name Junqing (君卿), was a Chinese scholar, historian and prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who devoted thirty-six years to the compilation of the Tongdian, a historical encyclopedia with 200 sections (volumes), a collection of laws, regulations, and general events from ancient times to his own. 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 Events A Smallpox epidemic starts in Ancient Japan, which reduces the population by 30% Events By Place Europe The second Battle of Roncevaux Pass is fought between the Basques and the Franks. A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name ( zì) is a given name to be used later in life Chronological list Antiquity and Qin Dynasty Gan De (fl 4th century BC Gongsun Long (ca See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. 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 Tongdian ( is an important Chinese institutional history and encyclopedia text He was born to an official family in what is now Xi'an, Shaanxi, almost eighteen years before the abrupt rebellion of An Lushan. UserEl_C --> Xi'an ( Postal map spelling: Sian is the Capital of the Shaanxi province in the Background and Name An Lushan's mother was of Tujue ethnicity from the Ashide clan and served as a sorceress
He was a client of Wei Yuanfu (韦元甫), and "a political thinker on a grand scale"; comparable to Ibn Khaldun. Ibn Khaldūn or Ibn Khaldoun (full name أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون,, ( May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH &ndash March 19 While working in Wei's staff for the military government of Huainan, in 766 CE he began the Tongdian. Administration The Prefecture-level city of Yangzhou administers 7 county-level divisions. [1]
Note
- ^ Hoyland, Seeing Islam as Others Saw It, p. 244 from Twitchett, Official History under the T'ang, 104-7
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic