The Shitong (Chinese: 史通; Wade-Giles: Shiht'ung; literally "Generality of Historiography") is the first Chinese work about historiography compiled by Liu Zhiji between 708 and 710. Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin Liu Zhiji ( 661–721 Courtesy name Zixuan (子玄 was a Chinese Historian and author of the Shitong born in present-day The book describes the general pattern of the past official dynastic historiography on structure, method, order of arrangement, sequence, caption and commentary back to the pre-Qin era. Not to be confused with the Qing Dynasty, the last dynasty of China
It contain about 88,000 words including Liu's commentaries, which divided into 39 inner chapters and 13 outer chapters, 3 of the inner chapters had been lost since the times of Ouyang Xiu, while the rests managed to survive. Early life He was born in Mingyang, Sichuan where his father was a judge though his family comes from present day Jishui (then known as Luling The inner chapters which is principal part of the book provided information on the types, forms, rules, layout, the collecting of historical materials, outline, and the principle of historiography. The outer chapters describes the official system of the historiographer, origin and development of histories, and the success and failure of past historians. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it
The copies of Song Dynasty are no longer available, while the reprinted editions of Ming Dynasty can still be seen. 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 Ming Dynasty ( or Empire of the Great Ming ( was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol -led The oldest are the 1535 edition by Lu Shen, the most complete version of them being the 1577 edition by Zhang Zhixiang, which was published by Zhonghua Shuju in 1961.
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- Tang, Qinfu (2001). History of Chinese Historiography. Taiyuan: Shanxi Education Press. ISBN 7-5440-2111-4. p. 215-217.
- Li, Wenli. Liu Zhiji Shitong Tixian De Biandao Sixiang He Biandao Yuanze (The Editing Thought and Principle in Liu Zhiji's Shitong). Tangdu Journal. 2006. 5. p. 34-36. ISSN 1001-0300.
- Qu, Lintong, "Shitong" ("Generality of Historiography"). Encyclopedia of China, 1st ed. The Encyclopedia of China ( "China Great Encyclopedia" is the first large-entry modern Encyclopedia in the Chinese language.
External links
- Shitong "All about Historiography" — Chinaknowledge. de.
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