Old History of the Five Dynasties
| Author | Xue Juzheng et al. |
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| Original title | 五代史 (Wǔdài Shǐ) |
| Country | China (Song Dynasty) |
| Language | Classical Chinese |
| Genre | Chinese historiography |
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Publication date
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974 |
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Original text
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at Chinese |
| Old History of the Five Dynasties | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 舊五代史 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 旧五代史 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiù Wǔdài Shǐ |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Kū Ngó͘-tāi-sú |
The Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiù Wǔdài Shǐ) was an official history of the Five Dynasties (907–960), which controlled much of northern China. It was compiled by the Song Dynasty official-scholar Xue Juzheng in the first two decades of the Song Dynasty, which was founded in 960. It is one of the Twenty-Four Histories recognized through Chinese history.
The book comprises 150 chapters, and was in effect divided into 5 books, Book of Liang, Book of Tang, Book of Jin, Book of Han and Book of Zhou. After the New History of the Five Dynasties by Ouyang Xiu was published, it was no longer popular. The fatal blow came in the 12th century when it was removed from the Imperial Library and was no longer published by order of the Jin dynasty. The book was lost during this period.
During the 18th century, Qing Dynasty scholars found many complete quotes of the book in Yongle Da Dian. They extracted them and together with other sources of the same period, they were able to largely reconstruct the book, although missing a few chapters. There have been rumours that copies of the original book exist but to date, none have been found.
The Five Dynasties comprised a string of dynasties in northern China that succeeded one another from 907 to 960. They bridge the time from which the Tang Dynasty fell in 907 to the rise of the Song Dynasty in 960, which eventually conquered all but the very northernmost reaches of China.
The Five Dynasties are the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou.
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