Book of Wu

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The Book of Wu is the section of the ancient Chinese historical text *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that chronicles the history and rulers of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical text section
historiographical work
associatedWithDynasty Jin dynasty NERFINISHED
associatedWithState Eastern Wu NERFINISHED
authorOfContainingWork Chen Shou NERFINISHED
chronicles history of Eastern Wu
rulers of Eastern Wu
citedBy Pei Songzhi NERFINISHED
commentaryCentury 5th century
compiledBy Chen Shou NERFINISHED
compiledInCentury 3rd century
contains accounts of Eastern Wu campaigns
biographies of Eastern Wu emperors
biographies of Eastern Wu officials
countryOfOrigin China
culturalContext Chinese historiography
focusesOnState Eastern Wu NERFINISHED
genre Chinese official history
dynastic history
hasCommentaryBy Pei Songzhi NERFINISHED
historicalPeriodCovered Three Kingdoms period
historicalRegionCovered Jiangdong NERFINISHED
lower Yangtze region NERFINISHED
historicalScope administrative structure of Eastern Wu
biographies of Eastern Wu figures
military affairs of Eastern Wu
political history of Eastern Wu
historicalTradition Twenty-Four Histories NERFINISHED
includedIn standard editions of Records of the Three Kingdoms
influenced later historiography of Eastern Wu
laterMedium printed book
medium manuscript
originalLanguage Classical Chinese
partOf Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
relatedWork Book of Shu NERFINISHED
Book of Wei NERFINISHED
script Chinese characters
sourceFor study of Eastern Wu rulers
study of Sun Ce
study of Sun Jian
study of Sun Quan
study of the Three Kingdoms period
timeSpanDocumented late Eastern Han to end of Eastern Wu
usedAsSourceIn commentaries on Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
scholarship on Three Kingdoms history
usesCalendarSystem Chinese imperial era names

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