Tzu-chih T’ung-chien

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Tzu-chih T’ung-chien is a monumental 11th-century Chinese chronological historical work compiled under Sima Guang that covers the history of China from the Warring States period to the early Song dynasty.

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instanceOf Chinese historical work
chronological history
universal history of China
alternateRomanization Zizhi Tongjian NERFINISHED
centuryOfCompletion 11th century
commissionedBy Emperor Yingzong of Song NERFINISHED
compiledUnderDynasty Song dynasty NERFINISHED
compiler Sima Guang NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin China
coversDynasty Five Dynasties NERFINISHED
Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Jin dynasty NERFINISHED
Northern and Southern dynasties NERFINISHED
Qin dynasty NERFINISHED
Sui dynasty NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
dateOfCompletion 1084
editor Fan Zuyu NERFINISHED
Liu Ban NERFINISHED
Liu Shu NERFINISHED
Sima Kang NERFINISHED
endingPeriod Five Dynasties period NERFINISHED
genre political history
hasCommentaryBy Hu Sanxing NERFINISHED
hasFormat biannian (year-by-year) arrangement
historicalMethod selection of events with moral and political judgments
includesRegion Central Plains of China NERFINISHED
northern frontier states
southern Chinese regimes
influenced later Chinese historiography
influencedBy Confucian political thought
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
numberOfVolumes 294
preparationTime about 19 years
presentedTo Emperor Shenzong of Song NERFINISHED
primaryPurpose aid to governance
scholarlyReputation monumental work of Chinese historiography
startingPeriod Warring States period NERFINISHED
structure annalistic chronological format
subjectMatter Chinese political and military events
court politics and administration
timeSpanCovered 403 BC–959 AD
titleMeaning Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government NERFINISHED
usedAs reference work for officials
usesSources Standard Histories of Chinese dynasties NERFINISHED
workBegan 1065

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Zizhi Tongjian alternateRomanization Tzu-chih T’ung-chien