Pei Songzhi

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Pei Songzhi was a 5th-century Chinese historian best known for his extensive and detailed annotations to the classic historical text Records of the Three Kingdoms.

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instanceOf Chinese historian
commentator
historian
scholar
annotatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
birthYear 372
centuryOfActivity 5th century
ChineseEraName Yuanjia period (Liu Song) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship China
deathYear 451
dynastyServed Eastern Jin NERFINISHED
Liu Song NERFINISHED
era Liu Song dynasty NERFINISHED
Southern dynasties period
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
familyName Pei NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork annotation of historical texts
historiography
textual criticism
genre Chinese historiography
givenName Songzhi NERFINISHED
historicalPeriodDescribed Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
influenced later historians of the Three Kingdoms period
knownFor annotating Records of the Three Kingdoms
languageOfWork Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
legacy major source for Three Kingdoms studies
standard annotated edition of Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
name Pei Songzhi NERFINISHED
nativeName 裴松之 NERFINISHED
notableFor critical evaluation of historical accounts
extensive use of earlier sources in annotations
notableWork Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
occupation historian
official
scholar
placeOfOrigin Hedong Commandery NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Southern China NERFINISHED
religion Confucianism
sourceTypeUsed biographical collections
local gazetteers
lost historical texts
official histories
timePeriod Six Dynasties period
workCharacterization critical comparison of conflicting sources
detailed and exhaustive annotations
workSubject history of the Three Kingdoms period

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