Book of Chen

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The Book of Chen is an official Chinese historical text that records the history of the Chen dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese historical text
official history
standard Chinese dynastic history
associatedWithEmperor Emperor Taizong of Tang NERFINISHED
category 7th-century history book
Chinese classic text
Tang dynasty literature
ChineseName 陳書 NERFINISHED
citationStyle used as primary source for Chen dynasty studies
compiledInDynasty Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
compiler Yao Cha NERFINISHED
Yao Silian NERFINISHED
completionDate 7th century
countryOfOrigin China
culturalSignificance part of the core canon of traditional Chinese historiography
dynastyCovered Chen dynasty NERFINISHED
genre dynastic history
hasSection biographical volumes
imperial annals
historicalPeriodContext Southern and Northern Dynasties NERFINISHED
historicalScope southern Chinese state of Chen NERFINISHED
includedIn official Chinese dynastic histories
influencedBy earlier dynastic histories
language Classical Chinese
literaryGenre historiography
originalMedium manuscript
partOf Twenty-Four Histories NERFINISHED
periodCovered 557–589
predecessorWork Book of Liang NERFINISHED
preliminaryCompiler Yao Cha NERFINISHED
preservedIn Siku Quanshu NERFINISHED
primaryCompiler Yao Silian NERFINISHED
recordsHistoryOf Chen dynasty NERFINISHED
script Chinese characters
structure annals
biographies
treatises
subjectMatter biographies of Chen dynasty figures
institutions of the Chen dynasty
political history of the Chen dynasty
successorWork Book of Sui NERFINISHED
transliteration Chén Shū NERFINISHED
usesCalendarSystem traditional Chinese calendar

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