Chen Shutang, Yao Silian, Volume 36

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Chen Shu was written by Yao Silian of Tang Dynasty, with a total of 36 volumes. This book was a chronicle of the history of the Chen Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It recorded the thirty-third year of the Chen Dynasty (from the first year of Yongding (577) to the third year of Zhenming (589)). It was the smallest official history among the twenty-four histories. It was compiled based on the posthumous manuscripts that Yao Silian's father, Yao Cha, spent years compiling. Among them, there were six volumes of this chronicle, which recorded the historical events of the five emperors of the Chen Dynasty. There were thirty volumes of biographies, covering the Biography of the Empress, the biographies of ministers, the biographies of kings, the biographies of imperial clans, as well as the biographies of scholars, literature, filial piety, etc., and there were more pages recording the kings of the royal family. Wei Zheng, Duke of Zheng, supervised the revision of this book, and some of the chapters were praised by him. The Book of Chen was also written with reference to the works of the historians of the Chen Dynasty, Gu Yewang, Fu Wei, Zhao Qidan, Lu Qiong, and others. The language of the Book of Chen was simple and simple. It had some characteristics in the description of characters and war, but it also had some shortcomings such as simple narration, the content focused on the deeds of the royal family, the enfeoffment of titles, and so on. It attributed the rise and fall of the dynasty to "destiny", had many strange theories, and reflected the views of the aristocratic families. However, it was still the most comprehensive history book that recorded the history of the Chen Dynasty. It retained a lot of the original information of the Chen Dynasty and was the basic material for studying the history of the Chen Dynasty.

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