Zizhi Tongjian
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The Zizhi Tongjian is a chronicle published in 1084 during the Northern Song dynasty. It provides a record of Chinese history from 403 BC to 959 AD, covering 16 dynasties and spanning almost 1400 year
Section from one of the original scrolls of the Zizhi Tongjian
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The only surviving eight chapters of the original manuscript are housed in the National Library of China Ancient Books Library, Beijing.
Zhao Yan (Later Liang)
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Zhao Yan, né Zhao Lin, was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Later Liang state. As a son-in-law of its founding emperor Zhu Wen and as someone instrumental in the succe
"Eight Gentlemen on a Spring Outing," attributed to Zhao Yan
