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 ⓘ
centuryOfCompletion 11th century ⓘ
commissionedBy Emperor Yingzong of Song ⓘ
compiledUnderDynasty Song dynasty ⓘ
compiler Sima Guang ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
coversDynasty Five Dynasties ⓘ
Han dynasty ⓘ
Jin dynasty ⓘ
Northern and Southern dynasties ⓘ
Qin dynasty ⓘ
Sui dynasty ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
Three Kingdoms period ⓘ
dateOfCompletion 1084 ⓘ
editor Fan Zuyu ⓘ
Liu Ban ⓘ
Liu Shu ⓘ
Sima Kang ⓘ
endingPeriod Five Dynasties period ⓘ
genre political history ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy Hu Sanxing ⓘ
hasFormat biannian (year-by-year) arrangement ⓘ
historicalMethod selection of events with moral and political judgments ⓘ
includesRegion Central Plains of China ⓘ
northern frontier states ⓘ
southern Chinese regimes ⓘ
influenced later Chinese historiography ⓘ
influencedBy Confucian political thought ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 294 ⓘ
preparationTime about 19 years ⓘ
presentedTo Emperor Shenzong of Song ⓘ
primaryPurpose aid to governance ⓘ
scholarlyReputation monumental work of Chinese historiography ⓘ
startingPeriod Warring States period ⓘ
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 ⓘ
usedAs reference work for officials ⓘ
usesSources Standard Histories of Chinese dynasties ⓘ
workBegan 1065 ⓘ

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Zizhi Tongjian → alternateRomanization → Tzu-chih T’ung-chien ⓘ