Book of Chen

Book of Chen
Traditional Chinese 陳書
Simplified Chinese 陈书

The Book of Chen or Chen Shu (Chén Shū) was the official history of the Chen dynasty, one of the Southern Dynasties of China. It ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China, and was compiled by the Tang dynasty historian Yao Silian, completed in 636.

Similar to Book of Liang, it heavily relied on Yao Silian's father Yao Cha's original manuscript.

The book is one of the more complete extant records of the Chen dynasty. However, it has been criticised for attempting to cover up the wrongdoings of the royal family. A commentary by the Tang prime minister Wei Zheng, which is also included in the book, contradicts some of the claims made in the book.

Sources

In addition to his use of Yao Cha's previous work, Yao Silian relied by contemporary court diaries by Gu Yewang 顧野王 (519-581) and Fu Zai 傅縡 (531-585) and an earlier text also named Chen shu 陳書, compiled by Lu Qiong 陸瓊 (537-586). [1]

Contents

Annals (紀)

#TitleTranslationNotes
Volume 1本紀第1 高祖上Emperor Wu
Volume 2本紀第2 高祖下Emperor Wu
Volume 3本紀第3 世祖Emperor Wen
Volume 4本紀第4 廢帝Emperor Fei
Volume 5本紀第5 宣帝Emperor Xuan
Volume 6本紀第6 後主Houzhu

Biographies (列傳)

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Volume 7列傳第1 皇后Empresses
Volume 8列傳第2 杜僧明 周文育 侯安都Du Sengming; Zhou Wenyu; Hou Andu
Volume 9列傳第3 侯瑱 歐陽頠 吳明徹 裴子烈Hou Tian; Ouyang Wei; Wu Mingche; Pei Zilie
Volume 10列傳第4 周鐵虎 程靈洗Zhou Tiehu; Cheng Lingxi
Volume 11列傳第5 黃法𣰰 淳于量 章昭達Huang Faqu; Chunyu Liang; Zhang Zhaoda
Volume 12列傳第6 胡穎 徐度 杜稜 沈恪Hu Ying; Xu Du; Du Leng; Shen Ke
Volume 13列傳第7 徐世譜 魯悉達 周敷 荀朗 周炅Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong
Volume 14列傳第8 衡陽獻王昌 南康愍王曇朗Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang
Volume 15列傳第9 宗室Imperial Family
Volume 16列傳第10 趙知禮 蔡景歷 劉師知 謝岐Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi
Volume 17列傳第11 王沖 王通 袁敬Wang Chong); Wang Tong; Yuan Jing
Volume 18列傳第12 沈眾 袁泌 劉仲威 陸山才 王質 韋載Shen Zhong; Yuan mi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi); Wei Zai
Volume 19列傳第13 沈炯 虞荔 馬樞Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu
Volume 20列傳第14 到仲舉 韓子高 華皎Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao
Volume 21列傳第15 謝哲 蕭乾 謝嘏 張種 王固 孔奐 蕭允Xie Zhe; Xiao Qian; Wang Gu; Kong Huan; Xiao Yun
Volume 22列傳第16 陸子隆 錢道戢 駱牙Lu Zilong, Qian Daoji, Luo Ya
Volume 23列傳第17 沈君理 王瑒 陸繕Shen Junli; Wang Yang; Lu Shan
Volume 24列傳第18 周弘正 袁憲Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian
Volume 25列傳第19 裴忌 孫瑒Pei Ji; Sun Yang
Volume 26列傳第20 徐陵Xu Ling
Volume 27列傳第21 江總 姚察Jiang Zong; Yao Cha
Volume 28列傳第22 世祖九王 高宗二十九王 後主諸子Nine Princes of Wen; Twenty-nine Princes of Xuan; Princes of Houzhu
Volume 29列傳第23 宗元饒 司馬申 毛喜 蔡徵Zhuang Yuanrao; Sima Shen; Mao Xi; Cai Zhi
Volume 30列傳第24 蕭濟 陸瓊 顧野王 傅縡Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai
Volume 31列傳第25 蕭摩訶 任忠 樊毅 魯廣達Xiao Mohe; Ren Zhong; Fan Yi; Lu Guangda
Volume 32列傳第26 孝行Filial Piety
Volume 33列傳第27 儒林Confucian Scholars
Volume 34列傳第28 文學Writers
Volume 35列傳第29 熊曇朗 周迪 留異 陳寶應Xiong Tanlang; Zhou Di; Liu Yi; Chen Baoying
Volume 36列傳第30 始興王叔陵 新安王伯固Chen Shuling, Prince of Shixing; Chen Bogu, Prince of Xin'an

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Chaussende (2015), pp. 44-45.

Works cited

  • Chaussende, Damien (2015). "Chen shu 陳書". In Dien, Albert E; Chennault, Cynthia Louise; Knapp, Keith Nathaniel; Berkowitz, Alan J. Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies University of California. pp. 44–47.


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