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