Chen Shou

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Chen Shou was a third-century Chinese historian best known for compiling the foundational historical text "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which chronicles the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period.

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Chen Shou canonical 8
陳壽 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese historian
biographer
historian
historical text
author Chen Shou
basedOn Records of the Three Kingdoms
birthYear 233
countryOfCitizenship China
courtesyName Zhangning
deathYear 297
dynastyServed Shu Han
Western Jin
linked to: Western Jin dynasty
employer Jin dynasty
state of Shu Han
linked to: Shu Han
era Three Kingdoms period
Western Jin dynasty
fieldOfWork Chinese history
historiography
genre biographical history
official history
hasCommentaryBy Pei Songzhi
influenced Pei Songzhi
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
knownFor compiling Records of the Three Kingdoms
language Classical Chinese
name Chen Shou
nativeName 陳壽
linked to: Chen Shou
notableFor establishing the standard narrative of the Three Kingdoms era
notableWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
occupation historian
official
originalTitle 三國志
placeOfBirth Ba Commandery
present-day Sichuan, China
region China
romanization Chén Shòu
sourceFor later Chinese historiography of the Three Kingdoms
style concise prose
subject Three Kingdoms period
late Eastern Han dynasty
timePeriod 3rd century
usedSourcesFrom documents from Cao Wei
documents from Eastern Wu
state archives of Shu Han
linked to: Shu Han
wroteAbout Cao Wei
Eastern Wu
Shu Han

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Book of Shu compiledBy Chen Shou
Book of Shu author Chen Shou
Book of Wu compiledBy Chen Shou
Chen Shou name Chen Shou
Chen Shou nativeName 陳壽
linked to: Chen Shou
Records of the Three Kingdoms author Chen Shou
subject linked to: Chen Shou