Book of Zhou

*Book of Zhou*
Book of Zhou
Traditional Chinese	周書
Simplified Chinese	周书
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōu Shū
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Chiu-su
Tâi-lô	Tsiu-su

The Book of Zhou (Zhōu Shū) records the official history of the Xianbei-led Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties of China, and ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. Compiled by the Tang dynasty historian Linghu Defen, the work was completed in 636 CE and consists of 50 chapters, some of which have been lost and replaced from other sources.^{[citation needed]}

The book was criticised by Liu Zhiji for its attempt to glorify the ancestors of Tang dynasty officials of the time. ^[1]

Sources

Compilation began with Liu Qiu 柳虯 (502-555) in the Western Wei, who was vice-director of the Palace Library. ^[2] Liu Qiu was assigned to compile the imperial diary in 550. Liu Qiu was succeeded by Niu Hong 牛弘 (545-610) who also worked on the imperial diary and later became Director of the Palace Library. Niu Hong compiled an incomplete history of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou. In 629, Emperor Taizong of Tang appointed a team headed by Linghu Defen to work on compiling the Book of Zhou. The other team members were Cen Weben and Cui Renshi.

Translations

Two partial translations have been published. Dien provides a translation of volume 11 on the biography of Yuwen Hu. ^[3] Miller provides a partial translation of volume 50 on accounts of Western nations. ^[4]

#	Title	Translation
Volume 1	帝紀第1 文帝上	Emperor Wen
Volume 2	帝紀第2 文帝下	Emperor Wen
Volume 3	帝紀第3 孝閔帝	Emperor Xiaomin
Volume 4	帝紀第4 明帝	Emperor Ming
Volume 5	帝紀第5 武帝上	Emperor Wu
Volume 6	帝紀第6 武帝下	Emperor Wu
Volume 7	帝紀第7 宣帝	Emperor Xuan
Volume 8	帝紀第8 靜帝	Emperor Jing

Biographies (列傳)

#	Title	Translation
Volume 9	列傳第1 皇后	Empresses
Volume 10	列傳第2 邵惠公顥杞簡公連莒荘公洛生虞國公仲	Yuwen Hao
Volume 11	列傳第3 晉蕩公護	Yuwen Hu
Volume 12	列傳第4 齊煬王憲	Yuwen Xian
Volume 13	列傳第5 文閔明武宣諸子	Princes of Wen; Princes of Xiaomin; Princes of Ming; Princes of Wu; Princes of Xuan
Volume 14	列傳第6 賀拔勝賀拔允賀拔岳侯莫陳悅念賢	Heba Sheng; Heba Yue; Houmochen Yue
Volume 15	列傳第7 寇洛李弼李輝李耀于謹	Li Bi; Yu Jin
Volume 16	列傳第8 趙貴獨孤信侯莫陳崇	Zhao Gui; Dugu Xin; Houmochen Chong
Volume 17	列傳第9 梁禦若干惠怡峯劉亮王德	Ruogan Hui
Volume 18	列傳第10 王羆王慶遠王述王思政	Wang Pi^{[citation needed]}; Wang Shu; Wang Sizheng
Volume 19	列傳第11 達奚武侯莫陳順豆盧寧豆盧永恩宇文貴楊忠王雄	Daxi Wu; Yuwen Gui; Yang Zhong; Wang Xiong
Volume 20	列傳第12 王盟王勵王懋賀蘭祥尉遲綱叱列伏龜閻慶	Wang Ming; Wang Li; Helan Xiang; Yuchi Gang
Volume 21	列傳第13 尉遲迥王謙司馬消難	Yuchi Jiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan
Volume 22	列傳第14 周惠達楊寬楊鈞柳慶柳機柳弘	Zhou Huida; Yang Kuan; Liu Qing
Volume 23	列傳第15 蘇綽	Su Chuo
Volume 24	列傳第16 盧弁	Lu Bian
Volume 25	列傳第17 李賢	Li Xian (Northern Zhou); Li Yuan (Northern Zhou)
Volume 26	列傳第18 長孫儉長孫紹遠斛斯徵	Zhangsun Jian
Volume 27	列傳第19 赫連達韓果蔡祐常善辛威厙狄昌田弘梁椿梁台宇文測
Volume 28	列傳第20 史寧陸騰賀若敦權景宣	Shi Ning; Lu Teng; Heruo Dun
Volume 29	列傳第21 王傑王勇宇文虯宇文盛耿豪高琳李和伊婁穆楊紹王雅達奚寔劉雄侯植
Volume 30	列傳第22 竇熾竇善于翼	Dou Chi; Yu Yi
Volume 31	列傳第23 韋孝寬韋敻梁士彥	Wei Xiaokuan; Wei Xiong; Liang Shiyan
Volume 32	列傳第24 申徽陸通柳敏盧柔唐瑾
Volume 33	列傳第25 厙狄峙楊薦趙剛王慶趙昶王悅趙文表
Volume 34	列傳第26 趙善元定楊摽裴寬楊敷
Volume 35	列傳第27 鄭孝穆崔謙崔猷裴俠薛端薛善
Volume 36	列傳第28 鄭偉楊纂段永王士良崔彥穆令狐整司馬裔裴果	Zheng Wei
Volume 37	列傳第29 寇儁韓褒趙肅徐招張軌李彥郭彥裴文舉
Volume 38	列傳第30 蘇亮柳虯呂思禮薛憕薛真李昶元偉
Volume 39	列傳第31 韋瑱梁昕皇甫璠辛慶之王子直杜杲	Wei Tian
Volume 40	列傳第32 尉遲運王軌宇文神舉宇文孝伯顏之儀	Yuchi Yun; Wang Gui; Yuwen Shenju; Yuwen Xiaobo; Yan Zhiyi
Volume 41	列傳第33 王褒庾信	Wang Bao; Yu Xin
Volume 42	列傳第34 蕭撝蕭世怡蕭圓肅蕭大圜宗懍劉璠柳霞	Xiao Hui; Xiao Yuansu; Xiao Dahuan; Liu Fan
Volume 43	列傳第35 李延孫韋祐韓雄陳忻魏玄
Volume 44	列傳第36 泉企李遷哲楊乾運扶猛陽雄席固任果
Volume 45	列傳第37 儒林	Confucian Scholars
Volume 46	列傳第38 孝義	Filial Piety
Volume 47	列傳第39 藝術	Artists
Volume 48	列傳第40 蕭詧	Xiao Cha; Xiao Kui; Xiao Cong
Volume 49	列傳第41 異域上	Goguryeo; Baekje; Nanman; Rau peoples; Tanchang; Bailan^{[clarification needed]}; Di (Five Barbarians); Kumo Xi
Volume 50	列傳第42 異域下	Turkic Khaganate; Tuyuhun; Gaochang; Shanshan; Karasahr; Kucha; Kingdom of Khotan; Hephthalite Empire; Sogdia; Parthian Empire; Sasanian Empire

References

Footnotes

^ Pearce (2015), pp. 511–512.
^ Pearce (2015), pp. 510–511.
^ Dien (1962).
^ Miller (1959).

Works cited

Linghu, Defen; Miller, Roy Andrew (1959). Accounts of Western Nations in the History of the Northern Chou Dynasty [Chou Shu 50. 10b-17b]. Issue 6 of Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Linghu, Defen; Dien, Albert E (1962). Biography of Yü-Wen Hu. Volume 9 of East Asia Studies, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Pearce, Scott (2015). "Zhou shu 周書". In Dien, Albert E; Chennault, Cynthia Louise; Knapp, Keith Nathaniel; Berkowitz, Alan J (eds.). Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies University of California. pp. 510–513.

External links

Text of the Book of Zhou, available from National Sun Yat-sen University.
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[FOOTNOTEPearce2015511–512-1] Pearce (2015), pp. 511–512.

[FOOTNOTEPearce2015510–511-2] Pearce (2015), pp. 510–511.

[FOOTNOTEDien1962-3] Dien (1962).

[FOOTNOTEMiller1959-4] Miller (1959).

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