The Zhou Shu (Book of Zhou), compiled under Linghu Defen in the early Tang dynasty from earlier court records, is the official dynastic history of the Northern Zhou and the standard historical record of Emperor Wu's reign, including his 574 proscription of Buddhism and Daoism. Its strength is that it draws on the court's own administrative and historical records, compiled within living memory of the events. Its limit is that, like every official dynastic history in the Chinese tradition, it was compiled under the patronage of a successor dynasty with its own reasons to judge the ruler it describes.
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An official dynastic history compiled within living memory of the events from court records, weighed against its composition under a successor dynasty with its own reasons to judge the ruler it describes. NotesOfficial dynastic history of the Northern Zhou, compiled early Tang dynasty, 636 CE.
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AuthorLinghu Defen (comp.)
Publication Year636
Source Typeprimary-text
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