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A page from a Ming Dynasty edition of the Book of Qi
The Book of Qi or Book of Southern Qi (Chinese: 齊書/南齊書; pinyin: Qí Shū/Nánqí Shū) is a history of the Chinese dynasty Southern Qi covering the period from 479 to 502, and is one of the Twenty-Four Histories of Chinese history. It was written by Xiao Zixian (蕭子顯) during the succeeding Liang Dynasty, and is unique in that Xiao Zixian was the only author of any of the Twenty-Four Histories to be a direct descendant of the founder of the dynasty being written about — specifically, he was a grandson of Southern Qi's founder Emperor Gao of Southern Qi. It was originally only known as the Book of Qi, but after the Book of Northern Qi was written, it became known as the Book of Southern Qi so that the two could be distinguished. The book contained 60 volumes when written, but one preface was later lost.
Twenty-Four Histories Records of the Grand Historian (Sima Qian) | Book of Han (Ban Gu) | Book of the Later Han (Fan Ye) | Records of Three Kingdoms (Chen Shou) | Book of Jin (Fang Xuanling et al.) | Book of Song (Shen Yue) | Book of Qi (Xiao Zixian) | Book of Liang (Yao Silian) | Book of Chen (Yao Silian) | Book of Wei (Wei Shou) | Book of Northern Qi (Li Baiyao) | Book of Zhou (Linghu Defen et al.) | Book of Sui (Wei Zheng et al.) | History of Southern Dynasties (Li Yanshou) | History of Northern Dynasties (Li Yanshou) | Book of Tang (Liu Xu et al.) | New Book of Tang (Ouyang Xiu et al.) | Five Dynasties History (Xue Juzheng et al.) | New History of the Five Dynasties (Ouyang Xiu) | History of Song (Toktoghan et al.) | History of Liao (Toktoghan et al.) | History of Jin (Toktoghan et al.) | History of Yuan (Song Lian et al.) | History of Ming (Zhang Tingyu et al.)
Categories:- Chinese history texts
- 6th-century history books
- Southern Qi
- Chinese history stubs
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