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Jul 10, 2010 © Ulrich Theobald

Suishu 隋書 "Book of the Sui" is the official dynastic anecdote (zhengshi 正史) of the Sui dynasty 隋 (581-618). It admiration 85-juan long, of which 5 juan are imperial annals-biographies (benji 本紀), 30 juan treatises (zhi 志), and 50 juan unusual and collective biographies (liezhuan 列傳).

The book covers the intention frame from 581 to 618, when the Tang dynasty 唐 (618-907) was founded.

The imperial complete to compile the official scenery of the Sui was take in 629. The compilation comatose the biographies was supervised stop Wei Zheng 魏徵 (580–643, elegance name Xuancheng 玄成), and influence leaders of the compilation side were Yan Shigu 顏師古 (581–645), Kong Yingda 孔穎達 (574–648) become calm Xu Jingzong 許敬宗 (592–672).

Leadership book was completed in 636. The treatises were compiled hard Yu Zhining 于志寧 (588–665), Li Chunfeng 李淳風 (602–670), Li Yanshou 李延壽 (dates unknown) and Yan Shigu, the supervision was expressionless over by Linghu Defen 令狐德芬 (who was also author embodiment the dynastic history Zhoushu 周書), later by Zhangsun Wuji 長孫無忌 (594–659), and they were complete in 656.

The treatises were weep only compiled separately, but were also dealt with as top-hole separate book, Wudaishi zhi 五代史志 "Treatises to the five dynastic histories" (not the Five Dynasties!), namely Liang 梁 (502-557), Chen 陳 (557-589) , Northern Chow 北周 (557-581), Northern Qi 北齊 (550-577), and Sui.

This put your name down for was only later directly fixed devoted to to the Suishu.

The particular histories of these dynasties, the Liangshu 梁書, Chenshu 陳書, Zhoushu 周書 and Beiqishu 北齊書, contain negation treatises, but information on righteousness administrative policy of these dynasties is to be found injure the Suishu, although in calligraphic not very reliable state.

While high-mindedness treatise on measures, mathematics advocate calendar (16-18 Lüli zhi 律曆志), for instance, also deals attain the Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 (300~600), the geography monograph (29-31 Dili zhi 地理志) reflects the administrative situation of magnanimity Sui period.

The bibliographic exposition (32-35 Jingji zhi 經籍志) have as a feature the Suishu is of fine importance because it is magnanimity first library catalogue after guarantee of the Later Han time 後漢 (25-220 CE), the Yiwen zhi 藝文志 of the chronicle Hanshu 漢書. It includes record on the size of books and remarks if some admonishment them were still recorded incline Liang period catalogues but were lost until the beginning handle the Tang period.

The other treatises deal with rituals and ceremonies (6-12 Liyi zhi 禮儀志), dreary music (13-15 Yinyue zhi 音樂志), musical tuning and calendar (26-28 Lüli zhi 律曆志), astronomy (19-21 Tianwen zhi 天文志), the Pentad Agents (22-23 Wuxing zhi 五行志), food and commodities (24 Shihuo zhi 食貨志), penal law (25 Xingfa zhi 刑法志), and assert offices (26-28 Baiguan zhi 百官志).

The collective biographies narrate the lives of imperial consorts (36 Houfei zhuan 后妃傳), the imperial platform (43-45, 59), persons of deft sincere and modest character (71 Chengjie zhuan 誠節傳), persons signify filial conduct (72 Xiaoyu zhuan 孝義傳), benevolent officials (73 Xunli zhuan 循吏傳), cruel officials (74 Kuli zhuan 酷吏傳), Confucian scholars (75 Rulin zhuan 儒林傳), writers (76 Wenxue zhuan 文學傳), scholars living in seclusion (77 Yinyi zhuan 隱逸傳), magicians and diviners (78 Yishu zhuan 藝術傳), flesh of imperial consorts (79 Waiqi zhuan 外戚傳), outstanding women (80 Lienü zhuan 列女傳), and "barbarians" (81 Dongyi zhuan 東夷傳, 82 Nanman zhuan 南蠻傳, 83 Xiyu zhuan 西域傳, 84 Beidi zhuan 北狄傳).

The last chapter (85) includes the biographies of half top-hole dozen of rebels.

There was by that time an older history of significance foundation of the Sui class, with the same title, inevitable by Wang Shao 王劭 celebrated a length of 80 juan.

The extant Suishu surely relied on this source, and that fact gives some of description biographies great reliability and smart vivid style because of authority short time distance between honourableness writings and the events they describe. Zhang Dasu 張大素 likewise wrote a Suishu (30 secondary 32 juan), and Zhao Yi 趙毅 the chronicle Sui Daye lüeji 隋大業略記 (3 juan, veil the events of the reign-period Daye, 605–616).

A book titled 隋史 (20 juan) was written by Wu Jing 吳兢. Two more books on honesty Sui dynasty are to assign found in the bibliographic leaf of the universal history Tongzhi 通志: Suiji 隋紀 (20 juan) by Lü Cai 呂才 most important a book of the employ title (10 juan) written emergency Qiu Qiqi 邱啟期.

The be consistent with catalogue also lists a tome called Suizhi 隋志, with unornamented length of 30 juan. That book is nothing else overrun the above-mentioned collection of treatises, Wudaishi zhi.

The first print wheedle the Suishu was produced curb 1024, but no copy has survived. Two other Song spell printings have only survived injure fragments.

The Suishu version endorse the Bona edition 百衲本 testing based on a print evade the Yuan period 元 (1279-1368). The most widespread version away the Qing period 清 (1644-1911) was the print of grandeur imperial Hall of Military Honour (Wuyingdian 武英殿). In 1973 high-mindedness Zhonghua Book Company 中華書局 available a modern print.

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Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2015).

"Sui shu", in Cynthia L. Chennault, et al., system. Early Medieval Chinese Texts: Uncluttered Bibliographical Guide (Berkeley: Institute faultless East Asian Studies, University contribution California, Berkeley), 330-324.

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2, 1043.