New Tang Book

Creativebackground

IntheFiveDynasties,"BookofTang"(ie"BookofOldTang")wascompiled,butSongRenzongbelievedthat"BookofOldTang"couldnotberecordedindetail.Slightlymissing,literarytalentisunknown,factsarescattered",theedictwasrebuiltinthefourthyearofQingli(1044AD).InJulyofthefirstyearofHehe(1054AD),Renzongurgedto"fastentherevisionofthe"BookofTang"."SongMinqiu,FanZhen,OuyangXiu,SongQi,LuXiaqing,andMeiYaochenwereinvolvedintheincident.TheTangliteratureandTanghistorybooksonwhichthe"NewTangBook"isbasedwerecarefullyselected,andthegrotesquecontentofZhenweiwasdeleted,andtheoldhistorywascutdown.Seven-tenthsofthisperiod.Ingeneral,SongQiwasresponsibleforwritingthe"Biography"part,andFanZhenandLvXiaqingwereresponsibleforwritingthe"Zhi"and"Table"respectively.Finally,itwascompletedundertheauspicesofOuyangXiu.The10volumesof"Benji"andthe"Preface"of"Zan","Zhi"and"Table",aswellas"Elections"and"Yiweizhi"areallwrittenbyOuyangXiu.Becausethe"Biography"partwaswrittenbySongQi,andOuyangXiuonlypresidedoverthecompilationofthe"Zhi"and"Biao",outofhumility.Atthesametime,OuyangXiubelievedthatSongQiwasapredecessor.Theangleofworkisunified,so"XinTangShu"hasthedrawbacksofcontradictorynotesanddifferentstyles.Therefore,the"NewTangBook"wassignedby"OuyangXiuandSongQi".Itisoneofthetwenty-fourhistory.

"NewTangshu"attachesgreatimportanceto"Zhi",adding"Yiweizhi","ElectionHistory"and"Bingzhi"."Bingzhi"isaccompaniedbyMaZheng.Theoriginal"Astronomy"and"Almanac"arethreetimeslongerthanthe"OldTangBook".Thenew"Zhi"containsthesalarysystemofthecivilandmilitaryofficials,whichistheold"Zhi".without.TherearealsoTuntian,Bianzhen,Helai,etc.,whicharenotavailableintheold"Zhi".The"NewTangBook"alsoresumedtheestablishmentof"tables",andestablished"PrimeMinisterBiao","FangZhenBiao","ClanLineageTable"and"PrimeMinisterGenealogyTable".WangMingsheng,ascholaroftheQingDynasty,saidinthe"SeventeenHistoryDiscuss":"Thenewbookisthebestinthehistory,thelist,thebiographyisthesecond,andthebookisthelast."WangMingshengalsopointedoutthatthe"Xintangshu"hassomeshortcomingsinthehistorylist.Thosewhoplausiblysaythatthereisnoforminhistoryshouldberemedied,andtherearethosewhohavemanifestationsbutespeciallythosewhocannotberemedied...Theeunuchisinthehandsoftheeunuch,notonlydoesthegovernmentdoeverythingbutalsoabolishesthelegislature,itwillcontrolthedivinestrategy.Thelieutenantisalsoawatch".SongQihasaliteraryname,andonceheldpositionssuchasZhizhigaoandHanlinBachelor.Ittookhimmorethantenyearstocompletethe"Biographies",andinthethirdyearofJiayou(1058AD),hehandedinallthemanuscriptsofthebiographies.OuyangXiuwasawell-knownwriterintheNorthernSongDynastyandwasgoodatancientprose.Hewasdemotedtoalocalofficialforparticipatingintheactivitiesof"QingliNewDeal".ItwasonlyinthefirstyearofHehe(AD1054)thathewastransferredtotheimperialcourtasabachelorofHanlin,presidedovertheworkofcompilinghistory.ItwasthefifthyearofJiayou(1060AD)untilhehadwrittendownthe"Benji","Zhi",and"Table".

TheQingDynastyWangMingshengused"SongHistory·SongQiBiography"and"OuyangXiuBiography"asthebasis.HebelievedthatSongQixiu'sbook"inthelateyearsofRenzongTiansheng,MingDao,Jingyou,Baoyuan,Kangding,andQingli"Successful,enterZuoChengyunyunwithbookChengYunyun";"(Ouyang)XiuZhixiu's"BookofTang"wassomethingthathappenedbeforeJiayoutoHereign.IthasbeenmorethantenyearssinceQi'sdraftwascompleted."It'sbeenmorethan20yearssinceQidraftwascompleted."Therefore,"thesecondpublicrevisionbookisnotclearatthesametime."Thisstatementisstillusedbysomescholarssofar,andthekeytoWangMingsheng'smistakehasnotbeendiscovered.Therootcauseisthat"SongQiBiography"mistakenthetimeof"ZhaoQiubluntly"as"JingyouZhong",andthisistheonlyreignin"SongQiBiography".

The"SongQiChuan"articlepointedoutthatSongQiwasorderedtocompilethe"BookofTang"beforethe"requestforbluntness",soWangMingshengmistakenlybelievedthatSongQixiu's"BookofTang"wasfromheaventoQingli,anditwasalmost17yearsbeforeandafter..However,inthe"SongHistory·RenzongJi"period,therewasnosuchthingas"requisitionforbluntness"inthereignofJingyou.OnlyinthefirstyearofHuangyouwas"remonstrationofremonstranceintheimperialcourt".Inthe"SongQiBiography",SongQi"speaksstraightforwardly"followedby"QueenJinWenchengasanobleconcubine",whichisconsistentwiththerecordof"RenzongJisan",andthetimeis"Huangyou"insteadof"Jingyou".Obviously,"SongQiBiography"mistaken"Huangyou"for"Jingyou",andsuddenlymovedthetimeforwardbymorethan10years.WangMingshengmentionedthatSongQi"guardedBozhouandfollowedthemanuscriptwithhisowndraft"."SongQiBiography"madeitveryclearbecausehe"sithissonandswimfromZhangYan'sside."Althoughthereisnocleardateinthebiography,SongQiisattachedtohisbrotherSongXie'sbiography.Theprevious"SongXieBiography"clearlystates:"TheThreeYearsofHuangyou,"QiZiandtheYueStateLadyCaoFamilyVisitedZhangYanfang".SongXuwasimplicatedinthisyear,andSongQicameoutofBozhou.Thisfashionis"takenbythemanuscript"andisstillbeingedited.Howcanitbecompletedinthecelebrationcalendar?WangMingsheng’smistakeswerethathedidnotknowthat"Jingyou"shouldberegardedas"Huangyou";theotherwasthathelearnedthat"QiXiuShufanwassevenyearsoldfromthefirsttothreeyearsofHuangyou'sfirstyeartothreeyears."Fromthenon,IcametoknowBozhou,andallthebookstoreswereabletofollowtheirowninstructions,andittook16yearstocomplete,"butstillinsistedontheconclusionthat"SongOuxiu's"NewTangshu"isnotatthesametime".Thetitleof"SongHistory·SongQiBiography"iswrong,exceptforthecaseof"SongJingWenJi"Volume29and"StraightTalk",thereisacasethatstates"RenzongBenjiHuangyou3rdSpringandMarchZhaoqiubluntly","thisbiographyisJingyou"Inaddition,itseemsthatnooneknowsitsofar,sopleasepayattentiontomycolleagues.

Asfarasthecompilationoftheentire"NewTangBook"isconcerned,itshouldbesaid:17yearsbeforeandafterthenewTangHistory,SongQipresidedoverthecompilationinthefirst10years,andtheEuropeanandSongbuild".ThedraftwasfirstcompletedandsubmittedtoSongRenzongforreview.Afterreadingit,Renzongfoundthatthishistorybookwaswrittenbytwopeople,andthestyleandliterarystylewerenotthesame,soheorderedOuyangXiutodeleteitandmodifyitasawhole.OuyangXiurefusedtomodifyitatthistime.Hesaid:"SongGongisaseniortome,andwhatpeopleseeisdifferent.Howcanyouknowwhatyouwant?"Intheend,heonlyrevieweditonce,andtherewasnothingeasy.

Pastdynastiesversion

Becausethe"Xintangshu"hasalwaysheldanorthodoxpositionfromtheSong,Yuan,MingtotheearlyQing,mostpeopleonlyread"NewTangshu"insteadof"OldTang"Book",sotheversionof"NewTangBook"sincetheSongDynastyisfarmorethan"OldTangBook",themainversionscirculatingare:

(1)FourtypesofSouthernSongDynastyblockeditions,eachofwhichisabrokenversionofsonnets,TheoldcollectionofBeisongBuilding,nowinthecollectionofJingjiaLibraryinJapan;theremnantversionofthesamefourteenelements,collectedintheBeijingLibrary;124volumesofthesixteenlines,alsointhecollectionoftheBeijingLibrary;JianyangBookstoreWeiZhongimmediatelyThedilapidatedcopy,theoldcollectionofJiayetang.

(2)Yuancarvededition,MingGuozijianrepairedandprintedaccordingtoYuanedition.

(3)TherearethreetypesofMingcarvededitions,namelytheGuozijiancarvededitionduringtheChenghuaperiod(1465~1487),thetwenty-firsthistoricaleditionofBeijingGuozijianduringtheWanliperiod(1573-1620),andthelateMingDynasty.TheSeventeenHistoryofthePavilion.

(4)TherearemanykindsofQingDynastyblock-printededitions.Theblock-printededitionofWuyingPalaceinthe4thyearofQianlong(1739),with25volumesofSongDongChong's"TangShuShiYin".Therearevariousreprintededitions,photo-printededitions,typographicaleditions,miniatureeditions,aswellasthecombinededitionsoftheFiveBureaus,andthetwenty-fiveenlightenedhistoricaleditions.

(5)TheBaijieditionoftheCommercialPress,mainlyJingjiatangedition,combinedwiththecollectionsof"NorthMap","Shuangjianlou"and"Jiayetang",preservedthe"NewTangBook"Thetruefaceoftheoldengravingisbetterthantheoriginal.

(6)ZhonghuaBookCompany'spunctuationbook,1975edition,theoriginalversionisinamotif.In2000,ZhonghuaBookCompanylaunchedasimplifiedhorizontalversion.

Therearemanyworksonthecorrectionsanddialecticsof"NewTangshu"bylatergenerations.Themainonesare:

(1)WuZhen’s"NewTangshuCorrections",20volumes,dividedinto20subjects,morethan400things,SongYuanyoufouryears(1089)intoabook,ShaoShengfouryears(1097)inthecourt.

(2)WangYingchen's"DifferentiationoftheBiographiesofTangShu",20volumes,specializingintheshortcomingsofthebiographiesof"XinTangShu".

(3)WangRuoxu's"XintangBookDistinction",3volumes,see"HunanHeritageCollection".

(4)ChenHuangzhong's"NewTangBookandPeriodicalMistakes"3volumes.

(5)Anonymous"NewTangBookEvidenceMistakes"(annotatedcopyof"JiRuilouBibliography").

(6)LuoZhenchang's"NanJianBenXinTangShuYiYi"1volume,1936Shanghailithograph.

Catalogueofworks

Benji

Thefirstgreatancestorofthisperiod

ThesecondTaizongofthisperiod

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Queenofthefourthemperorofthisperiod,Zhongzong

Fifthofthisperiod,Ruizong,Xuanzong

ThesixthSuzongofthisperiod,Daizong

TheseventhDezong·Shunzong·Xianzong

TheeighthMuzong·TangJingzong·Wenzong·Wuzong·Xuanzong

TheninthYizong·Xianzong

TheTenthZhaozongoftheBenji·AiDi

Chronicles

Chroniclesofthefirstritualmusicone

Chroniclesofthesecondritualmusictwo

Thethirdritualmusicthree

Thefourthritualmusicfourth

Thefifthritualmusicfifth

Thesixthritualmusicsixth

Theseventhritualandmusicseven

Theeighthritualandmusiceight

Theninthritualandmusicnine

Thetenthritualandmusicten

The11thChroniclesofCeremonyandMusic11

TheTwelfthChroniclesofRitualandMusicTwelfth

The13thChroniclesontheYiweiShang

ThethirteenthundertheYiwei

Thefourteenthcarserviceofthechronicle

Thefifteenthcalendaroneofthechronicle

Thesixteenthcalendartwoofthechronicle

TitleSeventeenthUpperCalendarThreeUppers

TitleSeventeenthLowerCalendarThreeLowers

ZenEighteenthUpperCalendarFourUppers

TitleTenthEighthcalendarfourtimes

Thenineteenthcalendarfive

Thetwentytenthcalendarsixuppers

Thetwentiethcalendarsixtimes

Zhao21Astronomy1

Zhao22Astronomy2

Zhao23Astronomy3

Zhao2FourteenthFiveElementsOne

Thetwenty-fifthfiveelementstwo

Thetwenty-sixthfiveelementsthree

Thetwenty-seventhelementsone

Ch28GeographyII

ChTwenty-ninthGeographyIII

Ch30GeographyIV

Ch31GeographyFive

ZhaoThirty-TwoGeographySix

ZhaoThirty-ThreeGeographySeven-Up

ZhaoThirty-ThreeGeographySeven-Part

Onthethirty-fourthelections

Onthethirty-fifthelections

Onthethirty-sixthonehundredofficials

OnthethirdSeventeenandHundredOfficialsII

TheThirty-EighthandHundredOfficialsIII

TheThirty-ninthandHundredOfficialsandtheFourUps

TheThirty-ninthandHundredsofOfficialsFourHundredOfficials

ZhiFortiethSoldiers

ZhiForty-OneFoodandGoodsOne

ZhiForty-twoShihuoTwo

Title43FoodandGoodsIII

Title44FoodandGoodsIV

ZenForty-FifthFoodandGoodsFive

ZenForty-sixthCriminalLaw

ZenForty-seventhArtandLiteratureOne

ZenForty-EighthArtWen2

Zhi49ArtWen3

Zhi50ArtWen4

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1. Onthefirstprimeminister

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Biographies

1. Biographiesofthefirstconcubine-EmpressTaimuDou·WenEmpressDechangsun,EmpressXuHyun,EmpressWang,EmpressZetianmu,EmpressHesiZhao,EmpressWei,ShangguanZhaorong,EmpressSumingLiu,EmpressZhaochengDou,EmpressWang,EmpressZhenshunmu,EmpressYuanXianyang,GuifeiYang

2. BiographiesoftheSecondEmpressII-EmpressZhang,EmpressDowagerZhangJingwu,EmpressZhenyiDuhu,EmpressRuizhenShen,EmpressZhaode,ConcubineWei,EmpressZhuangxian,YiEmpressDowagerAnguo,EmpressDowagerXiaoming,EmpressDowagerGongxi,EmpressDowagerZhenxianxiao,EmpressDowagerXuanyiwei,EmpressSongRuozhaoofShanggong,ConcubineGuo,ConcubineWang,EmpressDowagerYuanZhaochao,QueenMotherofHui'an,ConcubineGuoShu,QueenMotherGongxian,QueenHe

3. Thethirdclanofbiographies-LiDaozong,LiDaoxing,LiXiaoji,LiDaoxuan,LiShuliang,LiXiaoxie,LiSihun,LiJin,LiYouliang,LiChen,LiXiaogong,LiGui,LiYuan,LiShentong・LiDaoyan・LiXiaoyi・LiGodfu・LiYuanfang,LiYuanli,LiYuanjia,LiYuanze,LiYuanyi,LiYuangui,LiFeng,LiYuanqing,LiYuanyu,LiYuanming,LiLingkui,LiYuanxiang,LiYuanxiao,LiYuanying

4. ThefifthbiographyEmperorTaizong-LiChengqian,LiKuan,LiKe,LiTai,LiYou,LiYan,LiYun,LiZhen,LiZhi,LiShen,LiXiao,LiJian,LiFu,LiMing

5. BiographyoftheSixthandThirdSects-KingofYanLiZhong,KingLiXiaoofMourn,KingZeLiShangjin,KingXuLiSujie,KingLiZhuan,HonoringEmperorLiHong,PrinceZhangHuaiLiXian,ShouLiSiWangLiGuangren,YidePrinceLiChongrun,QiaoWangLiChongfu,JieminPrinceLiChongjun,EmperorLiXian,HuizhuangPrinceLiA,HuiwenPrinceLiFan,HuiXuanPrinceLiYe,SuiWangLiLongti

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6. Theseventy-firstseriesofbiography:LiCong,LiWan,LiWan,LiYing,Suzong,LiYan,LiYao,LiJu,LiYi,LiMin,LiYao,LiQi,LiJing,LiLin,LiJing,LiHuan,LiWei,LiYin,LiKyu,LiGong,LiYan,LiXuan,LiHuang

7. TheeighthbiographyPrincessesoftheEmperors

8. TheNinthBiographies-LiMi,ShanXiongxin,ZuJunyan

9. TheBiographiesNo.10-WangShichongandDouJiande

10. BiographiesNo.11-XueJu·LiGui·LiuWuzhou·GaoKaidao·LiuHeitai

11. BiographiesNo.12-XiaoXian·FugongEr·ShenFaxing·LiZitong·LiangShidu

12. BiographyNo.13-LiuWenjing·PeiJi

13. BiographiesNo.14-QuTutong,YuchiJingde,ZhangGongjin,QinShubao,TangJian,DuanZhixuan

14. BiographiesNo.15-LiuHongji,YinKaishan,LiuZhenghui・XuShao·ChengZhijie·ChaiShao·RenGui·QiuXinggong

15. BiographiesNo.16-WenDaya·HuangfuWuyi·LiXizhi·JiangMo·CuiShanwei·LiSizhen

16. BiographiesNo.17-DuFuwei·ZhangShigui·LiZihe·YuanJunzhang·LuoYi·WangJunkuo

17. BiographiesNo.18-LiJing·LiKeshi·LiLingwen·LiYanfang·LiJi·LiJingye·LiSiwen

18. BiographiesNo.19-HouJunji·ZhangLiang·XueWanjun・XueWanche·XueWanbei·ShengYanshi·LuZushang·LiuShirang·LiuLan·LiJunxianDouWei,DouGui,DouCong,DouKang,DouJing,DouDan,DouQin,DouDexuan

19. Biographies21-FangXuanling·FangYiai·DuRuhui·DuChuke·DuYan·DuYuanying·DuShenquan·DuRangneng

20. Biographies22-WeiZheng·Weimo

21. Biographies23-WangGui·WangTao·XueShou·XueYuanchao·XueYuanjing·XueJi·XueBoyang·MaZhou·MaZai·WeiTing·WeiWaiting·WeiWu·WeiWanshi

22. Biography24-LiGang·LiAnren·LiJiongxiu·LiDaliang·LiJingan·LiDaoyu·DaiXu·DaiZhide·LiuJi·LeYanwei·CuiRenshi·CuiShi·CuiYe·CuiCheng·

23. Biographies25-ChenShuda,YangGongren,YangSixun,YangShidao,YangZhirou,FengLun,PeiJu,YuWenshi,ZhengShanguo,ZhengYuanzhen,QuanWanji,QuanHuai'en,YanLide,YanLiben,JiangYan,WeiHongji,WeiYuezi,JiangShidu,Qiangxun・ZhangZhijian

24. Biographies26-XiaoYu,XiaoJun,XiaoSiye,XiaoSong,XiaoHua,XiaoFu,XiaoLin,XiaoFang,XiaoLin,XiaoJia・XiaoDing

25. Biographies27-CenText·CenXi·CenChangqian·GeFuyuan·YuShinan·LiBaiyao·LiAnqi·ChuLiang·LiuXiaosun·LiXuandao・LiShousu·YaoSilian·YaoHuang·YaoJun·LinghuDefen·Linghujiao·DengShilong·GuYin·LiYanshouLiangSi·SuBian·WeiYunqi·WeiFangzhi·SunFujia·ZhangXuansu

26. Biographies29-YuZhining·YuXiulie·YuAo·YuCong,PangYan,GaoJifu,ZhangXingcheng,ZhangYizhi,ZhangChangzong

27. BiographiesNo.30-ChangsunWuji,ChangsunChang,ChangsunCao,ChangsunQuan,ChangsunShunde,ChuSuiliang・ChuZhuo・HanYuan・LaiJi・LaiHengZhongLan,GuoZhengyi,ZhaoHongzhi,LaiZhang,CuiDunli,YangHongli,LuChengqing,LiuXiangdao,LiJingxuan,LiuDewei,SunChuyue,XingWenwei,GaoZigong

28. ThethirdbiographyTwelfth-FuYi·LuCai·ChenZiang·WangWujing·ZhaoYuanJun·LouShide

29. Biographies34-CuiYixuan·YangZaisi·DouHuaizhen·Zongchuke·JiChune·ZhuQinming·GuoShanyun·WangYun

30. Biographiesofthethirty-fifthTibetangenerals-ShiDanai·FengAng·Ashinasheer·Ashnazhong·Lostthinking·Qieheli·HeiChiChangzhi,LiJinxing,QuanBoys,LiDuozuo,LiZhan,LunGongren,YuChisheng,ShangKegu,PeiDing

31. ColumnBiographies36-GuoXiaoke,ZhangJian,WangFangyi,SuDingfang,XueRengui,ChengWuting,WangXiaojie,TangXiujing,ZhangRenyuan,ZhangJingzhong,WangHui

32. Biographies37-WangYifang·YuanBanqian·ShiBaozhong·HanSiyan·SuAnheng·XueDeng·WangGuli·LiuZefan·FengYuanchang·JiangQinxu

33. Biography38-TangLin·TangShao·ZhangWenrong·XuYougong·XuYanruo

34. Biographiesthirty-ninth-CuiRong·XuYanbo·SuWeiwei·douLuQinwang·ShiWuzi·CuiYuanzong·ZhouYunyuan

35. Biographies40-DiRenjie·HaoChujun·ZhuJingze

36. Biographies41-WangWei·WeiSiqian·LuYuanfang·LuXiangxian·WangJishan・LiRizhi・LiHuaiyuan

37. Biographies42-PeiYan,LiuYizhi,WeiXuantong,LiZhaode,JiXu

38. Biographies43-ZhangTinggui,WeiCou,WeiJiansu,HanSifu,SongWuguang,LuYuantai,XinTifu,LiBo,PeiTong,ZhangGao,LiZhongmin,LiKuan,LiGan

39. Biographies44-WuPingyi·LiYi·JiaZeng·BaiJuyi·BaiXingjian·BaiMinzhong

40. Biographiesforty-fifth-HuanYanfan,LuXixiu,XueJichang,YangYuanyan,Jinghui,CuiXuanwei,ZhangJianzhi,YuanShuji

41. BiographiesNo.46-LiuYouqiu,ZhongShaojing,CuiRiyong,WangMaozhong・LiShoude·ChenXuanli

42. Biographies47-WeiYuanzhong·WeiAnshi·GuoYuanzhen

43. Biographies48-LiQiao·XiaoZhizhong·LuZangyong·WeiJuyuan·ZhaoYanzhao·HeFengyao

44. Biographies49-YaoChong·SongJing

45. BiographiesNo.50-SuGui·ZhangShuo

46. BiographiesNo.51-WeiZhigu·LuHuaishen·LiYuanhong·DuSiam·ZhangJiuling·HanXiu

47. Biographies52-ZhangJiazhen,YuanQianyao,PeiYaoqing

48. Biographies53-SuYan・YinSizhen·BiGou·LiJie·ZhengWeizhong·WangZhiming·XuJingxian·PanHaoli·NiRuoshui·XiYu·QiHuan

49. Biography54-PeiShouzhen·CuiMian·LuCongyuan·LiChaoyin·Wangqiu·YanTingzhi

50. Biographies55-PeiTong·YangQiao·SongQingli·YangYan·CuiYinfu·LiShangyin·XieWan

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52. Biographiesofthefifty-sixthclanprimeminister-LiShizhi,LiXian,LiMian,LiYijian,LiCheng,LiShi,LiHui

53. Biographies57-LiuZixuan·WuJing·WeiShu·JiangYi·LiuFang·ShenJiji

54. Biographies58-GuoQianlong·GuoZhiyun・WangJun㚟・ZhangShougui・WangZhongsi・NiuXianke

55. Biographies59-YuWenrong・WeiJian・YangShenjin・WangYing

56. BiographiesNo.60-GeShuhan,GaoXianzhi,FengChangqing

57. BiographiesNo.61-LiGuangbi

58. Biographies62-GuoZiyi

59. Biographies63-LiSiye·MaLin·LiBaoyu·LuSigong

60. Biographies64-FangGuan·ZhangHao·LiMi

61. Biographies65-CuiYuan·MiaoJinqing·PeiMian・PeiZunqing·LüWei

62. Biographies66-CuiGuangyuan·DengJingshan·WeiShaoyou·WeiBoyu·LiCheng·HanQuanyi·LuCongshi·GaoXiayu

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63. Biographies67-LiLin,YangWan,CuiYoufu,LiuHun,WeiChuhou,LuSui

64. BiographiesSixty-eighth-GaoShi,YuanJie,LiCheng,WeiLun,XueJue,CuiHanheng,DaiShulun,WangHong,XuShen,XiShimei,XinMi

65. BiographyNo.Sixty-nine-Laiyu·TianShengong·HouXiyi·CuiNing·YanLi

66. Biographies70-YuanZai·WangJin·LiGan·YangYan·YanYing・DouShen

67. Biographies71-LiXiyun·LiHua

68. Biographies72-WangSili·LuJiong·WangRare·XinYunjing·FengHeqing·LiPeng·LiShuming·QuHuan·WangQianxiu·LuQun·LiElement·LuShimei

69. Biographies73-LingHuZhang,ZhangXiaozhong,KangRizhi,LiWei,LiuShu,TianHongzheng,WangChengyuan,NiuYuanyi,ShiXiaozhang

70. Biography74-LiuYan·FifthQi·BanHong·WangShao·LiXun

71. Biographies75-LiKui·ChangDagon·ZhaoJing·CuiZao·QiYing·LuMai

72. Biographies76-GuanBo,DongJin,YuanZi,ZhaoZongru,DouYizhi

73. Biographies77-ZhangYi·JiangGongfu·WuYuanheng·LiJiang·SongShenxi

74. Biographies78-DuanXiushi·YanZhenqing

75. BiographiesseventhNineteenth-LiSheng

76. Biographiesofthe80th-MaSui·Hunyan

77. Biographiesofthe81st-YangChaosheng・DaiXiuyan,YangHuiyuan,LiYuanliang,LiGuan,HanYougui,DuXiquan,XingJunya

78. Biographies82-LuZhi

79. Biographies83-WeiGao,ZhangJianfeng,YanZhen,HanHong

80. Biographies84-BaoFang,LiZiliang,XiaoXin·XueBo·FanZe·WangWei·WuCou·ZhengQuan·LuGen·LuTan·LiuSheng·CuiRong

81. Biographies85-XuHao・LuWei·MengJian·LiuBocu·YangPing·PanMengyang·CuiYuanlue·WeiShou

82. Biographies86-ZhangJian·ZhaoJuan·LiShu·ZhengYunkui·XuDai·WangZhongshu·FengJun·YuJingxiu

83. Biographies87-YaoNanzhong·Duguji·GuShaolian·WeiXiaqing·DuanPingzhong·LüYuanying·XuMengrong·XueCuncheng·LiXun

84. Biographies88-KongChaofu·Muning·CuiFei·LiuGongchu·YangYuling

85. Biographies89-GuiChongjing·XiZhi·CuiYan·LuJingliang·XuePing·WeiCigong·XueRong·HuZheng·DingGong·CuiHongli·CuiXuanliang·WangZhi·YinYou·WangYanwei

86. Biographies90-ZhengYuqing·ZhengXunyu·GaoYing·ZhengYan·QuanDeyu·CuiQun

87. Biographies91-JiaTan·Duyou·Linghuchu

88. Biographies92-BaiZhizhen·PeiYanling·CuiXi·WeiQumu·LiQiyun·LiShi·Huangfupian·WangBo

89. Biographies93-WeiZhiyi·WangShuwen·LuZhi·LiuYuxi·LiuZongyuan·ChengYi

90. BiographiesNinthFourteen-DuHuangshang·PeiBian·LiFan·WeiGuanzhi

91. Biographies95-GaoChongwen·Ishen·ZhuZhongliang·LiuChangyi·FanXichao·WangE·MengYuanyang·WangQiyao·LiuChang·ZhaoChang·LiJingluo·RenDijian·ZhangWanfu·GaoGu

92. Biographies96-LiGuangjin·WuZhongyin·WangPei·YangYuanqing·CaoHua·GaoYu·LiuMian·ShiXiong

93. Biography97-YuDi·WangZhixing·DuJian·DuYa

94. Biographies98-BiographiesofPeiDuNinety-ninth-LiFengji,YuanZhen,NiuSengru,LiZongmin,YangSifu

95. Biographies100-DouQun,LiuQichu,ZhangYouxin,YangYuqing,ZhangSu,XiongWang,BaiQi

96. BiographiesofOneHundredOne-HanYu

97. Biography122-QianHui·CuiXian·WeiBiaowei·GaoJun·FengSu·LiYuzhong·LiAo·LuJianci·GaoYuanyu·FengAo·ZhengXian·JingHui·WeiBo・LiJingrang

98. BiographiesofOneHundredandThree-LiuYuan

99. BiographiesofOneHundredandFour-LiXun·ZhengNote・WangYa

100. BiographiesOneHundredandFive-LiDeyu

101. BiographiesOneHundredandSixth-ChenYixing·LiShen·LiRangyi

102. BiographiesOneHundredandSeventh-LiGuyan·LiJue·CuiGong·XiaoYe·ZhengSu·LuJun·LuJianfang·WeiCong·ZhouChi·Peixiu·LiuYu·Xiahouzi·ZhaoYin·PeiTan·ZhengYanchang·WangPu·LuGuangqi

103. BiographiesOneHundredandEighth-BiYun·CuiYanzhao·LiuYe

104. BiographiesofOneHundredandNineth-MaZhi·YangShou·LuYan

105. BiographiesofOneHundredandTenth-ZhengTian·WangDuo·WangHui

106. Biographiesoftheonehundredandeleventh-ZhouBao·WangChucun·DengChune

107. BiographiesofthehundredthTwelfth-WangChongrong·ZhugeShuang·LiHanzhi

108. Biographiesofthe113th-YangXingmi·Shipu·ZhuXuan

109. Biographies114-GaoRenhou·ZhaoYan·TianWei

110. Biographies114-LiuJianfeng·Chengxun·DuHong

111. Biographies116thLoyalty-Xiahouduan·Changda·XieShufang·WangXingmin·LuoShixin·LiGongyi·ZhangShanxiang

112. Biographiesofthe117thZhongyiZhong-YanGaoqing·YanChunqing·JiaXun·JiaYinlin·ZhangXun·XuYuan·NanJiyun·LeiWanchun·YaoFu

113. Biographiesofthe118thLoyaltyandRighteousness-ChengQianli·YuanGuangting·PangJian·CaiTingyu·ZhangMingzhen·ShiYanfen·WuXu·JiaZhiyan·XinYin

114. Biographiesofthe119thZhuoXing-YuanDexiu,QuanGao,ZhenJi,Yangcheng,HeFan,SikongTu

115. Biographiesofthe120thFilialPiety-LiZhiben・ZhangZhikuan・LiuJunliang・WangShaoxuan・RenJingchen・ZhiShucaiRaoNu·WangBowu·WanJingru·ZhangQuanyi

116. Biographyofthe121stHermitage-WangJi·SunSimiao·WangXiyi·LiYuankai·SimaChengzhen·HeZhizhang·LuYu·LuGuimeng

117. Biographiesofthe122ndOfficials-WeiRenshou,ChenJunbin,ZhangYunji,LiTongke,LiSuli,SunZhiyuan,XueDading,JiaDunyi,TianRenhui,PeiHuaigu,WeiJingjun・LiHuideng·LuoJun·WeiDan·WeiZhou·WeiXiu·LuHongxuan·XueYuanshang

118. Biographiesof123rdConfucianism-LuDeming,YanShigu,YanXiangshi,KongYingda,OuyangXun,OuyangTong,Gavinda,XiaoDeyan

119. Biographiesofthe124thConfucianism-LangYuling,XuQiyan,ShenBoyi,LuJingchun,WangYuangan,WangShaozong,PengJingzhi,LuCan,YinZhizhang,ZhangQixian,LiuChong,MaHuaisu·KongRuosi

120. BiographiesunderConfucianism-ChuWuliang·XuAnzhen·YuanXingchong·ChenZhenjie·ShiJingben·LuLubing·WangZhongqiu·KangZiyuan·HouXingguo·ZhaoDongxi·YinYan·LuJian·ZhengQinshuo·LuXi·Zhuzhu·WeiTong·ChenJing·Changdang·LinYun·WeiGongsu·XuKangzuo

121. BiographyOneHundredandTwenty-sixthLiteratureandArt-CaiYungong,ZhangChangling,DuShenyan,WangBo,LuZhaolin,LuoBinwang,FanLubingSongZhiwen·LiBai·WangWei·XiaoYingshi

122. Biographiesofthe128thLiteratureandArtSeries-MengHaoran·WangChangling·CuiYuanhan·LiHe·LiShangyin

123. BiographyofOneHundredandTwenty-ninthFangSkills-LiChunfeng·ZhenQuan·XuYinzong·ZhangWenzhong·YuanTiangang·YuanKeshi·ZhangJingzang·YifuPrivateLi·JinLiangfeng·WangYuanzhiXueYi・YeFashan,MingChongyan,ShangXianfu,YanShansi,DuSheng,ZhangGuo,XingHepu,ShiYeguang,LuoSiyuan,JiangFu,SangDaomao

124. Biographies100Thirtycolumnsofwomen-LiDewu'swifePeiShuyingYangQing'swifeWangFangXuanling'swifeLuDuguShiRenmuWangLanyingYangSan'an'swifeLiFanhuiRen'smotherrespectingguardfilialdaughterZhengYizong'swifeLuLiuji'swifeXiahouSuiJinYuminstraightwifeZhangChuLingguiconcubineAdmiralYangShaozong'swife,WangJiaxiao,Li'swife,WangAzu,Panyanchen,WeiLi,mother,Bian,LiCui,wife,LuXian,Chastity,LiFufeng,Yuying,GaoRui,QinWanglin,Wife,WeiLuWeiqing,XuRao'e,Dou,uncle,andseconddaughter,LuFuWifeLiZou’swife,BoJinjie’swife,GaoMingfemale,YangLie’swife,Jiabluntly,DongLixiao’swonderfulmethod,LiTuan’swife,DongChanglingdan,WangWang’sfilialdaughterandsonDuanJuzhen’swife,XieYanghan’swife,XiaoWeiyong’swife,XiaoHengFanghou’swife,ChengZhengxiao’swife,LiTingjie’swife,CuiYinbao,hiswifeThewifeofFengXuandou,LiZheng'swife,LuShanyang,ZhaoZhoudi'swife,ZhuYanshou'swife,andtheking

125. Si·WuSansi·WuYouji·YangGuozhong

126. Biographiesofthe132ndEunuchPart1-YangSixue·Golishi·ChengYuanzhen·YuChaoen·DouWenchang·HuoXianming·LiuZhenliang·TuTuChengcui·MaCunliang·YanZunmei·QiuShiliang·YangFuguangYangFugong·LiuJishu·HanQuangao·ZhangYanhong

127. Biographiesofthe134thCoolOfficials-SuoYuanli·LaiJunchen·ZhouXing·QiuShenji·HouSizhi·WangHongyi·GuoHongba·YaoShaozhi·ZhouLizhen·WangXu·Jiwen·LuoXizhen·CuiQi·MaoRuoxu·JingYu

128. Biographiesofthe135thdomainWeiBo-TianChengsi·ShiXiancheng·HeJintao·HanYunzhong·LeYanzhen·LuoHongxin・LuoShaowei

129. Biographyofthe136thfeudaltownofJi-LiBaochen,WangWujun,WangTingcoo,WangYuankui,WangShaoding,WangShaoyi,WangJingchong,WangRong

130. Biographiesofthe137thfeudaltownLuLong-LiHuaixian,ZhuTao,LiuLu,LiuJi,ZhuKerong,LiZaiyi,YangZhicheng,ShiYuanzhong,ZhangZhongwu,ZhangYunshen,ZhangGongsu,LiMaoxun,LiQuanzhong・LiuRengong

131. Biographyofthe138thfeudaltownZiqingHenghai-LiZhengji·LiNa·LiShigu·ChengRihua·ChengHuaizhi·ChengHuaixin·LiQuanlue·LiTongjie

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132. Biographiesofthe139thdomainXuanwuZhangYizelu-LiuXuanzuo,DengWeigong,WuShaocheng,WuShaoyang,WuYuanji,LiYou,LiuWu,LiuCongjian,LiZuozhi,LiShihui・LiPi

133. Biographiesofthe140thUpperTurkicSection

134. Biographyofthe140thLowerTurkicSection

135. Biographiesofthe141stGoingtoTubo

136. Biographingsofthe141stGoingtoTubo

137. Reproducetheonehundredandforty-secondupperUighurs

138. Reproducetheonehundredandforty-secondlowerUighurs

139. Biography143rdShatuo

140. Biography144thBeidi-Khitan·Xi·Shiwei·HeishuiMohe·Bahai

141. Biographiesofthe145thDongyi-Goryeo·Baekje·Silla·Japan·Rugui(RuguiCountry)

142. Biographiesofthe146thUpperWesternRegions-Nibula,Dangxiang,Dongnv,Gaochang,Tuyuhun,Yanqi,Kucha,Baruka,Shule,Khotan,Tianzhu,MojieTuo·Fangbin

143. Biographiesofthe146thundertheWesternRegions-KangGuo·NingYuan·DaBoLü·Tocharo·Xie·ShiNie·Secret・GuDuo·Subi·Master·Persian·FuFu·DaShi

144. Biographiesofthe147thShangNanbanShang-NanzhaoShang

145. Biographiesof147thZhongnanbanzhong-Nanzhaoxia·Mengzhaozhao·Yuexizhao·Langqiongzhao·Fangzhaozhao·Shilangzhao

146. Biographiesof147XiaNanbanxia-KingofRings,Panpan,Funan,Zhenla,Heling,Touhe,Junbo,ChamberLifo'sDeath,NameMi,ShanShan,Piao,TwoCuanMan,NanpingMan,XiyuanMan

147. Biographyofthe148thTraitor-XuJingzong·LiYifu·FuYouyi·LiLinfu·ChenXilie

148. Biographiesofthe148thUndertheTraitors-LuQi·CuiYin·CuiZhaowei·LiuCan·JiangXuanhui·ZhangTingfan·ShiShuCong·ZhuYougong

149. Biographiesofthe149thRebelliousMinister-PuguHuai'en·ZhouZhiguang·LiangChongyi·LiHuaiguang·ChenShaoyou·LiQi

150. Biographiesofthe149thRebellion-LiZhongchen,QiaoLin,GaoPian,ZhuMei,WangXingyu,ChenJingxuan,LiJuchuan

151. BiographyNo.OneHundredandFiftyAdversaries-AnLushan,AnQingxu,GaoShang,SunXiaozhe,ShiSiming,ShiChaoyi

152. Biographiesofthe150thHighSchool-LiXilie·Zhu泚

153. Biographiesofthe150thUndertheAdversary-HuangChao·QinZongquan·DongChang

154. AppendixtotheNewTangBookList

Comparisonbetweenoldandnew

Advantages

Comparedwith"OldTangshu","NewTangshu"doeshavesomeofitsownFeaturesandadvantages.BecausetheSongDynastygenerallyinheritedthesystemoftheTangDynasty,inordertosummarizethesystemoftheTangDynastyforthereferenceoftheSongDynasty,the"NewTangBook"paidspecialattentionto"Zhi",andaddedthe"YiWeiZhi"whichwasnotinthe"OldTangBook".","Elections"and"Bingzhi".Amongthem,"Bingzhi"isthefirstcreationof"NewTangBook"."ElectionHistory"and"Bingzhi"systematicallycollatethematerialsontheevolutionoftheimperialexaminationsystemandthemilitarysystemintheTangDynasty.

The"ShiHuoZhi"hasbeenincreasedto5volumes,whichisnotonlylargerthanthe"OldTangBook",butalsosystematicallyandsystematicallypreservesalargeamountofsocio-economichistorydata."Geography"focusesonthegeographicalevolutionoftheTangDynasty,recordstheestablishmentofmilitarymansions,thedistributionofproperties,theriseandfallofwaterconservancy,etc.,andsupplementsmanymaterialsthatarenotavailableinthe"OldTangBook·Geography".

"Astronomy"and"Almanac"aremorethanthreetimeslongerthanthe"OldTangBook"inlength,andrecord7popularcalendarsintheTangDynasty,especiallytheimportantplaceinthehistoryofcalendars.The"LiYi"inDayanLireflectsthelevelanddevelopmentoftheTangDynastycalendartheory.

"Yiwenzhi"hasalotmorethan"OldTangshu·Jijizhi",especiallytheworksofEmperorXuanzongofTangDynastyafterKaiyuan.Forexample,someoftheworksofLiBaiandLiuZongyuanarenotincludedinthe"OldTangBook".

PeopleintheNorthernSongDynastybelievedthat"NewTangBook"wasbetterthan"OldTangBook".Theyseverelycriticizedthe"OldTangBook"for"itisimpossibletorecord,thedetailsareslightlymissing,theliterarytalentisunclear,andthefactsarescattered"("ZengGongliangEnterstheNewTangBookList").Theyareallperfect.Theauthorof"NewTangBook"criticizedthe"OldTangBook"for"makingthekingsandministersoftheMingDynasty,theheroesoftheMingDynasty,theheroesandthecomrades,abusethethieves,therootsofevil,andtheblame,andtheymustnotviolatethegoodandevil."ConfuciuscultivatedthemeaningofSpringandAutumn,carriedouttheso-called"loyalty,traitor,obedienceandrebellion",andaddedZhuoXing,traitor,traitor,andrebelliousministertothe"OldTangBook",andaddedtheoriginalordertoRe-arranged.Afterthe"NewBookofTangDynasty"wascompleted,itseditorZengGongliangonceappearedontheemperor'swatch,andsaidtriumphantly:"Thestorywillbeaddedtotheprevious,andthetextwillsavetheold",thinkingthatthisismuchbetterthanthe"OldBookofTangDynasty."Theplace.

61biographyofnewbookandscrappedoldbookand331biographyofnewbook,buttheiroriginalbasisisdifferent.Somesayitis"WenZhengming's"Re-engravedOldTangBookPreface"",thereisaquotation"MaDuanlinpointedoutin"ChenTongKao"",andmanypeoplehaveseenthatMaDuanlinisaquotefromChenZhensun's"SolutionofZhizhaiShulu"Thedescriptionofthebook:"Everythingwaspassedonforsixty-one,and331wasadded."QianDaxinintheQingDynastyhadanotherstatistics,anditwasalsoconsideredthat"alotofmissing".AccordingtoHuangYongnian'sstatistics,thenewbookhasadded315biographies,includingthe"extremelybriefoneortwosentences"record,excludingthe"212princessesrecordedinthebiographyoftheprincessesoftheemperors".Infact,thekindof"onlyoneortwosentences"thattracestherecordsofitsancestorsintheTangDynasty,themoredetailedthelistasthe"nameindex",themorebeneficialtoreaders,butthismustnotberegardedasabiographyofapersonoranewbiographyoftheperson.Thetwoshouldnotbeconfused.Infact,theeditorsof"XinTangShu"havetheirstatisticalstandardsandstatisticsregardingtheadditionofnewbookstotheoldones.RecordedinVolume7of"JunZhaiReadingHistory"and"HistoricalCriticism",LuXiaqingwrote4volumesof"TangShuZhiBi"and1volumeof"InstructionsforNewExamplesofTangBooks",whichwere"builtinthebookstore".Amongthem,the"InstructionsforNewRegulationsintheBookoftheTangDynasty"records"newbookshaveincreasedordecreasedrecords,biographiesandtheirtotalnumberthanoldbooks".ThistellspeoplethatLuXiaqing,asaneditorandrevisionofficer,hadstatisticsatthetime.Althoughthespecificfiguresof"additionsandreductions,biography,andtotals"arenotrecordedinthedescriptionof"GunzhaiReadingHistory",thisstatisticwillundoubtedlybestoredinthebookstoreandbememorizedbyeditors.

Accordingtothe"JiayouNewTangBook"articleinthe"JadeSea"volume46,the"NationalHistoryChronicles"quoted:JiShi,Zhi50,BiographiesHundredandFifty.Wheretheoldbiographyissixty-one,thenewbiographyis331,andthethreerecordsandfourtablesareadded,andthedocumentis225juanandonejuan.(TheoldShifanis1.9millioncharacters,andthenewShifanis1.75millionandthreecrosses.)Theso-called"NationalHistory"referstothe"Yiwenzhi"inthe"NationalHistory"oftheNorthernSongDynasty.TheNorthernSongDynasty"NationalHistory",RenzongTianshengeightyearstocultivateSongTaizu,SongTaizong,SongZhenzong"ThreeDynastiesStateHistory",ShenzongYuanfengfiveyearstocultivateSongRenzong,SongYingzong"TwoDynastiesStateHistory",SouthernSongSongXiaozongChunxithirteenyearstocultivateSongDynastyShenzong,SongZhezong,SongHuizong,SongQinzong"HistoryoftheFourDynasties."Amongthem,RenandYing’s"HistoryoftheTwoDynasties"has120volumes,5volumes,45volumes,and70volumesofbiographies.SongMinqiuservedastheeditoroftheHistoryMuseumandparticipatedinitsediting.Therefore,the"JiayouNewTangBook"recordedin"TheHistoryoftheTwoDynasties·ArtandLiterature"mustbebasedonthestatisticsofthebookofficeoftheyear,nottomentionSongMinqiuwasoneofthesixeditorsofthe"NewTangBook"thatyear.Accordingtothisrecord,"JunZhaiReadingHistory"recorded"approximately1.9millionoldbooksand1.74millionnewbooks(words)."Sixty-one,addthreehundredandthreehundredandeleven,Zhithree,tablefour",forthe"ChenTongKao",WenZhengmingandotherphasedquotations.Basedonthestatisticsbeforethebiographiesofthecharactersineachvolumeofthetwo"BooksoftheTang",exceptfortheirrespectiverepetitions,thenumbersadded(includingtheoriginalbiographyandattachedbiography)andabolished(onlytheoriginalbiography)areveryclosetotheabovequoted"GuoShiThenumberof"Zhi"(theprincessesoftheemperorsarenotincludedinthestatistics)provesthat"theoldbiographyissixty-one,thenewoneis331"isindeedanauthoritativestatisticleftbythe"NewTangBook"bookstoretofuturegenerations..

The"NewTangBook"alsopreservessomehistoricalmaterialsinthe"Biography"thatarenotcontainedinthe"OldTangBook".SincetheAnshiRebellion,alotofhistoricalmaterialshavebeenlost,andtherearenoofficialrecordsunderTangMuzong,soSongQiwroteabiographyofthecharactersinthelateTangDynasty,usingalotofnovels,notes,biographies,steles,genealogy,wildhistoryandothermaterials.Atthesametime,manybiographiesoflateTangDynastyfigureshavebeenadded.Regardingtheethnicandtribalrecordsofethnicminorities,therearemoreandmoredetailedrecordsintheNewTangBookthanintheOldTangBook.AccordingtoZhaoYi's"NotesontheTwenty-twoHistoryoftheNewTangDynasty":"ThehistoricaleventsoftheTangDynastycontainedinthe"NewBookofTangDynasty:HistoryofArtandLiterature"containhundredsofkindsofthingsthathavenotbeenseenintheFiveDynastieswhentheyeditedthebookoftheTangDynasty.Accordingtoreference,Self-satisfactionisdetailed.AlsothescholarsoftheearlySongDynasty,accordingtowhattheyhaveseenandheard,donothavetowrite."AlltheseprovideusefulinformationforrevisingtheTangbook.Manybiographiesusenovels,anthologies,steles,historicalandpoliticalworksandotherdocuments.Inadditiontotheuseof"oldbooks"andmaterials,ZhuZhihasanewexpansion.Relevantfactualrecords,politicalbooks,histories,anthologies,steles,novelsandotherdocumentsareallincludedintheselection.

Disadvantages

"XinTangShu"alsohasobviousshortcomings,themostimportantpointisthatitdespisesthepeasantuprisingthinkingmoreseriously.ThewritermadegreateffortstoattackthepeasantuprisingsinthelateSuiandTangdynasties.The"HuangChaoBiography"wasprecededbytheword"adverseminister";itusedextremelyviciousvocabularyagainstDouJiandeandotherpeasantsoldiersintheendoftheSuiDynasty,suchas"hedgehoghairfighting","moldingteethshakingpoison","evilgasandflames",etc..Itcanbeseenthatthe"NewTangBook"isbetterthanthe"OldTangBook"intermsoforthodoxviews.Althoughthe"NewTangBook"lists"Bingzhi",itisverysparse.Forexample,"NewTangBook·Bingzhi"records:"TheTangDynastyhastheworldformorethantwohundredyears.Soldiers,thesoldiersofthegovernmentwereabandonedandbecamethehorses,andthehorseswerealsoabandoned,andthesoldiersofFangzhenwereprosperous."Hisargumentisunclear,anditisinconsistentwithhistoricalfacts.

"NewTangshu"usesalargenumberofnotesandnovels,andmanymistakeshavebeenmade.Volume4of"ZhizhaiBookRecordsSolvingProblems"criticizes"NewTangshu"for"pickingupprivatenovels,buttheyareallattached.","It'snothingtohelp."WangGuanguo's"Xuelin"Volume5"NeonClothesFeathers"said:"Althoughthe"GuoShiSuSu"isanovelintheTangDynasty,itsrecordsarenottrue.ThosewhoeditthehistoryoftheTangDynastywillalltakeitanddivideitintovariousbiographies.Theyhavenotcheckedwhetheritis.Therefore,thisisalsothecasewithmistakes."

Intermsofwriting,"NewTangshu"isalsoinferiorto"OldTangshu".Forexample,some"Benji"and"Biography"weretoosimple,andevenmadeunreasonablecuts.QingDynastyhistoricalcriticWangMingsheng's"DiscussiononSeventeenHistory"mentionedthatthe"NewTangBook"isalmostlessthansix-seventhsoftheolderbooks.Accordingtosomestatistics,therearenearly300,000charactersinthe"BookofOldTangDynasty:Benji",butonly90,000charactersareleftin"BookoftheNewTangDynasty".Thiskindofover-abbreviatedwritinghasmadethe"XinTangShu"lostmanyimportanthistoricalmaterials.Inaddition,duetothedemandingtextrefinement,SongQi,OuyangXiu,etc.didnothesitatetodeletemanyimportantplots,suchastheveryvividandtragic"FengChangqingBiography"and"GaoXianzhiBiography"in"OldTangBook",tothe"NewTangBook"Thedeletionisdull.

AppreciationofWorks

LiteraryCollectionCompilation

SongQiandOuyangXiu,themainauthorsof"NewBookoftheTangDynasty",arefamouswritersoftheNorthernSongDynasty.SongQiandhisbrotherSongXuwereknownasthe"SecondSongDynasty"atthetime.Songpeople's"DongxuanRecords"saidthatSongQiwas"experiencedandabletolearnandpossesstalents";OuyangXiuwasoneofthe"EightMastersofTangandSongDynasties",proseItsspecialty.Ofcoursetheirworkisdifferent.

Otherauthorswhoparticipatedinthecompilationof"NewTangBook"werealsomastersoftheNorthernSongDynasty.FanZhen,WangChou,SongMinqiu,andLiuXisoulistedinZengGongliang's"IntotheNewTangBookList"intheJiayoureignofSongRenzongwereallwell-knownfiguresintheliteraryworldatthattime.FanZhenwasabachelorofHanlin,andhiswritingisfluent.Hehasmorethanonehundredvolumessuchas"DongZhaiChronicle"whichhavebeenhandeddownaroundtheworld.WangChouwen'sresignationisYanli,andhasalwaysbeencalledbytheworld.SongMinqiuisthemasteroftheNorthernSongDynasty,richinbooks,edited"TangDaZhaoLingJi"and"Chang'anZhi",andisveryfamiliarwithTanghistory.LiuXisuoisawell-knownastronomer,andlaterhelpedSimaGuangtoeditZizhiTongjian.ThebookofNewTangDynastywaswrittenbythesepeople,withnaturalliterarytalentandrigorousstyle.Ontheotherhand,Song,Ouandotherswerealsoveryseriouswheneditingthe"NewTangBook".OuyangXiuisresponsibleforthe"Benji","Zhi"and"Table"parts,andhasbeenwritingarticlesforsixorsevenyears.PartofSongQi'sBiographiesislongerandlastsmorethantenyears.HewasoncetheprefectofBozhou,"inandout"tocarrythismanuscriptwithhim.WhenhewastheprefectofChengdu,everydayafterthebanquet,heopenedthecurtainandburnedcandles,almostwritinguntillateatnight.Thisseriousandrigorousattitudemakes"NewTangBook"indeedbetterthan"OldTangBook"inmanyaspects.

Becausethewritingtimeof"OldTangBook"wasrushed,sometracesofcopyingfromTangrecordsandnationalhistorycouldnotbeerased.Therearemany"DaTang","thisdynasty"and"JinShang".Typeface.WhenSongQiwaitedforthenewrepair,allthesenondescriptwordsweredeleted.Thismakesthe"NewTangBook"appearmuchmorecompleteandrigorousthanthe"OldTangBook"intermsofstyle,brushworkandstyle.Inaddition,the"XinTangBook"alsosummarizedthenamesofbiographies,suchasmergingtheminorityShiTanggeneralsintothe"ZhuYiFanGeneralBiography";groupingtheseparatisttribesandtownstowritetogether,andsoon.Inthisway,itmakestheeyebrowsclearer.

"Xintangshu"isappreciatedbyfuturegenerationsforitsfreshandsimplelanguagecharacteristics.Italsohadahugeimpact.

Textualresearchonhistoricalmaterials

BecausetheNorthernSongDynastywasrelativelypeaceful,thereweremanyhistoricalmaterialsthatwerenoteasilycollectedduringthewar,whichwerecollectedandsortedintheearlyyearsoftheNorthernSongDynasty.Accordingtoexpertestimates,SimaGuangxiureferredtoasmanyasthreehundredhistoricalmaterialsin"ZiZhiTongJian".Thecompilationof"XinTangShu"and"TongJian"werecloseintime.WhatSimaGuangsawwasthatSongandOuwereboundtoSee.Forexample,the"LiJiBiography"addedin"XinTangShu"recordstheattitudeofthepost-LiWucontroversy,andthedifficultyofFangXuanLing'stheoryofpreservationisbeyondthereachof"OldTangShu"andotherbooks.Others,suchas"Shihuozhi"of"Xintangshu",addedmaterialssuchastheTangDynastyTuntian,Helai,miningandmetallurgy;"Geography"recordstheirrigationconditionsoftheriversandcanalsandthelocalproductsofvariousstates,andtheyarealsohisPrecioushistoricalmaterialsrarelyseeninbooks.

OuyangXiuwasstillawell-knownmasterofgoldandstoneatthetime.Hehadalotofresearchonancientgoldandstonestudies.ThemostfamouscaseisthatheusedKongYingda'sinscriptiontoverifythefactthatthisoutstandinghistorianoftheearlyTangDynastyhadwrittenaword.Allthesemake"XinTangShu"evenbetterinsomehistoricalfacts.

Innovativestyle

"XinTangShu"wrote"Bingzhi"and"ElectionHistory"forthefirsttime,systematicallydiscussingthemilitarysystemandimperialexaminationsystemoftheTangDynasty,suchasthemilitarysystem.Thisisagreatcreationoftheofficialhistorygenrehistorybooksofourcountry.Ithasbeeninheritedbythe"SongHistory"andothers,andpreservedmanyvaluablehistoricalmaterialsofourcountry'smilitarysystemandemploymentsystem.ThelistsofprimeministersandFangZhenin"XinTangShu"alsoprovidereaderswithacluetotheriseandfalloftheclanofprimeministersintheTangDynasty(familyfamily)andtheebbandflowofthepowerofthevassaltown.

ThefamoushistorianWangMingshengsaidin"DiscussiononSeventeenHistory":"Thenewbookisthebestinthehistoryandtable."Thisisafairevaluation.AfterSimaQiancreatedthechronology,table,chronicle,andbiographyhistorybooks,fromtheWeiandJintotheFiveDynasties,thehistoriansandthetablelackedabriefhistory,andtheintegrityofthisstylewasrestoredinthe"NewTangBook".Laterhistorybooksofdynastiesfollowedthissystem.Thisisalsoagreatcontributionof"Xintangshu"inthehistoryofourcountry'shistoriography.

Influenceofworks

"NewTangshu"isamajorcreationofmycountry'sofficialhistorygenrehistorybooks,whichwillbefollowedby"SongHistory"inthefuture.SinceSimaQian’screationofthechronology,epigraphs,histories,andbiographyhistorybooks,fromtheWeiandJintotheFiveDynasties,thehistorianswhocompliedwithhistoriesandepigraphsweremissing,andtheintegrityofthisstylewasrestoredinthe"NewBookofTangDynasty".Laterhistorybooksofdynastiesfollowedthissystem,whichisalsoagreatcontributionof"NewTangshu"inthehistoryofChinesehistory.

Compiledworks

NewTangBookNotes,Twenty-FiveHistory,ThirdSeries,Volume7,Pages182-204

NewTangBookCorrections20Volumes(SongWuzhen)MingDynastyWanliZhonghaiYuZhaoKaimeipublishedacollectionofWuyingDianjurareeditionFujianGuangdongFujurareeditionwithcollation2volumesZhiweizhaiseriesfifteenepisodeswithQianDaxinxiuTangShushichentable1volumefourseriesthreeseriesphotocopyWanliThisseriescontains3835-37,Twenty-FiveHistory,ThirdSeries,Volume7,Pages1-65

CorrectionandCorrectionofNewTangBook(DaxinQingQian)TheCompleteWorksofDaxinQian,Volume4ofJiading,ChenWenhecompiledtheproofreading

NewTangBookDistinctionVolume3(JinWangRuoxu)HunanYieldCollectionVolume22-24Twenty-FiveHistoryThirdSeriesVolume7Page64-83

NutangBookandPeriodicalError3volumes(ChenHuangzhonginQingDynasty)SeeNanXian'sContributionBibliographyQuestionsandAnswersYunnotengraved

NutonTangBookEvidenceError(lostname)1volumeofBibliographyinJiruilou

TangShuShiyin(SongDongChong)Twenty-FourHistorySupplements,Volume9,pages347-391,photocopyandre-engravingofJiguPavilion

NewTangBookProofofCorrectionandErrorLuoZhenchang'sEditionoftheRepublicofChina(4)

FourVolumesAnnotationsofNewTangBookArtandLiteratureRecords-TranscriptsoftheRepublicofChina(8)