Nanshi - Nanshi

Japanese: 南史 - なんし

An official history of China. One of the 25 histories. It consists of 10 volumes of the annals and 70 volumes of biographies. Written by Li Yanshou of the Tang Dynasty. Published during the reign of Emperor Gaozong (reigned 649-683 ). A general history that revised the official histories of the four Southern Dynasties: Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen. It corrects the fact that the histories of the Southern and Northern Dynasties are centered on their own countries, and is compiled in a logical order by comparing the two.

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Japanese:

中国の正史。二十五史の一つ。本紀一〇巻、列伝七〇巻からなる。唐の李延寿撰。高宗（在位六四九‐六八三）の時成立。南朝の宋・斉・梁・陳四国の正史を改修した通史。南朝北朝の歴史がそれぞれ自国中心であるのを是正し、双方を対照し、条理を整えて編集したもの。

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