Chen Shou

Chen Shou ( Chinese  陳壽  /  陈寿 , Pinyin Chén Shòu ), court name Chengzuo ( 承祚 , Chéngzuò , * 233 , in Shu , China; † 297 China), was a historian in the service of the Jin Dynasty (265-420) and also author of the Sanguozhi ( Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms ), a historical report on the time of the Three Kingdoms Shu , Wei and Wu in China.

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Chen Shou was born in Shu, in what is now Sichuan , in 233 AD. In his youth he studied with the historian Qjao Zhou . He later became an official in the government of the Shu Empire. After the Shu empire was overthrown by the Wei empire and the Jin dynasty was founded by Sima Yan in AD 265 , Shou came into the service of the Jin dynasty on the recommendation of the influential writer Zhang Hua .

Shou's work, the Sanguozhi, which was written by him on 65 scrolls after the fall of the "Three Kingdoms" (280 AD), was considered the fourth approved historical work of its time, next to the Shiji of Sima Qian , the Hanshu of Ban Gu and the Dongguan Hanji , which came from different authors. The work, although reproduced after Shou's death, initially received little attention. It was only when it was commented on by Pei Songzhi in AD 429 that its historical chronicle received the recognition of the then ruler Wen of the Song Dynasty and significance for today's historians.

literature

• Mark E. Byington : Early Korea 2: The Samhan Period in Korean History . Volume Two . Korea Institute, Harvard University , 2009, ISBN 978-0-9795800-3-1 , ISSN  1945-7766 (English).
• Eugene Chen Eoyang, Yaofu Lin : Translating Chinese Literature . Indiana University Press , Bloomington 1995, ISBN 0-253-31958-7 (English).

Web links

Wikisource: Chen Shou  - Sources and full texts (Chinese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Byington : Early Korea . 1984, p.  125 .
2. ↑ Eoyang, Lin : Translating Chinese Literature . 1995, p.  115 .
3. ↑ Eoyang, Lin : Translating Chinese Literature . 1995, p.  116 .

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Shou is the first name.