Pei Songzhi

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Pei Songzhi ( Chinese  裴 松 之 ; * 372 in Yancheng ; † 451 ) was a Chinese historian. He came from what is now Shanxi Province. He later went to the Court of the Former Song Dynasty , where he edited the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou . He took pains to pinpoint the geographical details of the work and also corrected some historical facts after submitting other reports from that time. He also added a comment to the chronicles . His research made the work a self-contained, somewhat reliable testimony to the time of the Three Kingdoms .

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SURNAME Pei, Songzhi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese historian
DATE OF BIRTH 372
PLACE OF BIRTH Yancheng
DATE OF DEATH 451