Zizhi Tongjian

The Zizhi Tongjian ( Chinese  資治通鑒  /  资治通鉴 , Pinyin Zīzhì Tōngjiàn , W.-G. Tzu-chih T'ung-chien  - "Comprehensive time mirror to help the government") is a Chinese historical work with an annalistic character . It comprises 294 volumes with around three million words. The main author of the work is Sima Guang , who also adopted earlier events and dates from the classic historical works . His work covers the period from the Warring States Period ( 403 BC ) to the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms ( 959 AD) in chronological order. It was created between 1065 and 1084 .

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Wikisource: Zizhi Tongjian (in Chinese)  - sources and full texts

• Original text of Zhiji Tongjian ( Memento from July 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (chin.)
• Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling after Zizhi Tongjian 54–59, translated and annotated by Rafe de Crespigny (Eng.)