The Book of Old Tang Dynasty has 200 volumes, including 20 biographies, 30 memoirs and 50 biographies/kloc-0. Originally named Tang Shu, the New Tang Shu compiled by Song Qi and Ouyang Xiu was renamed Old Tang Shu after it was published.
Sui Shu is a book published by Zhonghua Book Company 1997. The writer is Wei Zhi. Eighty-five volumes of the book, including five volumes of Emperor Ji, fifty volumes of biographies and thirty volumes of chronicle. Sui Shu (a set of 6 volumes) (traditional vertical edition) was co-edited by many people and divided into two stages, which lasted 35 years from the initial creation to the completion. In the fourth year of Wude in Tang Dynasty (AD 62 1), Ling put forward the revision proposal of History of Liang, Chen, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Sui Dynasty. The following year, the Tang court ordered Mitchell to compile it, but a few years later, it was still not written. In the third year of Zhenguan (AD 629), the History of the Five Dynasties was rebuilt, and Wei Zhi "knew about it" and edited the book. The author of Sui Shu (a set of 6 volumes) (traditional vertical edition) is well-read and has a high level of historical revision.
The Book of the New Tang Dynasty is a biographical history book written by Song Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhen and Lu in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is one of the "Twenty-four History". The book consists of 225 volumes, including 10, 50, 15 and 150. 17 years later, Song Renzong Jiayou completed the New History of Tang Books in the fifth year (A.D. 1060). After the New Book of Tang Dynasty was completed, Ceng Gongliang, the editor-in-chief, went to the emperor's table and said it was better than Old Book of Tang Dynasty. The Book of the New Tang Dynasty is the first time to write "military records" and "selected records", systematically discussing the military system and imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty.
The History of the Old Five Dynasties was originally named History of the Five Dynasties, and it was also called Zhou Shu in Liang, Tang, Jin and Han Dynasties. It was an official history book compiled by Song Taizu's imperial edict. Xue Jianxiu, fellow initiates such as Lu Duoxun, Liu Jian, Li Mu and Li Jiuling. The historical materials that can be referenced in the book are quite complete, which are recorded in the Five Dynasties. From 907 AD when Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Tang Dynasty to the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty in 960 AD, there were five dynasties in the Central Plains: Hou Liang, Later Tang Dynasty, Later Jin Dynasty, Later Han Dynasty and Later Friday Dynasty. Outside the Central Plains, there are ten small countries including Wu, Nantang, wuyue, Chu, Min, Nanhan, Houshu, Nanping and Beihan, and the surrounding areas also include Qidan, Tubo, Bohai and Beihan. This history is recorded in the History of the Old Five Dynasties.
The New History of the Five Dynasties written by Ouyang Xiu in the Song Dynasty was originally named History of the Five Dynasties. Later generations are different from the History of the Five Dynasties compiled by officials such as Xue and others, and are called the New History of the Five Dynasties. It recorded the history of 53 years from the first year of Kaiping, Hou Liang (907) to the seventh year of Xiande, Houzhou (960). The New History of the Five Dynasties is the only privately-edited history since the Tang and Song Dynasties, which occupies a very important position in the history of Chinese historiography, especially in the history of historiography after the Tang and Song Dynasties. Ouyang Xiu's literary talent is even more fascinating, but people have different opinions because of his advocacy of "Spring and Autumn brushwork".
Liang Qichao took the historical revolution in China as an example and said, "Twenty-four histories are not history, but genealogy of twenty-four surnames."