The Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty, written by Li Baiyao, a historian of the Tang Dynasty, is a biographical history book with 50 volumes, 8 volumes and 42 volumes. It records about ten years before the split of the Northern Wei Dynasty, then the split of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the establishment of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and the replacement of the Eastern Wei Dynasty by the Northern Qi Dynasty, until the Northern Qi Dynasty perished, about fifty years before and after, mainly recording the history of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The content characteristics of this book.

1, take history as a mirror. The Book of Northern Qi recorded the situation of class struggle at that time in detail, and it also had a very prominent reference significance. Volume 17 in the original book records the facts of the people's uprising of all ethnic groups. Although these records are slightly brief, they are important historical materials for studying the peasant uprising in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties. These historical materials are often deleted in the History of the North, which shows that their value is precious.

2. Rich records. We know from the Book of Northern Qi that China invented steel casting technology for about 1500 years, which was more than 1000 years earlier than the European steelmaking method. In terms of academic thought, the book recorded the spread of Buddhism and Taoism at that time, and also reflected some opinions of people at that time.

3, the style is desirable. Tracing back to the historical events before the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty can not only explain the historical origin of the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but also supplement the historical facts in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, which is very important in historiography. This writing style originated from Chen Shou's The History of the Three Kingdoms, and Wei Shou used this writing style in the transformation of Shu Wei. Li Baiyao applied it to the writing of Beiqi Shu, which reflected his excellent view of history.

4. A short narrative. Li Baiyao's serious attitude and meticulous writing in compiling history greatly abridged trivial words and some absurd historical facts, which is one of the great advantages of this book. The Book of Northern Qi is simple in narrative and popular in language, mixed with many vernacular Chinese at that time.

5. Feudal dross. The Book of Northern Qi recorded many scandals of feudal rulers at that time. More enlightening narration in books of the Northern Qi Dynasty. For the establishment of the Northern Qi regime, there are some miraculous descriptions in the book. For example, Gao Yang had a red light room before he was born, and he was born with scales and heavy ankles. When he acceded to the throne, he got a red sparrow, which proved that the establishment of the feudal regime was predestined. This is the main dross in the book.

6. Partial distortion. There are relatively few taboos in the compilation of the history of Sui, Tang and Northern Qi, which also proves that the destruction of Qi by the Zhou Dynasty is the so-called "no way to cut".

Extended data

The Northern and Southern Dynasties were a divided dynasty in China, which was divided into the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Dynasty. The Southern Dynasties were followed by Liu Song, Xiao Qi, Xiao Liang and Chen Nan. The Northern Dynasties were Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. ?

As a continuation of the Han regime and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the royal family in the Southern Dynasties was dominated by gentry or sub-gentry, because after the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, most military posts were held by gentry or sub-gentry? .

Thanks to the efforts of the rulers, the rule of Yuanjia and the rule of Yongming emerged, and the national strength was rich and strong. Due to the struggle for the throne within the royal family, imperial clan bloody cases often occur.

The Northern Dynasty inherited five Hu and sixteen countries, and it was a dynasty where Hu and Han lived together. Most of the royal families in the Northern Wei Dynasty were Xianbei people. The Xianbei royal family was gradually influenced by China culture, among which the Sinicization Movement of Emperor Xiaowen in the Northern Wei Dynasty was the most prosperous.

Because the North controlled the Northern Wei Dynasty with softness, it was difficult for the Northern Wei Dynasty to attack the Southern Dynasty with all its strength, and it was not until the Turks who were more pro-Northern Wei replaced softness that it became more stable. In the late Northern Wei Dynasty, politics gradually deteriorated, and the national strength declined greatly after the Six Towns Uprising.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-North Seven Books