南齐书

南齊書
Nánqíshū
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Book of Southern Qi, the history of the Southern Qi dynasty (479–502)

Examples

HSK 5
《 Nánqíshū 》 jìzǎi le Nánqí èrshí duō nián de lìshǐ.
The Book of Southern Qi records the twenty-odd years of Southern Qi history.
HSK 7-9
《 Nánqíshū 》 de zuòzhě Xiāo Zǐxiǎn shì Nánqí huángzú de hòudài.
Xiao Zixian, author of the Book of Southern Qi, was a descendant of the Southern Qi imperial family.

Tips

history
Written in the Liang dynasty by 萧子显 (487–537), a grandson of the Qi founder 萧道成, so a prince of the fallen house wrote its history. It was first called 齐书 and renamed in the Song dynasty to tell it apart from the 北齐书. Of its 60 juan, 59 survive. It is one of the 二十四史.
culture
前因后果 'cause and effect' first appears in it, in Buddhist terms: one plants a cause before and reaps its fruit after.

Stroke Order

南 nán
齐 qí
书 shū