唐书

唐書
Tángshū
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Book of Tang (history of the Tang Dynasty); usually refers to the Old Book of Tang (旧唐书) or the New Book of Tang (新唐书)

Examples

《 Tángshū 》 jìzǎi le Tángcháo de lìshǐ.
The Book of Tang records the history of the Tang Dynasty.
Tā yánjiū 《 Tángshū 》 zhōng de rénwù zhuànjì.
He studies the biographies in the Book of Tang.

Tips

history
Two official histories of the Tang share this name. 旧唐书 (Old Book of Tang, 945 CE, compiled under Liu Xu 刘昫) is one of the 二十四史. 新唐书 (New Book of Tang, 1060 CE, by Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修 and Song Qi 宋祁) was a Song-dynasty rewrite considered more elegant in style.

Stroke Order

Táng
shū