The idiom "ride the wind and break the waves" comes from the Book of Song.
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Not a history of the Song dynasty of 960–1279: that is the 宋史. This book covers the much earlier 刘宋, the first of the Southern Dynasties, founded by 刘裕.
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沈约 wrote its 100 scrolls in about a year, in 487–488, under the Southern Qi. He was also a leading poet, who helped turn the tones of Chinese into rules for verse. It is one of the 二十四史.
