Book of Chen
The Book of Chen or Chen Shu (simplified Chinese: 陈书; traditional Chinese: 陳書; pinyin: Chén Shū) was the official history of the Chen dynasty, one of the Southern Dynasties of China. It ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China, and was compiled by the Tang dynasty historian Yao Silian, completed in 636.
Similar to Book of Liang, it heavily relied on Yao Silian's father Yao Cha's original manuscript.
The book is one of the more complete extant records of the Chen dynasty. However, it has been criticised for attempting to cover up the wrongdoings of the royal family. A commentary by the Tang prime minister Wei Zheng, which is also included in the book, contradicts some of the claims made in the book.
Contents
Annals (紀)
Biographies (列傳)
| # | Title | Translation | Notes |
| Volume 7 | 列傳第1 皇后 | Empresses | |
| Volume 8 | 列傳第2 杜僧明 周文育 侯安都 | Du Sengming; Zhou Wenyu; Hou Andu | |
| Volume 9 | 列傳第3 侯瑱 歐陽頠 吳明徹 裴子烈 | Hou Tian; Ouyang Wei; Wu Mingche; Pei Zilie | |
| Volume 10 | 列傳第4 周鐵虎 程靈洗 | Zhou Tiehu; Cheng Lingxi | |
| Volume 11 | 列傳第5 黃法𣰰 淳于量 章昭達 | Huang Faqu; Chunyu Liang; Zhang Zhaoda | |
| Volume 12 | 列傳第6 胡穎 徐度 杜稜 沈恪 | Hu Ying; Xu Du; Du Leng; Shen Ke | |
| Volume 13 | 列傳第7 徐世譜 魯悉達 周敷 荀朗 周炅 | Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong | |
| Volume 14 | 列傳第8 衡陽獻王昌 南康愍王曇朗 | Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang | |
| Volume 15 | 列傳第9 宗室 | Imperial Family | |
| Volume 16 | 列傳第10 趙知禮 蔡景歷 劉師知 謝岐 | Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi | |
| Volume 17 | 列傳第11 王沖 王通 袁敬 | Wang Chong (Chen); Wang Tong (Chen); Yuan Jing | |
| Volume 18 | 列傳第12 沈眾 袁泌 劉仲威 陸山才 王質 韋載 | Shen Zhong; Yuan mi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi (Chen); Wei Zai | |
| Volume 19 | 列傳第13 沈炯 虞荔 馬樞 | Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu | |
| Volume 20 | 列傳第14 到仲舉 韓子高 華皎 | Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao | |
| Volume 21 | 列傳第15 謝哲 蕭乾 謝嘏 張種 王固 孔奐 蕭允 | Xie Zhe; Xiao Qian (Chen); Wang Gu; Kong Huan; Xiao Yun | |
| Volume 22 | 列傳第16 陸子隆 錢道戢 駱牙 | Lu Zilong, Qian Daoji, Luo Ya | |
| Volume 23 | 列傳第17 沈君理 王瑒 陸繕 | Shen Junli; Wang Yang (Chen); Lu Shan (Chen) | |
| Volume 24 | 列傳第18 周弘正 袁憲 | Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian | |
| Volume 25 | 列傳第19 裴忌 孫瑒 | Pei Ji (Chen); Sun Yang (Chen) | |
| Volume 26 | 列傳第20 徐陵 | Xu Ling | |
| Volume 27 | 列傳第21 江總 姚察 | Jiang Zong; Yao Cha | |
| Volume 28 | 列傳第22 世祖九王 高宗二十九王 後主諸子 | Nine Princes of Wen; Twenty-nine Princes of Xuan; Princes of Houzhu | |
| Volume 29 | 列傳第23 宗元饒 司馬申 毛喜 蔡徵 | Zhuang Yuanrao; Sima Shen; Mao Xi; Cai Zhi | |
| Volume 30 | 列傳第24 蕭濟 陸瓊 顧野王 傅縡 | Xiao Ji (Chen); Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai | |
| Volume 31 | 列傳第25 蕭摩訶 任忠 樊毅 魯廣達 | Xiao Mohe; Ren Zhong; Fan Yi (Chen); Lu Guangda | |
| Volume 32 | 列傳第26 孝行 | Filial Piety | |
| Volume 33 | 列傳第27 儒林 | Confucian Scholars | |
| Volume 34 | 列傳第28 文學 | Writers | |
| Volume 35 | 列傳第29 熊曇朗 周迪 留異 陳寶應 | Xiong Tanlang; Zhou Di; Liu Yi; Chen Baoying | |
| Volume 36 | 列傳第30 始興王叔陵 新安王伯固 | Chen Shuling, Prince of Shixing; Chen Bogu, Prince of Xin'an | |
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