Dongdu Shilüe
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Dongdu Shilüe ("Summary of Events in the Eastern Capital") is an 1186 Chinese book chronicling the Northern Song dynasty (960–1126) history, written by Wang Cheng, a Southern Song official in the historiographic compilation bureau. It was so titled because Song's "Eastern Capital" Kaifeng had fallen to the Jin dynasty since the Jingkang incident in 1127.
| Author | Wang Cheng |
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| Language | Classical Chinese |
| Subject | history of the Song dynasty |
| Publication date | 1186 |
| Publication place | Song dynasty |
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| Traditional Chinese | 東都事略 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东都事略 | ||||||||
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Much of the information appears to be compiled by Wang Cheng's father Wang Shang (王賞), who worked in the editorial office for the Veritable Records during 1142–43.[1]
Contents
The book contains 130 chapters (卷):[2]
- Chapters 1–12: annals of emperors (帝紀), one chapter each for every Northern Song emperor (from Emperor Taizu of Song to Emperor Qinzong)
- Chapters 13–17: biographies of imperial relatives (世家)
- Chapters 18–122: biographies (列傳), including the empresses
- Chapters 123–130: supplementary monographs (附錄) about foreign countries: 2 chapters each for Liao dynasty, Jin dynasty, and Western Xia, and 1 chapter each for Tibet (Gusiluo regime) and Đại Việt (Ngô dynasty, Đinh dynasty, Early Lê dynasty, and Lý dynasty)
