''Dongdu Shilüe'' ("Summary of Events in the Eastern Capital") is an 1186 Chinese book chronicling the Northern
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
(960–1126) history, written by
Wang Cheng
Wang Cheng (died 1200), courtesy name Jiping, was a Song dynasty historian who authored the monumental history book '' Dongdu Shilüe''. He also published 4 volumes of poetry which are no longer extant.
Biography
Wang Cheng's ancestral home was ...
, a Southern Song official in the historiographic compilation bureau. It was so titled because Song's "Eastern Capital"
Kaifeng
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had fallen to the
Jin dynasty since the
Jingkang incident in 1127.
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.
Contents
The book contains 130 chapters (卷):
*Chapters 1–12: annals of emperors (帝紀), one chapter each for every Northern Song emperor (from
Emperor Taizu of Song
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to
Emperor Qinzong
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Emperor Qinzong was the eldest son and heir apparent of Empe ...
)
*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
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,
Jin dynasty, and
Western Xia
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, and 1 chapter each for
Tibet
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regime) and
Đại Việt
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Ngô dynasty
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,
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Early Lê dynasty
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, and
Lý dynasty
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References
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Chinese history texts
12th-century history books
Song dynasty literature
1180s books
1186 in Asia
History books about the Song dynasty
12th-century Chinese books
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