Li Baiyao () (564–647),
courtesy name
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Zhonggui (重規), formally Viscount Kang of Anping (安平康子), was a
Chinese historian and an official during the
Chinese dynasties
Sui Dynasty
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and
Tang Dynasty
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. He was honored for his literary abilities, and he was known for completing the official history of
Northern Qi
Qi, known as the Northern Qi (), Later Qi (後齊) or Gao Qi (高齊) in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It ruled the eastern part of northern China ...
, the ''
Book of Northern Qi
The ''Book of Northern Qi'' (Chinese: 北齊書, pinyin Běi Qí Shū), was the official history of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi. It was written by the Tang Dynasty historian Li Baiyao (李百藥) and was completed in 636. It is listed amon ...
'', which his father
Li Delin
Li Delin (李德林), courtesy name Gongfu (公輔), formally either Duke Wen of Anping (安平文公) (according to the ''Book of Sui'') or Viscount Wen of Cheng'an (成安文子) (according to the ''Zizhi Tongjian''), was an official of the Chine ...
had started.
Northern Qi people
Northern Zhou people
Sui dynasty politicians
Tang dynasty politicians
Sui dynasty historians
Tang dynasty historians
7th-century Chinese historians
564 births
647 deaths
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