Wei Shou () (506–572),
courtesy name
A courtesy name (), also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name. This practice is a tradition in the East Asian cultural sphere, including China
China, officially the People's R ...
Boqi (伯起), was a
Chinese author born in Quyang County in Julu Commandery (today
Xingtai, Hebei).
[(魏收，字伯起，小字佛助，巨鹿下曲阳人也.) ''Bei Qi Shu'', vol.37] He wrote the ''
Book of Wei
The ''Book of Wei'', also known by its Chinese name as the ''Wei Shu'', is a classic Chinese historical text compiled by Wei Shou from 551 to 554, and is an important text describing the history of the Northern Wei and Eastern Wei from 386 to ...
'', composed in 554, an important Chinese historical text.
See also
*
Twenty-Four Histories
References
*Cao, Daoheng
"Wei Shou" ''
Encyclopedia of China'', 1st ed.
506 births
572 deaths
Northern Wei historians
Northern Qi historians
6th-century Chinese historians
Northern Wei politicians
Politicians from Xingtai
Historians from Hebei
Northern Qi politicians
6th-century Chinese writers
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