Li Dashi

Li Dashi () (570–628), born in

Anyang Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. It had ...

, was a Chinese

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

, and an officer during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He began the ''

History of the Northern Dynasties The ''History of the Northern Dynasties'' () is one of the official Chinese historical works in the '' Twenty-Four Histories'' canon. The text contains 100 volumes and covers the period from 386 to 618, the histories of Northern Wei, Western ...

'' and '' History of the Southern Dynasties'', which were completed by his son, Li Yanshou (). 570 births 628 deaths Sui dynasty historians Tang dynasty historians 7th-century Chinese historians Sui dynasty politicians Tang dynasty politicians from Henan Politicians from Anyang Historians from Henan Writers from Anyang {{china-politician-stub