Book of Sui

The Book of Sui (Suí Shū) is the official history of the Sui dynasty, which ruled China in the years AD 581–618. It ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written by Yan Shigu, Kong Yingda, and Zhangsun Wuji, with Wei Zheng as the lead author. In the third year of Zhenguan of the Tang dynasty (629), Emperor Taizong of Tang ordered Fang Xuanling to supervise the completion of the Book of Sui, which was being compiled around the same time as other official histories were being written. The Book of Sui was completed in 636 AD, the same year as the Book of Chen was completed.

Book of Sui
The Book of Sui in the collections of National Taiwan Normal University
Traditional Chinese隋書
Simplified Chinese隋书

Contents

The format used in the text follows the composite historical biography format (斷代紀傳體) established by Ban Gu in the Book of the Later Han with three sections: annals (紀), treatises (志), and biographies (傳).[1] The extensive set of 30 treatises, sometimes translated as "monographs", in the Book of Sui was completed by a separate set of authors and added in 656 – 20 years after the original text was completed.[2] The treatises cover the Liang, Chen, Northern Qi, and Northern Zhou dynasties in addition to the Sui. In addition to the Book of Liang and Book of Chen, the Book of Sui is an essential source of information on the subjects covered for those dynasties. The treatises on classics (經籍) are especially important because the Book of Sui is the only standard history including such a section since the Book of Han and contains essential bibliographical information for the period from the Later Han (25–220) to the Sui dynasty. The treatises were initially circulated as a separate set titled "Treatises of the History of the Five Dynasties" (五代史志).[3]

Annals (帝紀)
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Volume 1帝紀第1 高祖上Gaozu
Volume 2帝紀第2 高祖下Gaozu
Volume 3帝紀第3 煬帝上Emperor Yang
Volume 4帝紀第4 煬帝下Emperor Yang
Volume 5帝紀第5 恭帝Yang You

Treatises (志)
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Volume 6志第1 禮儀1Rites
Volume 7志第2 禮儀2Rites
Volume 8志第3 禮儀3Rites
Volume 9志第4 禮儀4Rites
Volume 10志第5 禮儀5Rites
Volume 11志第6 禮儀6Rites
Volume 12志第7 禮儀7Rites
Volume 13志第8 音樂上Music
Volume 14志第9 音樂中Music
Volume 15志第10 音樂下Music
Volume 16志第11 律曆上Rhythm and the Calendar
Volume 17志第12 律曆中Rhythm and the Calendar
Volume 18志第13 律曆下Rhythm and the Calendar
Volume 19志第14 天文上Astronomy
Volume 20志第15 天文中Astronomy
Volume 21志第16 天文下Astronomy
Volume 22志第17 五行上The Five Elements
Volume 23志第18 五行下The Five Elements
Volume 24志第19 食貨Food and Money
Volume 25志第20 刑法Punishment and Law
Volume 26志第21 百官上Government Offices
Volume 27志第22 百官中Government Offices
Volume 28志第23 百官下Government Offices
Volume 29志第24 地理上Geography
Volume 30志第25 地理中Geography
Volume 31志第26 地理下Geography
Volume 32志第27 經籍1Classics
Volume 33志第28 經籍2Classics
Volume 34志第29 經籍3Classics
Volume 35志第30 經籍4Classics

Biographies (列傳)
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Volume 36列傳第1 后妃Empresses
Volume 37列傳第2 李穆 梁睿Li Mu; Liang Rui
Volume 38列傳第3 劉昉 鄭譯 柳裘 皇甫績 盧賁Liu Fang; Zheng Yi; Liu Qiu; Huangfu Ji; Lu Ben
Volume 39列傳第4 于義 陰壽 陰世師 竇榮定 元景山 源雄 豆盧勣 豆盧毓 賀若誼Yu Yi
Volume 40列傳第5 梁士彥 宇文忻 王誼 元諧 王世積 虞慶則 元胄Liang Shiyan; Yuwen Xin; Wang Yi
Volume 41列傳第6 高熲 蘇威Gao Jiong; Su Wei
Volume 42列傳第7 李德林 李百藥Li Delin; Li Baiyao
Volume 43列傳第8 河間王弘 楊処綱 楊子崇 觀德王雄
Volume 44列傳第9 滕穆王瓚 道悼王靜 衛昭王爽 蔡王智積Yang Zan; Yang Jing; Yang Shuang
Volume 45列傳第10 文四子Four Princes of Wen
Volume 46列傳第11 趙煚 趙芬 楊尚希 長孫平 元暉 韋師 楊異 蘇孝慈 李雄 張煚
Volume 47列傳第12 韋世康 柳機Wei Shikang
Volume 48列傳第13 楊素 弟約 從父文思 文紀Yang Su
Volume 49列傳第14 牛弘Niu Hong
Volume 50列傳第15 宇文慶 李禮成 元孝矩 郭榮 龐晃 李安Yuwen Qing
Volume 51列傳第16 長孫覽 從子熾 熾弟晟
Volume 52列傳第17 韓擒虎 賀若弼Han Qinhu; Heruo Bi
Volume 53列傳第18 達奚長儒 賀婁子幹 史萬歲 劉方Daxi Zhangru; Shi Wansui; Liu Fang
Volume 54列傳第19 王長述 李衍 伊婁謙 田仁恭 元亨 杜整 李徹 崔彭
Volume 55列傳第20 杜彥 高勱 爾朱敞 周搖 獨孤揩 乞伏慧 張威 和洪 侯莫陳穎
Volume 56列傳第21 盧愷 令狐熙 薛胄 宇文㢸 張衡 楊汪
Volume 57列傳第22 盧思道 李孝貞 薛道衡Lu Sidao; Li Xiaozhen
Volume 58列傳第23 明克讓 魏澹 陸爽 杜台卿 辛德源 柳䛒 許善心 李文博
Volume 59列傳第24 煬帝三男Three Princes of Yang
Volume 60列傳第25 崔仲方 于仲文 段文振Cui Zhongfang; Yu Zhongwen
Volume 61列傳第26 宇文述 雲定興 郭衍Yuwen Shu
Volume 62列傳第27 王韶 元岩 劉行本 梁毗 柳彧 趙綽 裴肅
Volume 63列傳第28 樊子蓋 史祥 元壽 楊義臣 衛玄 劉權Fan Zigai
Volume 64列傳第29 李圓通 陳茂 張定和 張奫 麥鐵杖 沈光 來護兒 魚俱羅 陳稜 王辯Lai Hu'er
Volume 65列傳第30 周羅睺 周法尚 李景 慕容三藏 薛世雄 王仁恭 權武 吐萬緒 董純 趙才
Volume 66列傳第31 李諤 鮑宏 裴政 柳庄 源師 郎茂 高構 張虔威 榮毗 陸知命 房彥謙
Volume 67列傳第32 虞世基 裴蘊 裴矩Yu Shiji; Pei Yun; Pei Ju
Volume 68列傳第33 宇文愷 閻毗 何稠Yuwen Kai
Volume 69列傳第34 王劭 袁充Wang Shao; Yuan Chong
Volume 70列傳第35 楊玄感 李子雄 趙元淑 斛斯政 劉元進 李密 裴仁基Yang Xuangan; Li Zixiong; Li Mi; Pei Renji
Volume 71列傳第36 誠節Sincere Men
Volume 72列傳第37 孝義Filial Piety
Volume 73列傳第38 循吏Upright Officials
Volume 74列傳第39 酷吏Cruel Officials
Volume 75列傳第40 儒林Confucian Scholars
Volume 76列傳第41 文學Literature
Volume 77列傳第42 隱逸Hermits
Volume 78列傳第43 藝術Artists
Volume 79列傳第44 外戚Imperial Affines
Volume 80列傳第45 列女Exemplary Women
Volume 81列傳第46 東夷The Dongyi
Volume 82列傳第47 南蠻The Nanman
Volume 83列傳第48 西域The Western Regions
Volume 84列傳第49 北狄The Beidi
Volume 85列傳第50 宇文化及 宇文智及 司馬德戡 裴虔通 王充 段達Yuwen Huaji; Yuwen Zhiji; Wang Shichong

References

Citations
  1. Xiong (2015), pp. 330–331.
  2. Xiong (2015), pp. 332.
  3. Twitchett (1998), p. 87.

Sources
Works cited
  • Twitchett, Denis (1998). The Writing of Official History in the T'ang. Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-052152293-9.
  • Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2015). "Sui shu 隋書". In Dien, Albert E.; Chennault, Cynthia Louise; Knapp, Keith Nathaniel; Berkowitz, Alan J. (eds.). Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley, CA: Institute of East Asian Studies University of California. pp. 330–334.
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