Book by Wei Shou about Northern Wei and Eastern Wei dynasties
This article is about the historical text concerning the Northern and Eastern Wei from 386 to 550. For the text about Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms (220–266), see
Records of the Three Kingdoms.
The Book of Wei, also known by its Chinese name as the Wei Shu[1], 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 550.[2] Widely regarded as the official and authoritative source historical text for that period, it is one of the Twenty-Four Histories.
- ^ Besides the text about Cao Wei found in Records of the Three Kingdoms, there were other books titled Wei Shu about Cao Wei, including the one written by Wang Chen.
- ^ The Road to Miran: Travels in the Forbidden Zone of Xinjiang, p. 204. (1994) Christa Paula. HarperCollins, Great Britain. Flamingo edition 1995. ISBN 0-00-638368-8.