Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms

Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
Illustration from a printed edition of the novel
AuthorFeng Menglong
Original title東周列國志
LanguageChinese
SubjectAncient China
GenreFictionalized history
Publication placeChina
Media typePrint
Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese東周列國志
Simplified Chinese东周列国志
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōngzhōu Lièguó Zhì
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetĐông Chu liệt quốc chí
Chữ Hán東周列國志
Korean name
Hangul동주열국지
Hanja東周列國志
Japanese name
Kanji東周列国志
Hiraganaとうしゅうれっこくし
Transcriptions
RomanizationToshurekkokushi

The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms (simplified Chinese: 东周列国志; traditional Chinese: 東周列國志; pinyin: Dōngzhōu Lièguó Zhì) is a Chinese historical novel in 108 chapters written by Feng Menglong in the late Ming dynasty. Set in the Eastern Zhou dynasty, the novel starts from the Chinese kingdom beginning to break apart into smaller states and ends with the first unification of the land accomplished by Qin Shi Huang.

It is one of the best-known historical novels regarding ancient China.[1] The novel based its sources from classic texts such as the Zuo Tradition and the Records of the Grand Historian and some of the sacred classic books of China such as the Book of Rites and the Classic of Poetry.

  • Pages from a printed edition of the novel Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms
    Pages from a printed edition of the novel Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms
  • Pages from a printed edition of the novel Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms
    Pages from a printed edition of the novel Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms
  • Pages from a printed edition of the novel Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms
    Pages from a printed edition of the novel Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms
  1. ^ Li, Wai-Yee (2010). "Full-Length Vernacular Fiction". In Mair, Victor H. (ed.). The Columbia History of Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 625. ISBN 978-0-231-10984-0.