This is China's earliest life note, which records Li Yuan's "Notes on Datang Entrepreneurship" since he occupied Chang 'an at the end of Sui Dynasty. He wrote this book with the army and officially called the Tang Emperor a 357-day history book. Wen Daya joined the army, written by Tang Wenya, is the archive room of General Tangyuan's office. ***3 volumes. The historical events recorded in this book are different from New Tang Shu and Zi Tong Zhi Jian.
There are 200 volumes of Old Tang Book, including 20 volumes of Ji, 30 volumes of Shi Lu and Biography 150. Originally named Tang Shu, the New Tang Shu edited by Song Qi and Ouyang Xiu was renamed Old Tang Shu after its publication, which was published in the later Jin Dynasty.
The compilation of the Book of Old Tang Dynasty is not far from the demise of the Tang Dynasty, and the sources of information are also relatively rich.
The Book of Old Tang Dynasty was written by Liu Shao and others in the late Jin Dynasty. In the sixth year of Tianfu at the end of Jin Dynasty (94 1), Shi Jingtang, the great ancestor of Jin Dynasty, ordered Zhang Zhaoyuan and Wei Jia to write Tang Shi, which was supervised by Zhao Ying, the prime minister. The book was written in the second year of the Late Jin Dynasty (945). Liu Shao signed it at that time. Originally called Tang Shu, Jun Zhai reading, Zhi Zhai reading, Song Dynasty literature and art book, Southern Song Dynasty engraving, all called Tang Shu. Later, in order to distinguish it from the New Book of Tang compiled by Ouyang Xiu and others in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed the Old Book of Tang Dynasty. ***200 volumes, including 20 volumes of Chronology, 30 volumes of Chronology and Biography 150. It records the first year of Wude in Tang Gaozu (6 18) to the fourth year of God bless in Tang Aidi (907).
The contents of Old Tang Shu before Changqing (1919) were mostly based on Old Tang Shi written by Jason Wu, Liu Fang, Yu Xiulie, Yi and others, with abundant information. However, after Changqing, the content is brief and sloppy, and the content is also relatively miscellaneous.
Content introduction
The editing time of Old Tang Book was short, and the people in the Northern Song Dynasty severely criticized: "It is impossible to remember the time, and the details are missing, the literary talent is unknown, and the facts are scattered." There are even two biographies tied together, such as 10 1 volume 187' s The Legend of Loyalty and Righteousness, and 59 volumes' Autumn Gods and Attached Biography' and 186' s Biography of Cool Officials. Basically, the old Tang books only copied the ready-made documents related to Tang history, copied the national history, records and documents and files at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and kept a lot of words such as "Datang", "Benchao" and "Shanxi Merchants". After Tang Wuzong, in the five dynasties of Xuan, Yi, Nuo, Zhao and Ai, due to the lack of records, various hearsay books, supplementary records of Tang people and records of the late Tang Dynasty and the Three Dynasties were adopted.
The Book of Old Tang Dynasty has certain historical preservation value. For example, Li Mi's exhortation to Yang Di is not included in the biographies of Sui Shu and Li Mi in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, but only reserved in the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty. Because the early documents of Old Tang Book are complete, informative, detailed, concise and powerful, they are highly valued by later generations. For example, The Biography of Guo Ziyi is neat from beginning to end, and there is no fabrication, so it can be seen that Tang Shi is older than literature. The Journey to the South of the Mountain and the Pictures of China and Foreign Countries included in Jia Dan Biography are extremely precious materials in Chinese geography. The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty records a large number of historical materials of China's ethnic minorities, such as the historical sites of Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng entering Tibet, and the history of Turkic, Uighur, Tubo, Qidan and other ethnic groups.
Since Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty has not been re-engraved and unheard of, so that it is "a legend of depression, and there is no search". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, people interpreted the residual manuscripts collected from Wang Yanzhe and Zhang Bian, and re-engraved the Book of Old Tang Dynasty. During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, when compiling Sikuquanshu, Shen Deqian and others were ordered to collate two books of Tang Dynasty, and the old and new books of Tang Dynasty were also included in Twenty-four History. During the Daoguang period, Cen rearranged the Book of Old Tang with reference to the contents of Taiping Yulan and Yuangui.
Gu Yue said, "Although the ancient books of the Tang Dynasty are quite complicated, the deeds are clear, and the whole story should be entrusted, which is also impressive." [4] Li Ciming's "Reading the Secretary in Yue Maotang" said that "Old Tang Book" was "good at praising". When Sima Guang compiled Zi Tong Zhi Jian in the Northern Song Dynasty, Old Tang Shu was the main one. Considering the integrity of historical materials, the Book of the New Tang Dynasty cannot replace the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty.