Xin Tang shu — calendrical treatise

《新唐书·历志》 1060 CE · Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi

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Overview

It contains the full text of the Dayan calendar along with the succession of the Tang calendars — a basic document for Tang calendrical study.

Key data

ItemDetail
Completed1060 CE
CompilersOuyang Xiu, Song Qi and others
ChaptersTreatises 17–19
Core contentFull text of the Dayan calendar, and the Tang succession

The work

The Xin Tang shu was compiled under Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi; its treatises were carefully done and are better ordered than the Old Tang shu’s.

Contents

It contains the full text of the Dayan calendar and records the Tang calendars in succession.

The methods of Yi Xing’s Dayan calendar survive through this treatise and the Old Tang shu, and are basic for the study of Tang calendrics.

Value

The Song compilers made their own choices; for Tang calendrics the two Tang shu must be read together.

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Compiled and arranged by Chujia Kuang.