Wu Zhen | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 吳 縝 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴 缜 | ||||||||
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Wu Tingzhen | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 吳 廷 珍 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴 廷 珍 | ||||||||
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Wu Zhen ( fl. 11th century), courtesy name Tingzhen, was a Song dynasty historian from Chengdu who wrote 2 books enumerating mistakes found in New Book of Tang and Historical Records of the Five Dynasties, both history books by Ouyang Xiu (Ouyang had several co-authors with New Book of Tang). As pointed out in the 18th-century Siku Quanshu, Wu Zhen was "inclined to criticise for the sake of criticism". [1]
Although he apparently wrote other works (including a monograph on the Five Dynasties period Later Liang dynasty), Wu Zhen's only 2 surviving books are:
Both were published after Ouyang Xiu's death in 1072. In the first book's preface, Wu Zhen blasted the New Book of Tang as the worst official history book ever written. [1]
Wu Zhen | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 吳 縝 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴 缜 | ||||||||
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Wu Tingzhen | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 吳 廷 珍 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴 廷 珍 | ||||||||
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Wu Zhen ( fl. 11th century), courtesy name Tingzhen, was a Song dynasty historian from Chengdu who wrote 2 books enumerating mistakes found in New Book of Tang and Historical Records of the Five Dynasties, both history books by Ouyang Xiu (Ouyang had several co-authors with New Book of Tang). As pointed out in the 18th-century Siku Quanshu, Wu Zhen was "inclined to criticise for the sake of criticism". [1]
Although he apparently wrote other works (including a monograph on the Five Dynasties period Later Liang dynasty), Wu Zhen's only 2 surviving books are:
Both were published after Ouyang Xiu's death in 1072. In the first book's preface, Wu Zhen blasted the New Book of Tang as the worst official history book ever written. [1]