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遼史

简辽史 · 繁遼史

Mandarin · pinyin Liáo shǐ

History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 Èr shí sì Shǐ, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫 Tuō tuō in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元 Yuán, 116 scrolls

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史: shǐ · history, chronicle, annals
辽: liáo · distant, far

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2–3 · Liao2 shi3

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liu4 si2

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