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舊唐書

简旧唐书 · 繁舊唐書

Mandarin · pinyin Jiù Táng shū

History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 Èr shí sì Shǐ, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫 Liú Xù in 945 during Later Jin 後晉 Hòu Jìn of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

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舊: Look up this written character
唐: táng · Tang dynasty; Chinese
書: Look up this written character
旧: jiù · old, ancient; former, past
书: shū · book, letter, document; writings

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4–2–1 · Jiu4 Tang2 shu1

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(history) Old Book of Tang (history of the Tang dynasty completed in A.D. 945)

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