宋書 sòng shū

DEFINITIONS

  1. History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen2 Yue4] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls
  2. (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])

CHARACTERS

宋 sòng Song dynasty; surname
書 shū book, letter, document; writings