新五代史 xīn wǔ dài shǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls

CHARACTERS

新 xīn new, recent, fresh, modern
五 wǔ five; surname
代 dài replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
史 shǐ history, chronicle, annals