清史稿 qīng shǐ gǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽[Zhao4 Er3 xun4] in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls

CHARACTERS

清 qīng clear, pure, clean; peaceful
史 shǐ history, chronicle, annals
稿 gǎo draft, manuscript, rough copy