Liu, Zhiji, 661-721

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Name (Latin)
Liu, Zhiji, 661-721
Other forms of name
Liu, Chih-chi, 661-721
Liu, Tzu-hsüan, 661-721
Liu, Zhi-ji, 661-721
Liu, Zixuan, 661-721
Ryū, Chiki, 661-721
劉知幾, 661-721
刘知几, 661-721
劉子玄, 661-721
Date of birth
0661
Date of death
0721
Associated country
China
Occupation
Editors
Historians
official
Scholars
Associated Language
chi
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 54945485
Wikidata: Q708347
Library of congress: n 81129639
HAI10: 000725878
Sources of Information
  • Byongik Koh: Zur werttheorie in der chinesischen Historiographie auf Grund des Shih-tʻung des.Liu Chih-chi (661-721)
  • Chʻeng, C. F. Shih tʻung chien chi, 1980:p. 2, 1st group (劉子玄 = Liu Tzu-hsüan)
  • Quirin, M. Liu Zhiji und das Chun Qiu, c1987:t.p. (Liu Zhiji) p. 13 (661-721 A.D.; famous Chinese historian; wrote Shi Tong, Shih tʻung [Chinese characters])
  • Tzʻu hai, 1979(Shih tʻung, by 刘知几 = Liu Chih-chi)
  • Tʻan, C. P. Chung-kuo wen hsüeh chia ta tzʻu tien(劉知幾 = Liu Chih-chi; T. 子玄 = Tzu-hsüan)
  • Byongik Koh: Zur werttheorie in der chinesischen Historiographie auf Grund des Shih-tung des.Liu Chih-chi (661-721)
  • Quirin, M. Liu Zhiji und das Chun Qiu, c1987:t.p. (Liu Zhiji) p. 13 (661-721 A.D.; famous Chinese historian; wrote Shi Tong, Shih tung [Chinese characters])
  • World Biographical Information System, Nov. 30, 2010:(Liu Zhiji, 661-721; male; official; scholar; historian; editor)

Wikipedia description:

Liu Zhiji (simplified Chinese: 刘知几; traditional Chinese: 劉知幾; pinyin: Liú Zhījī; Wade–Giles: Liu Chih-chi; 661–721), courtesy name Zixuan (子玄), was a Chinese historian and politician of the Tang dynasty. Well known as the author of Shitong, he was born in present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Liu's father Liu Zangqi and elder brother Liu Zhirou were officials, famous for their literary compositions. He received his imperial examination degree in 680 and began working on several compilations with others in the court in 699. In 708, he decided to resign himself and started compiling the Shitong. Stephen W. Durrant calls Liu Zhiji "one of ancient China's most critical and brilliant readers" (The Cloudy Mirror, 71–72: Liu is quoted criticizing Sima Qian's style for verbosity and deliberately setting apart the chronologically close accounts).

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