Nan Song shu 南宋書 Book of the Southern Song

by Shisheng 錢士升 Qian

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Ten vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. China : Saoye shanfang 掃葉山房, 1798 .An edition of an abridgment of the History of the Song, with additions by the author. These additions provide a certain amount of information not found in the standard histories, but Qian’s work has been criticized by some for lacking in detail Lao, Zhonghua yeshi cidian, 315 .Qian Shisheng 1575-1652 , served as a compiler in the

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