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This is a timeline of important Chinese texts including their final primary author and character count when available. |
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==11th century BC== |
==11th century BC== |
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| valign="top" | 1050 BC || || ''[[Etiquette and Ceremonial]]'' (56,115 characters) by the [[Duke of Zhou]] |
| valign="top" | around 1050 BC || || ''[[Etiquette and Ceremonial]]'' (56,115 characters) by the [[Duke of Zhou]] |
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| 11th-7th c. BC || || ''[[Classic of Poetry]]'' (39,224 characters) |
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| rowspan="3" | around 850 BC || rowspan="3" | || ''[[I Ching]]'' (24,207 characters) |
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|''[[:zh:連山易|Lianshan]]'' |
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| 496 BC || || ''[[The Art of War]]'' (6,075 characters) by [[Sunzi]] |
| 496 BC || || ''[[The Art of War]]'' (6,075 characters) by [[Sunzi]] |
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| 391 BC || || ''[[Mozi (book)]]'' (~100,000 characters) by [[Mozi]] et al |
| 391 BC || || ''[[Mozi (book)]]'' (~100,000 characters) by [[Mozi]] et al. |
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| 381 BC || || ''[[Wuzi]]'' (16,127 characters) by [[Wu Qi]] |
| 381 BC || || ''[[Wuzi]]'' (16,127 characters) by [[Wu Qi]] |
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| rowspan="3" valign="top | 350 BC || || ''[[Thirty-Six Stratagems]]'' |
| rowspan="3" valign="top | around 350 BC || || ''[[Thirty-Six Stratagems]]'' |
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| || ''[[Classic of Filial Piety]]'' (1,903 characters) |
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 325 BC || || ''[[Wei Liaozi]]'' (49,034 characters) by Wei Liao |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 325 BC || || ''[[Wei Liaozi]]'' (49,034 characters) by Wei Liao |
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| || ''[[Daodejing]]'' by [[Laozi]] |
| || ''[[Daodejing|Tao Te Ching]]'' by [[Laozi]] |
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| 316 BC || || ''[[Sun Bin's Art of War]]'' by [[Sun Bin]] |
| 316 BC || || ''[[Sun Bin's Art of War]]'' by [[Sun Bin]] |
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| valign="top" | around 300 BC || || ''[[Book of Rites]]'' (99,027 characters) |
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|''[[Bamboo Annals]]'' |
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| 289 BC || || ''[[Mengzi (book)]]'' (34,685 characters) by [[Mencius|Mengzi]] et al |
| 289 BC || || ''[[Mengzi (book)]]'' (34,685 characters) by [[Mencius|Mengzi]] et al. |
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| 286 BC || || ''[[Zhuangzi (book)]]'' (64,606 characters) by [[Zhuang Zhou]] |
| 286 BC || || ''[[Zhuangzi (book)]]'' (64,606 characters) by [[Zhuang Zhou]] |
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| 263 BC || || ''[[Chu Ci]]'' by [[Qu Yuan]] and [[Song Yu]] |
| 263 BC || || ''[[Chu Ci]]'' by [[Qu Yuan]] and [[Song Yu]] |
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| 239 BC || || ''[[Lüshi Chunqiu]]'' by [[Lü Buwei]] |
| 239 BC || || ''[[Lüshi Chunqiu]]'' by [[Lü Buwei]] |
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| 233 BC || || ''[[Han Feizi]]'' (~100,000 characters) by [[Han Fei]] |
| 233 BC || || ''[[Han Feizi]]'' (~100,000 characters) by [[Han Fei]] |
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| valign="top" | 228 BC || || ''[[Shiben]]'' |
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| rowspan="2" |before 221 BC |
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| || ''[[Six Secret Teachings]]'' (~20,000 characters) |
| rowspan="2" | || ''[[Six Secret Teachings]]'' (~20,000 characters) |
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|''[[Rites of Zhou]]'' (45,806 characters ) |
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| 186 BC || || ''[[Three Strategies of Huang Shigong]]'' (3,800 characters) by [[Jiang Ziya]] |
| 186 BC || || ''[[Three Strategies of Huang Shigong]]'' (3,800 characters) by [[Jiang Ziya]] |
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| before 140 BC || || ''[[Analects]]'' (13,113 characters) by [[Confucius]] et al. |
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| 140 BC || || ''[[Analects]]'' (13,113 characters) by [[Kongfuzi]] et al |
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| 94 BC || || ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]'' (533,505 characters) by [[Sima Qian]] |
| 94 BC || || ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]'' (533,505 characters) by [[Sima Qian]] |
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| 50 BC || || ''[[Erya]]'' (13,113 characters) by anonymous |
| around 50 BC || || ''[[Erya]]'' (13,113 characters) by anonymous |
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| 6 BC || || ''[[Classic of Mountains and Seas]]'' (34,744 characters) by [[Liu Xiang (scholar)|Liu Xiang]] |
| 6 BC || || ''[[Classic of Mountains and Seas]]'' (34,744 characters) compiled by [[Liu Xiang (scholar)|Liu Xiang]] |
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| 649 || || ''[[Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong]]'' |
| 649 || || ''[[Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong]]'' |
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| 656 || || ''[[Book of Sui]]'' (701,698 characters) by [[Wei Zheng]] et al |
| 656 || || ''[[Book of Sui]]'' (701,698 characters) by [[Wei Zheng]] et al. |
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 659 || || ''[[History of the Southern Dynasties]]'' (677,624 characters) by [[Li Yanshou]] |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 659 || || ''[[History of the Southern Dynasties]]'' (677,624 characters) by [[Li Yanshou]] |
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| 1213 || || ''[[Huang Song Shichao Gangyao]]'' Li Zhi |
| 1213 || || ''[[Huang Song Shichao Gangyao]]'' Li Zhi |
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| 1225 || || ''[[Zhu Fan Zhi]]'' by [[Zhao Rukuo]] |
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| 1274 || || ''[[Qidan Guo Zhi]]'' by Ye Longji |
| 1274 || || ''[[Qidan Guo Zhi]]'' by Ye Longji |
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| || ''[[History of Jin]]'' (931,070 characters) by [[Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty)]] |
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| 1345 || || ''[[History of Song]]'' (3,980,123 characters) by [[Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty)]] |
| 1345 || || ''[[History of Song (Yuan dynasty)|History of Song]]'' (3,980,123 characters) by [[Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty)]] |
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| 1370 || || ''[[History of Yuan]]'' (1,611,849 characters) by [[Song Lian]] |
| 1370 || || ''[[History of Yuan]]'' (1,611,849 characters) by [[Song Lian]] |
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| 1764 || || ''[[Dream of the Red Chamber]]'' (730,000 characters) by [[Cao Xueqin]] |
| 1764 || || ''[[Dream of the Red Chamber]]'' (730,000 characters) by [[Cao Xueqin]] |
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| 1773 || || ''[[Complete Library of the Four Treasuries]]'' (~800,000,000 characters) |
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==References== |
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{{Twenty-Four Histories}} |
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Latest revision as of 05:19, 29 June 2024
This is a timeline of important Chinese texts including their final primary author and character count when available.
11th century BC[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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around 1050 BC | Etiquette and Ceremonial (56,115 characters) by the Duke of Zhou | |
11th-7th c. BC | Classic of Poetry (39,224 characters) |
9th century BC[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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around 850 BC | I Ching (24,207 characters) | |
Lianshan | ||
Guicang |
5th century BC[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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496 BC | The Art of War (6,075 characters) by Sunzi | |
484 BC | Book of Documents (25,000 characters) compiled by Confucius | |
Yi Zhou Shu, materials related to but not compiled into Book of Documents | ||
479 BC | Spring and Autumn Annals (~18,000 characters) compiled by Confucius | |
468 BC | Zuo zhuan (196,845 characters) by Zuo Qiuming | |
451 BC | Guoyu (book) by Zuo Qiuming |
4th century BC[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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391 BC | Mozi (book) (~100,000 characters) by Mozi et al. | |
381 BC | Wuzi (16,127 characters) by Wu Qi | |
around 350 BC | Thirty-Six Stratagems | |
Classic of Filial Piety (1,903 characters) | ||
The Methods of the Sima (3,431 characters) by Sima Rangju | ||
338 BC | The Book of Lord Shang (24,519 characters) by Shang Yang | |
325 BC | Wei Liaozi (49,034 characters) by Wei Liao | |
Tao Te Ching by Laozi | ||
316 BC | Sun Bin's Art of War by Sun Bin |
3rd century BC[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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around 300 BC | Book of Rites (99,027 characters) | |
296 BC | Bamboo Annals | |
289 BC | Mengzi (book) (34,685 characters) by Mengzi et al. | |
286 BC | Zhuangzi (book) (64,606 characters) by Zhuang Zhou | |
284 BC | Zhan Guo Ce (120,000 characters) by Su Qin | |
263 BC | Chu Ci by Qu Yuan and Song Yu | |
239 BC | Lüshi Chunqiu by Lü Buwei | |
238 BC | Xunzi (book) (91,000 characters) by Xun Kuang | |
233 BC | Han Feizi (~100,000 characters) by Han Fei | |
228 BC | Shiben | |
before 221 BC | Six Secret Teachings (~20,000 characters) | |
Rites of Zhou (45,806 characters ) |
2nd century BC[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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186 BC | Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (3,800 characters) by Jiang Ziya | |
before 140 BC | Analects (13,113 characters) by Confucius et al. |
1st century BC[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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94 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (533,505 characters) by Sima Qian | |
around 50 BC | Erya (13,113 characters) by anonymous | |
6 BC | Classic of Mountains and Seas (34,744 characters) compiled by Liu Xiang |
2nd century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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111 | Book of Han (742,298 characters) by Ban Gu |
3rd century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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265 | Weilüe by Yu Huan | |
280 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (377,803 characters) by Chen Shou |
4th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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361 | Chronicles of Huayang (~110,000 characters) by Chang Qu |
5th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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444 | A New Account of the Tales of the World by Liu Yiqing | |
445 | Book of Later Han (894,020 characters) by Fan Ye | |
450 | Sunzi Suanjing | |
488 | Book of Song (811,893 characters) by Shen Yue |
6th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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514 | Book of Qi (299,257 characters) by Xiao Zixian | |
522 | Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms by Cui Hong | |
550 | Dunhuang Go Manual | |
554 | Book of Wei (998,329 characters) by Wei Shou | |
590 | Jingchu Suishiji |
7th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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636 | Book of Liang (294,438 characters) by Yao Silian | |
Book of Chen (163,382 characters) by Yao Silian | ||
Book of Northern Qi (212,506 characters) by Li Baiyao | ||
Book of Zhou by (262,659 characters) Linghu Defen | ||
648 | Book of Jin (1,158,126 characters) by Fang Xuanling | |
649 | Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong | |
656 | Book of Sui (701,698 characters) by Wei Zheng et al. | |
659 | History of the Southern Dynasties (677,624 characters) by Li Yanshou | |
History of the Northern Dynasties (1,106,543 characters) by Li Yanshou |
8th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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710 | Shitong (~88,000 characters) by Liu Zhiji | |
724 | Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era by Gautama Siddha | |
762 | The Classic of Tea (~7,000 characters) by Lu You |
9th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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801 | Tongdian (~1,700,000 characters) by Du You |
10th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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945 | Old Book of Tang (2,002,600 characters) by Liu Xu | |
974 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (790,879 characters) by Xue Juzheng | |
978 | Taiping Guangji (~3,000,000 characters) by Li Fang | |
982 | Wudai Huiyao by Wang Pu | |
983 | Taiping Yulan (~4,700,000 characters) by Li Fang | |
986 | Wenyuan Yinghua by Li Fang | |
997 | Taiping Huanyu Ji by Yue Shi |
11th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1013 | Cefu Yuangui (~9,400,000 characters) by Wang Qinruo | |
1014 | Jiu Guo Zhi by Lu Zhen | |
1044 | Wujing Zongyao by Zeng Gongliang | |
1060 | New Book of Tang (1,694,794 characters) by Ouyang Xiu | |
1072 | Historical Records of the Five Dynasties (291,476) by Ouyang Xiu | |
1084 | Zizhi Tongjian (~3,000,000 characters) by Sima Guang | |
1088 | Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo |
12th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1107 | Treatise on Tea by Emperor Huizong of Song | |
1180 | Sushui Jiwen by Sima Guang |
13th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1200 | Dongdu Shilüe by Wang Cheng | |
1213 | Huang Song Shichao Gangyao Li Zhi | |
1225 | Zhu Fan Zhi by Zhao Rukuo | |
1274 | Qidan Guo Zhi by Ye Longji |
14th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1339 | Daoyi Zhilüe by Wang Dayuan | |
1344 | History of Liao (296,254 characters) by Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty) | |
History of Jin (931,070 characters) by Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty) | ||
1345 | History of Song (3,980,123 characters) by Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty) | |
1370 | History of Yuan (1,611,849 characters) by Song Lian | |
1372 | Water Margin (~960,000 characters) by Shi Naian | |
1395 | Huolongjing by Jiao Yu and Liu Ji | |
1396 | Baiyi Zhuan by Qian Guxun and Li Sicong |
15th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1400 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms (~900,000 characters) by Luo Guanzhong | |
1408 | Yongle Encyclopedia (~370,000,000 characters) | |
1451 | Yingya Shenglan by Ma Huan |
16th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1561 | Jixiao Xinshu (~74,000 characters) by Qi Jiguang | |
1578 | Compendium of Materia Medica (~2,000,000 characters) by Li Shizhen | |
1582 | Journey to the West (~860,000 characters) by Wu Cheng'en | |
1590 | A Book to Burn by Li Zhi |
17th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1620 | Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong | |
1621 | Wubei Zhi by Mao Yuanyi | |
1624 | Stories to Caution the World by Feng Menglong | |
1627 | Stories to Awaken the World by Feng Menglong | |
Slapping the Table in Amazement by Ling Mengchu | ||
1635 | Dijing Jingwulue by Liu Tong | |
1637 | Tiangong Kaiwu by Song Yingxing | |
1689 | Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms by Wu Renchen |
18th century[edit]
Year | Date | Event |
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1739 | History of Ming (2,802,544 characters) by Zhang Tingyu | |
1764 | Dream of the Red Chamber (730,000 characters) by Cao Xueqin | |
1773 | Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (~800,000,000 characters) |