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Liu Chih-chi

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

Liu Chih-chi , 661-721, Chinese T'ang dynasty historian. Drawing on experience gained while working on histories of the preceding dynasties, he wrote the first important Chinese work on historiography, the Understanding of History ( Shih-t'ung ). In a series of essays Liu discusses the origin, development, and relative merits of various forms of historical writing.

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