The History of the Southern Dynasties is one of the official Chinese historical works in the Twenty-Four Histories canon. It contain 80 volumes and covers the period from 420 to 589, the histories of the Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang, and Chen dynasties in southern China during the Northern and Southern dynasties period.
The History of the Southern Dynasties is one of the official Chinese historical works in the Twenty-Four Histories canon. It consists of 80 volumes and spans from 420 to 589, covering the histories of the Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang, and Chen dynasties in southern China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.