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''Jiangnan Yeshi'' () was a historical text on the Chinese Southern Tang dynasty written by the Long Gun (龍袞) during the
Northern Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, endin ...
. Most likely of 20 chapters originally, only 10 are extant. Praised for its linguistic mastery, it was later included in the ''
Siku Quanshu The ''Siku Quanshu'', literally the ''Complete Library of the Four Treasuries'', is a Chinese encyclopedia commissioned during the Qing dynasty by the Qianlong Emperor. Commissioned in 1772 and completed in 1782, the ''Siku quanshu'' is the lar ...
''.


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* Chinese history texts Song dynasty literature Southern Tang 10th-century Chinese books {{china-hist-book-stub