Li Baiyao () (564–647),
courtesy name
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Zhonggui (重規), formally Viscount Kang of Anping (安平康子), was a
Chinese historian and an official during the
Chinese Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty ( ) was a short-lived Dynasties of China, Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China proper under the Sui brought the Northern and Southern dynasties era to a close, ending a prolonged peri ...
and
Tang dynasties. He was honored for his literary abilities, and he was known for completing the official history of
Northern Qi, the ''
Book of Northern Qi'', which his father
Li Delin had started.
References
Northern Qi people
Northern Zhou people
Sui dynasty government officials
Tang dynasty government officials
Sui dynasty historians
Tang dynasty historians
7th-century Chinese historians
564 births
647 deaths
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