The Value of Annotation of History of Three Kingdoms Made by Pei Songzhi
Kai Gao · Journal of Zhengzhou University · 2000
Many historical facts can't be ascertained because of some defects of History of Three Kingdows written by Chen shou, such as too simple narration, unsuitable adaption from the original accounts, etc, Pei Songzhi of Liu Shong Dynasty annotated it on the basis of thorough reference and valid reasons. The annotation replenished a lot of Valuable historical data in the fields of potitics,economy, culture and nationalities of the three kingdoms. Exactly in this way it perfected the historical data system of Chen's book.