Book of Jin

Book of Jin is a historical chronicle from the Twenty-Four Histories, compiled in 648 by officials of the Tang court under the lead editorship of Fang Xuanling. Written in Middle Chinese, it draws mainly on official records from earlier archives and covers the Jin dynasty, along with part of the era of the Sixteen Kingdoms that overlapped with Eastern Jin.

This book suits readers who are interested in classical Chinese history, court-compiled sources, and the way a dynasty was recorded through official documentation. It is not a narrative book in the modern sense, but a dense historical text focused on rulers, state affairs, and the sequence of events across a turbulent period. It will appeal to readers drawn to dynastic histories and to texts that preserve the tone and method of traditional historiography.