崔鸿 (Cuī Hóng) · Cui Hong, Northern Wei historian

Meanings

1 Cui Hong, Northern Wei historian
2 compiler of Shiliuguo Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms)

About Cui Hong

died 525 · 学者 scholar

Northern Wei official who spent years compiling 《十六国春秋》, a history of the short-lived states that ruled north China in the 4th and 5th centuries. The original is lost; today's versions are later reconstructions.

Also called 彦鸾

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HSK 7-9

崔鸿是北魏著名的史学家。

Cuī Hóng shì Běiwèi zhùmíng de shǐxuéjiā.

Cui Hong was a famous historian of the Northern Wei dynasty.

HSK 7-9

崔鸿编撰的《十六国春秋》记载了五胡十六国的历史。

Cuī Hóng biānzhuàn de 《 Shíliùguó Chūnqiū 》 jìzǎi le Wǔhú Shíliùguó de lìshǐ.

Cui Hong's compilation Spring and Autumn of the Sixteen Kingdoms records the history of the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

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The name 十六国, 'Sixteen Kingdoms', for the whole period comes from his book. His sixteen were five Liangs, four Yans, three Qins, two Zhaos, Cheng-Han and Xia.