Book of Chen (Chenshu), Annals: a Standard history source. Covers AD 545 – 604, with 91 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Standard history |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | AD 545 – 604 |
| Events | 91 events, 81 placed on the map |
| Author | 姚思廉 |
| Original title | 陳書 本紀 (卷1~6) |
Regions: China 89 · Southeast Asia 2
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 545 – 547 | 交州 | At the Suli River mouth in Jiaozhou, Chen Baxian defeated Li Bi's army of tens of thousands; Li Bi fled to Dianche Lake and the Qulao caves, where the Qulao beheaded him and sent the head to the capital. | 陳書 卷1 大同11年 六月 |
| AD 549 | 廣州 | During Hou Jing's rebellion, Chen Baxian gathered righteous troops in Nanhai and attacked Guangzhou governor Yuan Jingzhong; Yuan hanged himself, and Chen welcomed Xiao Bo into Guangzhou. | 陳書 卷1 太清3年 七月 |
| AD 550 | 南康 | Chen Baxian set out from Shixing, crossed the Dayuling, crushed Cai Luyang who had camped at Nanye, and took up his post at Nankang. | 陳書 卷1 大寶元年 正月 |
| AD 551 | 南康 | Du Sengming and others took the fort that Li Qianshi had built; they captured Li Qianshi and sent him to Nankang, where Chen Baxian had him beheaded. | 陳書 卷1 大寶2年 三月 |
| AD 551 | 巴丘 | When Wang Sengbian's army ran short of food, Chen Baxian shared out 300,000 of his 500,000 shi of stored grain and took up his post at Bayou. | 陳書 卷1 大寶2年 八月 |
| AD 552 | 豫章 | Chen Baxian set out from Yuzhang with thirty thousand armored soldiers, five thousand crossbowmen and two thousand warships to campaign against Hou Jing. | 陳書 卷1 大寶3年 正月 |
| AD 552 | 建康 | Before Shitou City, the combined forces of Chen Baxian and Wang Sengbian routed Hou Jing; Hou Jing was chased to Ximing Gate and fled from beneath the palace with only his two sons. | 陳書 卷1 大寶3年 三月 |
| AD 552 | Xin Shu of Northern Qi, with seventy thousand men, surrounded Yan Chaoda at Qin Commandery; Chen Baxian relieved him with ten thousand, the Prince of Pingqin of Northern Qi was struck by an arrow and killed, and several hundred heads were taken. | 陳書 卷1 大寶3年 五月 | |
| AD 552 | 江陵 | Xiao Yi, Prince of Xiangdong, ascended the throne at Jiangling and changed the third year of Dabao to the first year of Chengsheng (Emperor Yuan). | 陳書 卷1 大寶3年 十一月 |
| AD 554 | 江陵 | Western Wei took Jiangling. | 陳書 卷1 承聖3年 十一月 |
| AD 555 | 建康 | Northern Qi sent back Marquis Zhenyang Xiao Yuanming and had him enthroned; Wang Sengbian accepted him and changed the era to Tiancheng, but Chen Baxian opposed. | 陳書 卷1 承聖4年 五月 |
| AD 555 | 京口 | Chen Baxian plotted with Xu Du, Hou Antu and Zhou Wenyu, and that very night set out from Nanxu (Jingkou) to attack Wang Sengbian. | 陳書 卷1 承聖4年 九月 |
| AD 555 | 建康 | Chen Baxian set fire at Shitou, captured Wang Sengbian, and that night had Wang and his son Wang E hanged. | 陳書 卷1 承聖4年 九月 |
| AD 555 | 建康 | Xiao Fangzhi, Prince of Jin'an, ascended the throne, changing the fourth year of Chengsheng to the first year of Shaotai (Emperor Jing), and granted Chen Baxian the title of Grand Commander of All Central and Provincial Forces. | 陳書 卷1 承聖4年 十月 |
| AD 555 | 吳興 | Du Kan, governor of Zhenzhou and son-in-law of Wang Sengbian, held Wuxing and rose in revolt with Wei Zai, governor of Yixing; Chen Baxian sent Zhou Wenyu to attack Yixing. | 陳書 卷1 紹泰元年 十月 |
| AD 555 | Hou Andu raided Hushu at night with his navy and burned over a thousand Northern Qi ships; Zhou Tiewu cut their supply route and captured Zhang Lingzhou, governor of Beixuzhou. | 陳書 卷1 紹泰元年 十一月 | |
| AD 555 | 建康 | Liu Damo of Northern Qi sent envoys asking for peace; Chen Baxian sacrificed animals outside the gate and swore an oath, and the next day sent the people of Qi back north through the south gate of Shitou. | 陳書 卷1 紹泰元年 十二月 |
| AD 556 | 梁山 | Xiao Gui and others, with a hundred thousand men, came out of the Zhakou stockade of Qi toward Liangshan; Huang Cong counterattacked and set fire to the vanguard's boats, so Qi halted at Wuhu. | 陳書 卷1 紹泰2年 三月 |
| AD 556 | 建康 | In the decisive battle south of Mofu Mountain, Chen Baxian took the field in person, Hou Andu struck from behind, and the Qi army was crushed; Xu Sihui and his brothers were captured and beheaded, and pursuit reached Linyi. | 陳書 卷1 紹泰2年 六月 |
| AD 557 | 南康 | Xiao Bo crossed the ridges from Guangzhou to Nankang and sent Ouyang E and others ahead to Yuzhang; when Yu Xiaoqing responded, Chen Baxian sent Zhou Wenyu and Hou Antu to suppress them. | 陳書 卷1 太平2年 二月 |
| AD 557 | 建康 | The Liang court raised Chen Baxian to Xiangguo and Duke of Chen of Ten Commanderies, and granted him the Nine Honors. | 陳書 卷1 太平2年 九月 |
| AD 557 | 建康 | Emperor Jing of Liang issued an edict yielding the throne to the Prince of Chen and withdrew to a separate palace. | 陳書 卷1 太平2年 十月 |
| AD 557 | 建康 | Chen Baxian made sacrifices at the southern suburb and ascended as emperor, granting a general amnesty at the Taiji Front Hall and changing the era to Yongding; the Liang ruler was enfeoffed as Prince of Jiangyin (founding of Chen). | 陳書 卷2 永定元年 十月 |
| AD 557 | 郢州 | Zhou Wenyu and Hou Andu, sent to subdue the west, were defeated at Yingzhou and captured by Wang Lin. | 陳書 卷2 永定元年 十月 |
| AD 558 | 郢州 | Wang Lin enthroned Xiao Zhuang, Prince of Yongjia of Liang, at Yingzhou. | 陳書 卷2 永定2年 三月 |
| AD 558 | 建康 | Chen Qian, Prince of Linchuan, left the capital with a naval force of fifty thousand to attack Wang Lin, and the emperor came out as far as Yecheng Temple to see him off. | 陳書 卷2 永定2年 八月 |
| AD 558 | 豫章 | Zhou Wenyu led his army to Yuzhang and attacked Yu Xiaoyu. | 陳書 卷2 永定2年 十月 |
| AD 558 | 建康 | Chen Baxian rebuilt the Taiji Hall, which had burned during Hou Jing's rebellion, and completed it, replacing the pillars with large camphor trees. | 陳書 卷2 永定2年 十月 |
| AD 559 | 合州 | Hou Tian, Minister of Works, entered Hefei from the Yangtze, burned Northern Qi ships, and returned victorious from Hefei in the third month. | 陳書 卷2 永定3年 二月·三月 |
| AD 559 | 南皖口 | General Who Pacifies the North Xu Du built a fort at Nanwankou. | 陳書 卷2 永定3年 閏四月 |
| AD 559 | Xiong Tanlang, governor of Beijiangzhou, killed the commander Zhou Wenyu in his camp and rose in revolt; Wang Lin sent Chang Zhong'ai and others to aid Yu Xiaoyu. | 陳書 卷2 永定3年 五月 | |
| AD 559 | 左里 | Hou Andu defeated Chang Zhong'ai and others at Zuoli, captured more than thirty relatives of Wang Lin, and Chang Zhong'ai was beheaded by the people of Lushan. | 陳書 卷2 永定3年 六月 |
| AD 559 | 建康 | Chen Baxian died at the Xuanji Hall at age 57; by his edict he summoned Chen Qian, Prince of Linchuan, to ascend the throne (posthumous title Emperor Wu, Gaozu). | 陳書 卷2 永定3年 六月 |
| AD 559 | 建康 | Chen Qian came from Nanwan, entered the Central Secretariat, and ascended the throne at the Taiji Front Hall that same day (Emperor Wen). | 陳書 卷3 永定3年 六月 |
| AD 559 | Wang Lin attacked Dalei, and Hou Tian, Hou Andu and Xu Du came out to defend. | 陳書 卷3 永定3年 十一月 | |
| AD 560 | 梁山 | Grand Commandant Hou Tian crushed Wang Lin at Liangshan and the Northern Qi forces at Bowang; Wang Lin and Xiao Zhuang fled to Northern Qi. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉元年 二月 |
| AD 560 | 武陵 | He Ruodun of Northern Zhou, with ten thousand light troops, raided Wuling; Wu Mingche, governor of Wuzhou, could not stop him and withdrew to Baling. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉元年 八月 |
| AD 560 | 巴陵 | Hou Tian raided Dugu Sheng of Northern Zhou at Yangye Islet, seized all his boats, and Dugu Sheng landed, built a wall and held on. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉元年 十月 |
| AD 560 | 巴陵 | Yuchi Xian, the Northern Zhou commander of Baling city, surrendered, and Hou Anding, governor of Bazhou, held the city. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉元年 十二月 |
| AD 561 | 湘州 | Yin Liang, Northern Zhou commander of Xiangzhou city, surrendered, and Xiangzhou was pacified. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉2年 正月 |
| AD 561 | 武陵 | He Ruodun escaped alone and returned, having lost seven or eight in ten of his soldiers and horses; Wuling and the other commanderies were pacified. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉2年 七月 |
| AD 562 | 建康 | Chen invested the King of Baekje, Yeo Myeong, as Grand General Pacifier of the East, and the King of Goguryeo, Go Tang, as General Who Pacifies the East. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉3年 閏二月 |
| AD 562 | 湓城 | Zhou Di, governor of Jiangzhou, joined Liu Yi in raiding Pencheng and attacked Yuzhang Commandery, but won neither. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉3年 閏二月 |
| AD 562 | Hou Andu, Minister of Works, defeated Liu Yi at Taozhi Ridge; Liu Yi escaped alone to Jin'an, and Dongyang Commandery was pacified. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉3年 三月 | |
| AD 563 | 臨川 | Zhou Di abandoned his city and fled; Chen Baoying, governor of Minzhou, took him in, and Linchuan Commandery was pacified. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉4年 正月 |
| AD 563 | Protector General Zhang Zhaoda was ordered to attack Jian'an and Chen Baoying, and Yu Xiaoqing was to join him from the eastern route. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉4年 十二月 | |
| AD 564 | Zhang Zhaoda defeated Chen Baoying at Jian'an, captured Chen Baoying and Liu Yi, and sent them to the capital; Jin'an Commandery was pacified. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉5年 十一月 | |
| AD 565 | 臨川 | Luo Wenya, governor of Linchuan, beheaded Zhou Di and sent the head to the capital, where it was hung at the Zhuque Hang. | 陳書 卷3 天嘉6年 七月 |
| AD 566 | 建康 | Chen Qian (Emperor Wen) died at the Youjue Hall and by edict ordered that the crown prince ascend the throne. | 陳書 卷3 天康元年 四月 |
| AD 566 | 建康 | The crown prince, Chen Bozong, ascended at the Taiji Front Hall on the very day of the death of Shizu (Deposed Emperor Fei). | 陳書 卷4 天康元年 四月 |
| AD 567 | 湘州 | Hua Jiao, governor of Xiangzhou, rebelled; Chunyu Liang took command of the navy and suppressed him (in the sixth month Xu Du raided Xiangzhou by land). | 陳書 卷4 光大元年 五月 |
| AD 567 | 郢州 | Tuoba Ding of Northern Zhou entered Yingzhou with twenty thousand men and joined Hua Jiao, but was crushed by Chunyu Liang and Wu Mingche; Hua Jiao fled alone to Jiangling and Tuoba Ding was captured. | 陳書 卷4 光大元年 九月 |
| AD 568 | 建康 | Empress Dowager Cixun gathered the ministers in the court hall and issued an order demoting the Deposed Emperor to Prince of Linhai and enthroning Prince Xu of Anchen, Chen Xu. | 陳書 卷4 光大2年 十一月 |
| AD 568 | 建康 | Silla sent an envoy to present tribute. | 陳書 卷4 光大2年 七月 |
| AD 569 | 建康 | Prince Xu of Anchen, Chen Xu, ascended at the Taiji Front Hall (Emperor Xuan), changing the third year of Guangda to the first year of Taijian, and enfeoffing the crown prince and the Prince of Shixing, among others. | 陳書 卷5 太建元年 正月 |
| AD 569 | 廣州 | Ouyang He, General of the Left Guard, took Guangzhou and rose in revolt; Zhang Zhaoda set out to suppress him. | 陳書 卷5 太建元年 十月 |
| AD 570 | 廣州 | The Yitong general Zhang Zhaoda captured Ouyang He and beheaded him in the Jiankang market; Guangzhou was pacified. | 陳書 卷5 太建2年 二月 |
| AD 571 | 建康 | Liaodong, Silla, Dandan, Tianzhu and Panpan all together sent envoys with tribute. | 陳書 卷5 太建3年 五月 |
| AD 573 | 白下 | Grand Commander for the Northern Expedition Wu Mingche set out from Baixia with a hundred thousand men to attack Northern Qi, opening the campaign to recover Huainan. | 陳書 卷5 太建5年 三月 |
| AD 573 | 歷陽 | Northern Qi sent a hundred thousand men to relieve Liyang, but Huang Fabing routed them; in the fifth month the walls of Liyang fell. | 陳書 卷5 太建5年 四月 |
| AD 573 | 歷陽 | Huang Fabing took the walled city of Liyang and then moved his camp into Liyang. | 陳書 卷5 太建5年 五月 |
| AD 573 | 壽陽 | Wu Mingche took the outer walls of Shouyang. | 陳書 卷5 太建5年 七月 |
| AD 573 | 壽陽 | Wu Mingche took the walled city of Shouyang, beheaded Wang Lin, and hung his head at the Zhuque Hang in the capital. | 陳書 卷5 太建5年 十月 |
| AD 573 | 淮陰 | The city of Huaiyin surrendered. | 陳書 卷5 太建5年 十一月 |
| AD 573 | 朐山 | General Who Intimidates the Barbarians Liu Taogen took the walled city of Qushan. | 陳書 卷5 太建5年 十一月 |
| AD 575 | 下邳 | Fan Yi took Xiapi and six other walled towns, including Gaozha. | 陳書 卷5 太建7年 二月 |
| AD 575 | 呂梁 | Commander Wu Mingche crushed the Northern Qi forces at Lüliang (in the intercalary ninth month). | 陳書 卷5 太建7年 閏九月 |
| AD 577 | 呂梁 | Grand Minister Wu Mingche routed tens of thousands of Northern Zhou troops under Liang Shiyan at Lüliang. | 陳書 卷5 太建9年 十月 |
| AD 578 | 呂梁 | Wu Mingche's northern expedition army suffered a great defeat at Lüliang; Wu Mingche and all his officers and men were captured by the Northern Zhou forces. | 陳書 卷5 太建10年 二月 |
| AD 578 | Fan Yi had a fort built at Qingkou, north of the Huai, but within a few days the city of Qingkou could not be held. | 陳書 卷5 太建10年 四月 | |
| AD 578 | 建康 | Silla sent an envoy to present tribute. | 陳書 卷5 太建10年 七月 |
| AD 579 | 壽陽 | Liang Shiyan of Northern Zhou reached Feikou and then besieged Shouyang. | 陳書 卷5 太建11年 十一月 |
| AD 579 | 壽陽 | Yuzhou (Shouyang) fell, and soon Huozhou fell as well. | 陳書 卷5 太建11年 十一月 |
| AD 579 | The three prefectures of Nan-Bei Yan and Jin, together with nine commanderies including Xuyi and Shanyang, withdrew on their own and returned to the capital; Qiao and Beixuzhou also fell, and all the land of Huainan passed to Northern Zhou. | 陳書 卷5 太建11年 十二月 | |
| AD 580 | 鄖州 | Sima Xiaonan, governor-general of Yunzhou for Northern Zhou, brought Yun, Sui and nine prefectures with eight garrisons over to Chen; Chen made him Sikong and Duke of Suijun. | 陳書 卷5 太建12年 八月 |
| AD 580 | 歷陽 | When Wang Yangui of Northern Zhou came to relieve Liyang, Ren Zhong defeated him and captured Wang Yangui and others. | 陳書 卷5 太建12年 九月 |
| AD 582 | 建康 | Emperor Xuan died at the Xuanfu Hall at age 53, and his heir Shubao succeeded (posthumous title Emperor Xiaoxuan, Gaozong). | 陳書 卷5 太建14年 正月 |
| AD 582 | 建康 | Prince Shuling of Shixing rebelled the day after the death of Emperor Xuan and was executed. | 陳書 卷6 太建14年 正月 |
| AD 582 | 建康 | The crown prince Shubao ascended at the Taiji Front Hall (the Later Ruler). | 陳書 卷6 太建14年 正月 |
| AD 583 | 交州 | Li Yourong, governor of Jiaozhou, presented a trained elephant. | 陳書 卷6 至德元年 四月 |
| AD 587 | 江陵 | Xiao Yan and Xiao Huan, vassals of the Later Liang's Xiao Cong, asked to surrender to the governor of Jingzhou, Chen Ji; more than a hundred thousand officials and commoners, men and women, crossed the Yangtze. | 陳書 卷6 禎明元年 九月 |
| AD 588 | Zhou Luohou, Regular Attendant, led troops and camped at Xiakou. | 陳書 卷6 禎明2年 正月 | |
| AD 588 | 廣陵 | Yang Guang, Prince of Jin of the Sui, sent his forces from Ba, Shu, Mian and Han in dozens of columns down to Guangling on the lower Yangtze; the governor of Xiangzhou, Shi Wenqing, and others suppressed the reports, so no defenses were prepared. | 陳書 卷6 禎明2年 十一月 |
| AD 589 | 京口 | He Ruobi of the Sui set out from Guangling and crossed the Yangtze at Jingkou. | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 正月 |
| AD 589 | 採石 | Han Qinhu of the Sui crossed the Yangtze from Hengjiang to Caishi, intending to join He Ruobi by the southern road. | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 正月 |
| AD 589 | 京口 | He Ruobi took Nanxuzhou, and the next day Han Qinhu took Nanyuzhou. | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 正月 |
| AD 589 | 建康 | On the day jiashen the Later Ruler's army fought a decisive battle with He Ruobi and was defeated; He Ruobi passed through Leyou Garden and burned the north gate of the palace. | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 正月 |
| AD 589 | 建康 | Ren Zhong surrendered to Han Qinhu and, crossing the Zhuque Hang, led him into the palace and in through the south gate. | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 正月 |
| AD 589 | 建康 | The Later Ruler hid in a well in the Jingyang Hall; at night he was captured by the Sui army, and the next day Yang Guang, Prince of Jin, entered the capital and took control of it (the fall of Chen). | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 正月 |
| AD 589 | 長安 | The Later Ruler, together with the nobles and officials, left Jianye and was sent to Chang'an. | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 三月 |
| AD 604 | 洛陽 | The Later Ruler died at Luoyang in the eleventh month of the fourth year of Renshou of the Sui, at age 52, and was buried on Mang Mountain (posthumous title Yang). | 陳書 卷6 禎明3年 三月 이하 (사후 기록) |
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