The History of Northern Dynasties (Chinese: 北史; Pinyin: Běishǐ) is one of the official Chinese historical works in the Twenty-Four Histories canon. It contain 100 volumes and covering the period from 386 to 618, the histories of Northern Wei, Western Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, and Sui Dynasty. Like the History of Southern Dynasties, the book along was started by Li Dashi. Following his death, Li Yanshou, son of Li Dashi, completed the work on the book between 643 to 659. As a historian, Li Yanshou also took part of some of the compilation during the early Tang Dynasty, unlike the rest of the histories, the book was not sponsored by state. Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音方案; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音方案; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n fāngàn), while pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)), is a system of romanization (phonemic notation... The Twenty-Four Histories is a collection of historical books covering a period of history from 3000 B.C. to the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century. ... For the processor, see Intel 80386. ... Events End of the Sui Dynasty and beginning of the Tang Dynasty in China. ... The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 386-534) is most noted for the unification of northern China in 440, it was also heavily involved in funding the arts and many antiques and art works from this period have survived. ... The Sui Dynasty (Chinese: 隋朝; Hanyu Pinyin: 581-618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. ... Events Rothari, King of the Lombards, issues the Lombard law code. ... Events Ealdormen in Mercia proclaim Wulfhere king, and throw off Northumbrian rule. ... For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). ...

See also

• Twenty-Four Histories