Boat House Chronicle

Author: [Song] Fang Shao
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is one of the "Collected Notes on Tang and Song Historical Materials," written by Fang Shao of the Song Dynasty. Fang Shao once traveled with renowned scholars of the time, such as Su Dongpo, Su Zirong, and Ye Mengde, and gained extensive insights into the events and anecdotes of the era. This book is a collection of his observations and notes, primarily covering the old stories of the court and society during the late Northern Song Dynasty and the early Southern Song Dynasty. Among its contents, the accounts of the origins and developments of the Fang La uprising, the financial conditions during the Xixun period, the transmission of the Yellow Crane Tower poem, and certain medicinal practices provide valuable perspectives for modern research on the history of the Song Dynasty.