Pei Songzhi

Pei Songzhi
Historian of Liu Song Dynasty
Born	372
Died	451
Names

Pei Songzhi (Chinese: 裴松之) (372–451) was commissioned by Emperor Wen of Liu Song to write a commentary on Chen Shou's Records of Three Kingdoms, providing additional detail omitted from the original work. His commentary, completed in 429, became integral to later editions of the Records, making the joint work three times as long as the original.^[1]

References

^ Yuet Keung Lo, "Pei Songzhi", in A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, edited by D. R. Woolf (Garland Reference Library, 1998), p. 701.

Persondata
Name	Pei Songzhi
Alternative names
Short description	Wrote commentary on Chen Shou's Records of Three Kingdoms
Date of birth	372
Place of birth
Date of death	451
Place of death