Research On Tang Hui Yao

This dissertation is an attempt to describe and highlight the academic value of historical data of economy in Tang Hui Yao by examining them in a view of philology.The dissertation begins with an introduction which includes an analysis of significance of the research on Tang Hui Yao, a review of the literature, and a brief explanation on of main ideas and methods. Tang Hui Yao is the earliest extant institutional record of a reign body history book in our country.Chapter 1 examines the life stories of Su Mian and Su Bian. Su Mian was an expert in the field of the Institutional Systems. He compiled the first history book in Hui Yao style in the existing records and established the Hui Yao style, based on previous history books such as Zhou Li and Chun Qiu.Chapter 2 mainly explores the life stories of the compilers, the compiling process, and the problem whether Cui Xuan did take part in edition of Xu Hui Yao. Based on original text of Xu Hui Yao, it discussed the relations between Hui Yao and Xu Hui Yao.Chapter 3 analyzes the life story of Wang Pu and compilation of Tang Hui Yao, focuses on examining the structure and contents of Tang Hui Yao, and commends Wang Pu's contribution to keep the historical data value of Tang Hui Yao.Chapter 4 describes the development of history books of Hui Yao style since Tang Dynasty, such as the first Officially Compiled book Xu Hui Yao in Tang Dynasty, the best Officially Compiled book Song Hui Yao and the outstanding privately-written book Hui Yao in Song Dynasty, and the upsurge of privately compiling history books of Hui Yao style in Qing Dynasty.Chapter 5 analyzes the source of historical data of Tang Hui Yao, which needs a deeper and more comprehensive understanding. And it also describes and compares several different editions of Tang Hui Yao.Chapter 6 examines errors and their causes of the economical records in Tang Hui Yao by taking assorted economical records for example, and provides some methods on proofreading Tang Hui Yao.