The Study On The Compilation Of History Of North Dynasty-Compared With The History Of Wei Dynasty

History of North Dynasty,compiled by the historian Li Yanshou of Tang Dynasty,is one part of the History of North Dynasty and History of south Dynasty. History of North Dynasty, as one of the Twenty-Four Histories, recorded the history of more than two hundred years from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty. It is an important document in the history of Southern and Northern Dynasties.History of North Dynasty is compiled based on History of Wei Dynasty, History of Bei Qi Dynasty, History of Zhou Dynasty, and History of Sui Dynasty. History of North ioccupies an important position in the history of the development of Chinese historiography. This paper mainly analyses the compiling process, stylistic characteristics, compiling methods and ideological tendency of History of North Dynasty compared with History of Wei Dynasty and other historical books so as to make an investigation of the compiling of History of North Dynasty from various perspectives. Written in chronology, History of North Dynasty is a breakthrough in terms of external form or internal structure, which provides historians with a new method to record the period of division. In the content, History of North Dynasty is based on History of Wei Dynasty and makes a further development. In the specific method of codification, History of North Dynasty is rescheduled by omissions and additions of the four books. It also revises the self-evidence and contradiction parts, cuts out the redundant in History of Wei Dynasty and supplements historical data. Any historical books can not get rid of the constraint of the times, and History of North Dynasty is no expectation. It is a reflection of the society and the author's ideas of that time. History of North reflects Western Wei's orthodoxy, respect for the new aristocrats and the contradictory view of person and destiny.This research attempts to summarize the previous research of History of North Dynasty, and to discuss the style characteristics, compilation methods, ideological tendency of it so as to make a profound study on compile accomplishment of History of North. Dynasty.