The Book of Jin, an official Chinese…

The Book of Jin, an official Chinese historical text covering the history of the Jin Dynasty from 265 to 420, is compiled in China during the Tang Dynasty.

Its chief editor is the chancellor Fang Xuanling, who dies in this year as well.

Drawing mostly from official documents left from earlier archives, a few essays in volumes 1, 3, 54 and 80 have been composed by the Tang Dynasty's Emperor Taizong himself.

The contents of the Book of Jin, however, include not only the history of the Jin Dynasty, but also that of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, which was contemporaneous with the Eastern Jin Dynasty.