Completion of the Zizhi Tongjian

Name: Completion of the Zizhi Tongjian
Start: 1084

Type Event Region China Time 1084

In the seventh year of the Yuanfeng era (1084) of the Northern Song, the comprehensive chronological history Zizhi Tongjian, compiled under Sima Guan…

Timeline

1084Luoyang · LuoyangSima Guang and the collaborating historiographers presented the complete Zizhi Tongjian to Emperor Shenzong of Song. After reviewing it, Shenzong praised it as 'taking lessons from past events, of aid to the way of governance,' bestowed the title Zizhi Tongjian, and ordered it printed and circulated throughout the realm.

Sources

宋史·卷三百三十六·列传第九十五·司马光 — 脱脱等 (1977)
资治通鉴 — 司马光 (1084)