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active 40 Ye Zhao

An Eastern Han scholar remembered for shaping one of the classic accounts of the rivalry between the ancient states of Wu and Yue, his work blends history with vivid storytelling. The result is a text that has mattered to readers for centuries, both as a historical source and as literature.

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吳越春秋

吳越春秋

by active 40 Ye Zhao

About the author

Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from the sources I found. He is identified as Zhao Ye (赵晔), a scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty and the writer of the Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue (Wu Yue Chunqiu), a ten-volume account of the struggles between the states of Wu and Yue.

The book is known for its lively, detailed style as well as its historical value. Modern reference material describes it as an unofficial history, and later readers have also valued it as an important literary work because of the way it turns political and military history into memorable narrative.

Because reliable biographical details are scarce, it is safest to remember him through the book itself: a long-lasting work that helped preserve famous stories from early Chinese history for future generations.