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Shou Chen
233–297
Best known for compiling the classic Records of the Three Kingdoms, this third-century Chinese historian helped shape how later generations understood one of East Asia’s most dramatic eras. He was also a government official and writer who lived through the transition from the Three Kingdoms period into the Jin dynasty.
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三國志
by Shou Chen
About the author
Born in 233 and dying in 297, Chen Shou was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer. He lived during the late Three Kingdoms period and the early Jin dynasty, a time of war, shifting loyalties, and major political change.
He is most famous for writing the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), one of the central historical works on the age of Wei, Shu, and Wu. Because he wrote relatively close to the events he described, his work became an essential source for later historians, storytellers, and readers interested in the era.
Chen Shou also served in government, which gave him firsthand experience of official life as well as access to historical materials. Reliable portrait images do not appear to be readily available from the source pages checked, so no profile image is included here.