Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu

The Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu (資治通鑑綱目, "The String and Mesh of Zizhi Tongjian"), more simply Tongjian Gangmu, is an 1172 Chinese history book based on Sima Guang's 1084 book Zizhi Tongjian ("Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance"). The credited author is the neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi, but its compilation was in fact by Zhu's students. In the words of J. W. Haeger, the Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu "is doubtless the most influential piece of historical writing in the later Imperial age".

Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu

The Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu (資治通鑑綱目, "The String and Mesh of Zizhi Tongjian"), more simply Tongjian Gangmu, is an 1172 Chinese history book based on Sima Guang's 1084 book Zizhi Tongjian ("Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance"). The credited author is the neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi, but its compilation was in fact by Zhu's students. In the words of J. W. Haeger, the Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu "is doubtless the most influential piece of historical writing in the later Imperial age".