Lectures and Miscellaneous Writings on the History of the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties

Lectures and Miscellaneous Writings on the History of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties is a collection of lectures, course notes, and research essays by the contemporary master historian Chen Yinke, some of which concern the history of the Wei and Jin periods. It is a systematic work of dynastic history.

Lectures and Miscellaneous Writings on the History of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties covers the politics, economy, culture, ethnic groups, and many other aspects of the period, offering numerous new insights, questions, and discoveries. These include the view that ethnic identity is defined by culture rather than bloodline, that the Chen dynasty was founded by southern tribes, and that the rulers of the Eastern Han, Eastern Wu, and Western Jin belonged to the same class.