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The "History of the Song Dynasty" compiled by Tuotuo, the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, is the largest chronological history among the "Twenty-Four Histories" in ancient China. It has a total of 496 volumes and systematically records the rise and fall of the two Song Dynasties and eighteen dynasties, spanning more than 300 years. This masterpiece, written during the reign of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, is not only an official revision history, but also a treasure trove containing the politics, economy, military and culture of the Song Dynasty. It relies on a large number of first-hand documents such as Song Dynasty records, national history, and "Song Huiyao". Many original archives have been handed down due to "Song History" and have become irreplaceable core historical materials for studying the Song Dynasty today. From Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny to establish the Northern Song Dynasty, to the Southern Song Dynasty's continuation of the state in the south of the Yangtze River, from Wang Anshi's reform to Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty, "History of the Song Dynasty" vividly restores the era of prosperous culture, advanced science and technology but frequent foreign invasions in the form of biographies. If you want to truly enter the elegance and disputes of the Song Dynasty, "History of the Song Dynasty" is undoubtedly the most substantial and true door.