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History of Liuli Palace (chinese Translated World Academic Masterpiece Series)

Li Mou Yao Bingyan Cai Zhusheng Wang Danian

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The full name of "History of the Liuli Palace" is "History of the Great Kings of the Liuli Palace". It is a large chronicle compiled by 13 monks and lay scholars from the Konbaung Dynasty of Myanmar who were assigned to the Liuli Palace. The book refers to various historical books, classics, inscriptions, archives, Buddhist classics and poems in Myanmar, from the creation of the world in ancient times to the Konbaung Dynasty. There are three volumes. It is considered by the Buddhist and historical circles to be a very valuable history of Theravada Buddhism, and it is also a famous chronicle of Myanmar recognized by various countries. The book is written fluently and the lexicon is elegant. It is not only a historical masterpiece with rare academic value, but also a masterpiece of prose. U Soe Nyunt, a contemporary Myanmar poet, called the book "a history full of national pride that every household in Myanmar should treasure."