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Shiguo chunqiu 十國春秋 "Spring and Autumn of the Ten States" is a history of the Ten States 十國 (902-979) that ruled over southern China after the downfall of the Tang dynasty 唐 (618-907). The 114-juan long book was written by the Qing-period 清 (1644-1911) scholar Wu Renchen 吳任臣 (?－1689), who took part in the compilation of the official dynastic history of the Ming 明 (1368-1644), the Mingshi 明史. His collected writings are called Tuoyuan shiwen ji 托園詩文集.

The main reason for the compilation of this book is the negligence with which the Ten States are dealt with in the official dynastic histories of this period, the Jiu Wudaishi 舊五代史 and Xin Wudaishi 新五代史. Wu Renchen took over the biographic-thematic style (jizhuanti 紀傳體) of these histories and compiled a new history, based on a lot of historiographical and non-historiographical sources.

It also includes family trees of each state (Jiyuan shixi biao 紀元世系表), a geographical treatise (Dili zhi 地理志), a table of defence commands (Fanzhen biao 藩鎮表), and a table of the occupation of the highest state offices (Baiguan biao 百官表).

The Shiguo chunqiu is included in the series Siku quanshu 四庫全書.

Table 1. Contents of the *Shiguo chunqiu* 十國春秋
吳	14 juan	Wu
南唐	20	Southern Tang
前蜀	13	Former Shu
後蜀	10	Later Shu
南漢	9	Southern Han
楚	10	Chu
吳越	13	Wu-Yue
閩	10	Min
荆南	4	Jingnan
北漢	5	Northern Han (in northern China)

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