Eastern Wei/Northern Qi (A.D. 534-578)
Beichao wushi cidian 北朝五史辭典 [Dictionary of the Five Histories of the Northern Dynasties] , 2 vols., ed. Jian Xiuwei 簡修煒. Jinan: Shandong jiaoyu chubanshe, 2000. Dictionary of people, places and terms in the Bei shi, Wei shu, Bei Zhou shu, Bei Qi shu, and Sui shu.
b. History
Dien, Albert E. Pei Ch'i Shu 45: Biography of Yen Chi-t'ui. Wurzburger Sino-Japonica No. 6. Frankfurt/M. : Peter Lang, 1976.
Finsterbusch, Kate. Zur archaologie der Pei-Ch'i (550-577) und Sui-Zeit (581-618) mit einem Fundkatalog. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1976.
Gartell, Barry L., trans. "An Eastern Wei tomb at Dongchen Village, Ci County, Hebei Province," Chinese Studies in Archaeology 1:2 (Fall 1979): 79-101.
Holmgren, Jennifer. "Family Marriage and Political Power in Sixth Century China: a Study of the Kao family of Northern Ch'i, c.520-550," Journal of Asian History 16:1 (1982): 1-50.
_____. "Politics of the Inner Court under the Hou-chu (Last Lord) of Northern Ch'i (ca. 565-73)." In Albert E. Dien, ed. State and Society in Early Medieval China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990, 269-330.
_____. "Seeds of madness: a portrait of Kao Yang, first emperor of Northern Ch'i, 530-560 A.D." PFEH 24 (September 1981): 83-134.
Pfizmaier, August. Nachrichten aus des Geschichte der Nortdlichen Thsi. Vienna: Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1883.
c. Literature
Zheng, Xiaorong. "A History of Northern Dynasties Literature." Ph. D. diss. University of Washington, 2002. UnM: AAT 3063039. Chapter 3 treats Eastern Wei/Northern Qi literature.
Historiography:
Bei Qi shu:
Li Baiyao 李百藥 (565-648). Bei Qi shu 北齊書 [History of the Northern Qi]. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1995.
d. Society
Yen Chih-tui (Yan Zhitui). Family Instructions
for the Yan Clan. Annnotated Translation with Introduction by Teng Ssu-Yü.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1968. (For e-text, see below.)
e. Economy
Nishijima Sadao 西嶋定生. Chūgoku keizaishi kenkyū 中國經濟史硏究 [Studies on Chinese Economic History]. Tōkyō : Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1966. Pages 288-90 discuss the Northern Qi equal field system juntian zhidu.
f. Electronic Texts of Primary Sources
Bei Qi shu
北齊書 electronic text.
Scripta Sinica searchable text and commentary of Li Baiyao’s Bei Qi shu.
Based on the Zhonghua shuju punctuated edition. May be accessed through the 二十五史 link at http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/ftmsw3
Yanshi jiaxun 顏氏家訓 electronic text, Scripta Sinica (see above) searchable text of Yan Zhitui's (531-591) Yanshi jiaxun. May be accessed on the Institute of History and Philology website http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/ftmsw3 Open 人文資料庫師生版1.1 and then click on 選自〔古籍十八種〕.
