Southern Qi (A.D. 479-501)

a. Reference

Yuan, Yingguang 袁英光, et al. eds. Nanchao wu shi cidian 南朝五史辭典 [Dictionary to the Five Standard Histories of the Southern Dynasties]. Jinan Shi : Shandong jiaoyu chubanshe, 2005.

b. History

Eccles, Lance. "The Empress Dowager Wang Baoming and her role in the political affairs of the Southern Qi and Liang dynasties." Journal of Asian History 27:1 (Spring 1993): 1-15.

c. Literature

Mather, Richard B. “Ritual Aspects of Hsieh T’iao’s Wardenship of Hsüan-ch’eng,” EMC 6 (2000):1-38.

Historiography:

Nan Qi shu:

Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯 (489-537). Nan Qi shu  南齊書 [History of the Southern Qi]. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1974.

d.  Society

Vande Walle, Willy. "Lay Buddhism among the Chinese aristocracy during the period of the Southern Dynasties: Hsiao Tzu-liang (460-494) and his entourage," Orientalia Loveniensia Periodica 10 (1979):275-97.

e. Electronic Texts of Primary Sources:

Nan Qi shu 南齊書 electronic text.  Scripta Sinica (see above) searchable text and commentary of Xiao Zixian’s Nan 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   
Simplified character version http://www.cnread.net/cnread1/lszl/x/xiaozixian/nqs/index.html



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