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正史
zhèng shǐ
What 正史 means
- the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories
- true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
The characters in 正史
- 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
- 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
Go deeper
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhèng shǐ correctly.
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