| Major Events one, since the inception of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan Shu, because both through a glance, the latitude and longitude distinct advantages, later followed the history of this genre essays, and each innovation. Until the Qing Dynasty, the Event-the history books written especially prosperity. The Liao Dynasty history of Major Events, Volume40, is the power of the late Qing Dynasty historian Li Youtang plot two decades, after a few changes made, the Qing Dynasty, especially history books, one of the late Qing Dynasty is the most representative body of Major Events. The book, the narrative part of the original combination of note-recorded from the Liao Dynasty in terms of content, test different part quoted the ancient official history, official documents, previous history book, the previous anthology, previous monograph, stone inscriptions, about710kinds. Not only complement the large number of historical data, and corrections done a lot of the Liao Dynasty, textual work, which makes the Liao History Major Events is an Event-history books, but both the compilation of information, the nature of academic research, learn important information indispensable to study the Liao Dynasty.The full text of the focus of three chapters discusses first chapter examines the the Liyou Tang’s life and the codification of the Liao History Major Events, version. Including Li Youtang of origin, family relations, education, experience, experience in officialdom, major works, etc., and the compilation of the background of the Liao History Major Events compilation of motivation and ideas, source material, the compilation process and version.The second chapter discusses the basic structure of the Liao History Major Events, style characteristics, and compared with similar history books, the main content. With regard to the basic structure is divided into the frontispiece, narrative, end of the volume of three parts, and attached to the body under examination vary. Breakthrough innovation in the style characteristics of the Rules of Major Events, in line with the trend of the times Event-a combination of other genres, historical view, the more significant changes and progress. Select another similar (national or dynastic Major Events) history books and history books of contemporary Event-In comparison to explore similarities and differences, analysis of the Event-genre, style development and changes and improvement. In the main content, style thorough, covering the important facts of the Liao generation; focused, centralized records highlights the Liao state morphology and social structure the salient features of the major historical facts.The third chapter focuses on the literature value of the Liao History Major Events is divided into two aspects of the supplementary information of the Liao Dynasty and textual achievements. Supplementation of the information of the Liao Dynasty, the main minority character names and tribal title of correction, on the complement of the mountains and geographical material, the supplementary information of the characters, the complement of the Liao Dynasty figures, historical events, complement the cultural aspects of the typical system. Textual achievements Dynasty Liao Dynasty and Dynasty on previous writings, each divided into Correcting a Mistake corrections and doubtful pro forma.The late Qing Dynasty historian Li Youtang their book,"Liao History Major Events, with the related bibliography, using the methods of philology and comparative study of the life, works the basic structure, style, characteristics, main content and literatureseveral aspects of the value of the Liyou Tang and Liao Dynasty Major Events "discussed and summarized so as to explore the academic value of the Liao Dynasty Major Events and Li Youtang academic contribution. |