Bibliography Reading List: Tang Dynasty

Christoper I. Beckwith:

The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia

A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages

The first and only comprehensive history of Tubo.

陈磊 (Chen Lei):

《资治通鉴》

Commented edition of (parts of the} 资治通鉴, the Song dynasty historical compendium. 

周振鹤 (Zhou Zhenhe):

中国行政区划通史

唐代卷

Reference work for administrative organization of China, these two volumes cover the Tang dynasty.

David Graff:

Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900

Mark Edward Lewis:

China's Cosmopolitan Empire

The Tang Dynasty

Comprehensive and readable account of the Tang dynasty.

刘顺良 (Liu Shunliang):

昭通地区建置沿革考

Placenames in Zhaotong

Denis Twitchett:

The Writing of Official History Under the T'ang

王叔武 (Wang Shuwu):

《南夷书》笺注并考异

严耕望 (Yan Gengwang):

唐史研究叢稿

Important text from the 1960s

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 1 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 10 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 11 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 12 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 13 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 2 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 3 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 4 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 5 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 6 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 7 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 8 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

方国瑜 (Fang Guoyu):

云南史料丛刊

Part 9 of the authoritative collection of historic material regarding Yunnan.

张昌山 (Zhang Changshan):

云南文化读本

A collection of classic Yunnan texts.