辽史

Traditional form:

遼史

Pinyin (reading):

Liáoshǐ

Definitions:

• History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), composed under Toktoghan 脫脫／脱脱 ( Tuōtuō) in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元 ( Yuán), 116 scrolls

Characters:

• 辽 - distant, far
• 史 - history, chronicle, annals

Traditional characters:

• 遼 - distant, far
• 史 - history, chronicle, annals