The Bamboo Annals is a chronicle of ancient China. It begins at the earliest legendary times and extends to the Warring States Period , particularly the history of the State. It has 13 sections.
The original text was interred with the king of and re-discovered in AD 281. For this reason, the chronicle survived the by Emperor Shi Huangdi.
The ''Bamboo Annals'' is one of the three most important ancient texts on early China, the others being the earlier ''Zuo Zhuan'' and the later ''Shiji''. However, the authenticity of the current version has been called into question, so that some would not translate it.
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