清史稿

About this translation

This page presents the full English translation of Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao; Qīngshǐgǎo; 清史稿), the historical work compiled by Zhao Erxun et al..

This edition is part of a new translation effort by translator and editor Garrett M. Petersen to create a comprehensive translation of all 24 official dynastic histories (the Twenty-Four Histories, 二十四史), as well as the Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao, 清史稿) and the Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance (Zizhi Tongjian, 資治通鑑). The effort is AI-assisted, with significant human editorial oversight and tuning. New technology has made it feasible to translate the nearly 40 million combined Chinese characters of these works into clear, readable English.