Tang (618-907 CE)

• des Rotours, Robert. Traite des fonctionnaires et traite de l’armee, traduit de la Nouvelle histoire des T’ang (chap. XLVI-L) par Robert des Rotours. 2 vols. Leyde: E. J. Brill, 1947. Thoroughly annotated translation of treatises from the Xin Tang shu on the civil government and military establishment.
• des Rotours, Robert. Le traite des examens, traduit de la Nouvelle histoire des T’ang (chap. XLIV, XLV) par Robert des Rotours. Paris: E. Leroux, 1932.Contains further discussions of the offices outlined in the above.
• Kroll, Paul. "Basic Data on Reign Dates and Local Government." T’ang Studies 5 1987, 95-104.

There are also many special works such as Bernard S. Solomon’s translation of the Veritable Record of the Tang Emperor Shun-tsung, Edwin G. Pulleyblank’sThe Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-shan, and Denis Twitchett’s Financial Administration under the Tang Dynasty which are also of considerable help.

• Pulleybank, Edwin G. The Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-shan. London: Oxford University Press, 1955.
• Solomon, Bernard S., trans. Veritable Record of the Tang Emperor Shun-tsung. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955.
• Twichett, Denis. Financial Administration under the Tang Dynasty. Second Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970