Chapter 2 Preface to Xie Cheng's Book of the Later Han Dynasty (1)

Preface to Xie Cheng's Book of the Later Han Dynasty (1) "Sui Shu" and "Jing Ji Zhi" [2]: "Hou Han Shu" has 130 volumes, no emperor record, written by Wu Wuling prefect Xie Cheng; "Tang Shu" and "Yi Wen Zhi" are the same, and another volume is recorded [3]. Thirty volumes of "Old Tang Zhi" [4].Inheriting the word Weiping, a native of Shanyin, knowledgeable and acquainted, tasted what he saw, and never forget it for life; he worshiped the five officials, moved to the east of Changsha for a while, and was the prefect of Wuling. See "Wu Zhi" and "Concubine Biography" and note [5] . "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" was not handed down in the Song Dynasty, so Wang Yinglin quoted it from the annotation of "Wen Xuan" [6]; when Wu Shujin annotated "Shi Lei Fu" in Chunhua, he also said that Xie Shu left it [7] Chuyang Qu Fu Shan Naiyun The engraved editions of the Ming Dynasty in his family's old collection were all consistent with the "Cao Quanbei" (8), but no one else could see them; but the four volumes of Qiantang Yao Zhigui's collection, in "Later Hanshu Buyi" (9), Although the source is not known, it is difficult to call it a secret trial, but it is indeed a letter of thanks.Later Ren and Sun Zhizu [10].Yiwang Wentai [11] also has its own supplementary edition, and the posthumous texts are slightly prepared, and Gu Po is mixed into Fan Ye's book [12], so they are no longer separated.Today, it is corrected one by one, and it is divided into six volumes. The first four volumes are slightly in accordance with the biography of Fan Shu, and the last two volumes are written in all names and surnames that are occasionally seen in Fan Shu or are not included.The case "Sui Zhi" recorded eight "Books of the Later Han Dynasty" [13], Xie Shu was the first, and the contribution of the initial creation is enough to be called a record; but today's Yiwen only borrows Fan Ye's books, "Three Kingdoms" annotations and Tang and Song books to survive.Annotate housework with different theories, in order to prepare for strange news, but the quotations in similar books have many profit and loss sentences, or transcribed incorrectly, so that it is impossible to understand. And, the most important, followed by this article, so that you can read the cloud.

※ ※ ※ 〔1〕This article is compiled according to the manuscript, without punctuation.When written in March 1913. Xie Cheng's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", one of the lost ancient books compiled by Lu Xun, was compiled in March 1913. It has six volumes and has not yet been printed. 〔2〕 "Sui Shu", "Jing Ji Zhi" and "Sui Shu", biography of the history of the Sui Dynasty, written by Wei Zheng and others in the Tang Dynasty, eighty-five volumes.Among them, "Jing Ji Zhi" was written by Changsun Wuji, etc., which contains a bibliography of preserved and lost books from Han to Sui.The classification of classics, history, zi, and collections it adopted remained unchanged until the Qing Dynasty.

[3] "Book of Tang", "Yiwenzhi" and "Book of Tang", here refers to "New Book of Tang", a biography of the history of the Tang Dynasty, written by Song Qi, Ouyang Xiu, etc. in the Song Dynasty, volume 225.Among them, "Yiwenzhi" contains the bibliography of the Tang Dynasty, including 130 volumes of Xie Cheng's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", and another volume.According to the Qianlong Wuyingdian version of "New Book of Tang Yiwenzhi", it is "one, three, three volumes, and another volume is recorded." 〔4〕 "Old Tang Zhi" is "Old Tang Book·Jing Ji Zhi". "Old Tang Book" was originally called "Tang Shu", a biography of the history of the Tang Dynasty, written by Liu Yan and others in the Later Jin Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, 200 volumes.Later generations added the word "old" to distinguish it from "New Book of Tang".According to the book "Jing Ji Zhi": "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty has one hundred and thirty-three volumes, written by Xie Cheng."

〔5〕 "Three Kingdoms · Book of Wu · Concubine Biography": "Wu Zhuang Mrs. Xie is also from Shanyin, Kuaiji. ... died early.More than ten years later, my younger brother became a doctor of the five senses, moved to the east of Changsha as the captain, and was the prefect of Wuling. He wrote more than a hundred volumes of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty". "Note: "" Kuaiji Dianlu ": Inheriting the word Weiping, he is erudite and acquainted with the news, tastes what he knows and sees, and will never forget it for life. ""Three Kingdoms", a biography of the history of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, written by Chen Shou in the Jin Dynasty, sixty-five volumes. The annotations were written by Song Pei Songzhi of the Southern Dynasty.

〔6〕Wang Yinglin (1223-1296), styled Bohou, was born in Qingyuan (now Ningbo, Zhejiang), a scholar in the late Song Dynasty.From the official to the Ministry of Rites, he is also in charge of giving affairs. , Reading Notes, 20 volumes. In the "Xie Cheng" section of the "Kaoshi" section of Volume 13, there are words such as "Xie Cheng's father and baby are the ministers of the Shangshu". Note: "Xie Cheng's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", see "Wen Xuan" note." "Wen Xuan", that is, "Zhaoming Wen Xuan", a collection of poems and essays, compiled by Xiao Tong, Prince Liang Zhaoming of the Southern Dynasty, with a total of 30 volumes.Li Shan in the Tang Dynasty wrote notes for it, which is divided into sixty volumes.For the quotation, see Li Shan's note on Lu Shiheng's "Response to Jia Changyuan" in Volume 24 of "Selected Works".

[7] Wu Shu (947-1002), courtesy name Zhengyi, was born in Danyang (now part of Jiangsu), Runzhou in the Song Dynasty, and was a member of the official staff.During Song Chunhua's (990-994) period, 100 articles were included in the book "Shi Lei Fu", and they were divided into 30 volumes with annotations in response to the imperial edict.He said in "Jin <Shileifu> Statement": Xie Cheng's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and so on "are all left behind today, and the family of writings is inherited for use. I can't bear to discard them, and I will keep them."

[8] Fu Shan (1607-1684), courtesy name Qingzhu, was born in Yangqu (now Shanxi), and was a scholar during the Ming and Qing dynasties.According to Yan Ruoqiu's note in the article "Xie Cheng" in the "Kaoshi" section of Volume 13: Fu Shan Ziyun said that his family has "Yongle Jian Yangzhou Publication" Xie Cheng's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"; "The stele of Cao Quan in Heyang was published, and he used the letter of thanks to verify it. It has benefited a lot, and it has won the fan book. It was lost by the rebellion." " Stele of Cao Quan, the full name is "Han Heyang Commander Cao Quanbei", an inscription in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which records the deeds of Cao Quan, the county magistrate of Heyang (now part of Shaanxi) at that time.Unearthed in Shaanxi during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

[9] Yao Zhiyi, styled Lusi, was born in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in the Qing Dynasty.The official came to supervise the censor.There are twenty-one volumes of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", including eight volumes of "Books of the Later Han Dynasty" that have been lost: Liu Zhen of the Eastern Han Dynasty "East View of Han Ji" in eight volumes, Wu Xiecheng of the Three Kingdoms "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" in four volumes, Jin Xueying's "Hou Han Shu", Jin Zhang Fan's "Hou Han Ji", Jin Huaqiao's "Han Shu", Jin Xie Shen's "Han Shu", Jin Yuan Shansong's "Han Shu", Jin Sima Biao's "Continued Han Shu" Four volumes.

〔10〕Sun Zhizu (1736-1800), with the word Yigu and the word Yigu, was born in Renhe (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in the Qing Dynasty.From the official to the censor.There are five volumes of "Rebooking Xie Cheng's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" Bu Yi". He is the author of "Shushululu" and so on. 〔11〕Wang Wentai (1796-1844), styled Nanshi, was born in Yi (now Anhui) in the Qing Dynasty. There are twenty-one volumes of "Seven Schools of the Later Han Dynasty", including eight volumes of Xie Chengshu, one volume of Xue Ying's book, five volumes of Sima Biao's book, two volumes of Hua Qiao's book, one volume of Xie Shen's book, two volumes of Yuan Shansong's book, one volume of Zhang Fan's book, and A volume of the book of the missing name is attached.

〔12〕Fan Yeshu refers to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" written by Fan Ye.Fan Ye (398-445), courtesy name Weizong, was born in Shunyang (now Xichuan, Henan), a historian of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties.Zeng Guan Shangshu Libulang, Xuancheng Taishou.He wrote "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", ninety volumes of Emperor Chengji and biographies, and was killed immediately.Liu Zhao of the Liang Dynasty added Sima Biao's "Continued Han Shu" with eight records divided into 30 volumes. 〔13〕 "Sui Zhi" recorded "Han Shu" eight "Sui Zhi" that is "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi".The eight "Books of the Later Han" recorded in this journal are: Xie Cheng's "Book of the Later Han" 130 volumes; Xue Ying's "Book of the Later Han" 65 volumes; Sima Biao's "Xu Han Shu" 83 volumes; Seventeen volumes of "Book of the Later Han"; eighty-five volumes of "Book of the Later Han" by Xie Shen; forty-five volumes of "Southern Records of the Later Han" by Jin Zhangying; ninety-five volumes of "Book of the Later Han" by Yuan Shansong; ninety-seven volumes of "Book of the Later Han" by Fan Ye Juan, and Liu Zhao's annotated volume 125.Except for Fan Ye's book and the "Eight Chronicles" attached to Sima Biao's book, all of them have been dissipated.