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Author: (Tang) Liu Su, compiled by Cheng Yi Zhong
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Liu Su's Sui-Tang Jiahua is not recorded in the Old Book of Tang or the New Book of Tang's Catalogue of Classics. In the Solution to the Catalogue of Direct Records by Chen Zhenzun of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was listed under the category of Novelists as Sui-Tang Jiahua, authored by Liu Su. The Art and Literature Catalogue of the Song History also recorded Sui-Tang Jiahua, placed between Liu Su's biography and the category of Novelists. The surviving Gu Family's Literary Chamber Novels were re-carved based on Song editions, with characters like "zhen" and "gou" missing strokes, divided into three volumes (upper, middle, and lower). There is also the Collection of Ancient Studies from the Jigutang, which is nearly identical to the Gu Family edition, suggesting a common origin. Additionally, there are editions like the Historical Novels of Each Dynasty and the Tang People's Collection, which are unnumbered and contain fewer entries.
Liu Su, styled Dingqing, was the son of the historian Liu Zhiji, and is mentioned in the New Book of Tang under Liu Ziyuan's biography. The Biography states that Liu Su had National Chronicles, which were recorded in the Art and Literature Catalogue of the New Book of Tang under the miscellaneous biography category as three volumes. The same category also recorded three volumes under the novelist category, likely referring to the abbreviated name of National Chronicles. This work was cited in Shao Bo's Record of Observations from Henan Shao Family in volume 30, indicating that the name National Chronicles was already in use during the Northern Song Dynasty. Furthermore, when Ma Guang compiled the Zizhi Tongjian, he adopted Liu Su's novels, not only quoting the original text of the novels in his research but also including some Tang Dynasty historical facts in the Zizhi Tongjian that were already present in the current edition of Sui-Tang Jiahua. For example, the entry "Yu Wenji cutting meat" in volume one and "Su Cheng's prescription" in volume two were both cited by Tang Dynasty author Duan Chengshi in the Continuation of the Western Yáng Zazu. Similarly, the entry "Fu Yi breaking Buddha's teeth" in volume two appears in both Jiahua and Biographies, while the Record of 197 in the Extensive Records cites it as "co-authored historical records."
The entry "Xu Ling and the Marquis of Wei hiding their talents" in volume three is listed as Jiahua in the Record of 54, as "National Chronicles" in the Record of 599, and as "co-authored historical records" in the Record of 6 and the Converging Pearl Collection in volume 10. Such instances of overlapping citations are innumerable, and are detailed in the Annotations of this book.