Da Jin Diao Fa Lu Xiao Bu

Author: (Jin) Anonymous Compiler, Jin Shaoying Supplement
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Publishing Date: 2001-10-01
Features: The book Record of the Great Jin's Expedition documents the history of the late Northern Song Dynasty, exchanges of official letters between the Jin and Song, and the Jin's conquest of Liao, destruction of its capital, and establishment of puppet regimes like Chu and Qi. The book contains 163 entries, two-thirds of which are not recorded in other historical accounts, making it of extremely high historical value. However, the compilation is still incomplete, and the order of entries is often disorganized, with significant omissions and errors in the text. The author devoted great effort to comprehensively the book, resulting in Record of the Great Jin's Expedition: Supplement and Correction. The textual criticism in this work is far superior to Qian Zuo's Shoushanlou Edition, which relied solely on a single copy of the Chaoran Tang by Wu Shi. The author further cross-referenced with other books or compared entries within the book itself, demonstrating meticulous attention to detail. The explanatory notes include of the dates of dispatch, supplementation of relevant historical facts, correction of errors in records, and differentiation of true and false content. The references are precise, and the arguments are thorough, making this an invaluable work for studying the history of the Song, Jin, and Liao dynasties. This is indeed a labor of love that the author poured years of effort into.