"Traveling Official's Notes Old News to Verify Mistakes -- Tang and Song"

Author: [Song] Zhang Shinan
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Publishing Date: 1997-12-01
Features: Although the volume of Youhuan Jiwen is not large, comprising only ten volumes with 108 entries, the content it covers is very extensive. It includes contemporary anecdotes, historical records, customs and local traditions, cultural relics appreciation, as well as fields such as literature, philology, archaeology, calendars, divination, medicine, and gardening. It also emphasizes practicality and avoids empty talk. Jiwen Zhengwu, written by the Song scholar Li Xintian, records historical facts and institutional systems of the Song Dynasty.