Kexin Miscellaneous Records -- Tang and Song

Author: Zhou Mi (Song Dynasty), edited and annotated by Wu Qiming
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Features: This book is one of the "Collected Historical Notes of the Tang and Song Dynasties," and is a historical record by Zhou Mi (1232–1298), a Song-Yuan dynasty poet and scholar. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, Zhou Mi resided in Kuixin Street, Hangzhou, and wrote books to express his grievances, hence the name of this book. The book is divided into four parts: Preface, Postscript, Continuation, and Separation, with a total of 481 entries, making it one of the most extensive of its kind among Song Dynasty historical notes. The content is broad, with particular attention paid to the records of soldiers who sacrificed for their country, officials who upheld national integrity, and the actions of ethnic minority rulers and traitors, all expressing the sorrow of a lost nation through the pen. Additionally, the book documents many anecdotes, institutional details, and historical records not found in official histories, as well as the famous landmarks of the capital, art and literature, medical knowledge, calendars, customs, and natural phenomena. "It is far from being comparable to the ordinary works of fiction writers."