The Xijing Zaji (traditional Chinese: 西京雜記; simplified Chinese: 西京杂记), translated into English as Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital,[1] is an ancient Chinese collection of short stories. The collection, which is of uncertain authorship, includes 129 stories that mostly takes place in Chang'an, capital of the Western Han dynasty.[2] Although the stories within the collection supposedly dates back to the late Western Han, however, most modern scholars consider the collection a later work, no earlier than the 3rd century (with Ge Hong being named as its compiler or one of its main editors),[3] with stories being added during the 4th century and later.
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Cover of a Ming dynasty printed edition of Xijing Zaji -
Pages from a printed edition of Xijing Zaji
References
edit- ^ "Xijing zaji 西京雜記".
- ^ Xinyang, Xiang, and Liu Keren. "Xijing zaji jiaozhu." Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe (1991).
- ^ Qiao, Zhizhong (2006). "The Study of Chinese Historiography from the Perspective of Intellectual History". Frontiers of History in China. 1: 84–96. doi:10.1007/s11462-005-0007-4. S2CID 195070990.
Editions and translations
edit- The Chinese original in Wikisource
- Parallel Chinese original and English translation by Julie Sullivan
- Pimpaneau, Jacques. 2016. Notes diverses sur la capitale de l'ouest. Paris: Les Belles-Lettres.