續晉陽秋

Xù Jìn Yángqiū 續晉陽秋

Continuation of the Jin Yangqiu by 檀道鸞 (撰); reconstructed by 湯球

About the work

Xù Jìn Yángqiū 續晉陽秋 is a jíyìběn reconstruction (1 juǎn, approximately 228 lines) of the lost continuation-history composed by the Liu Sòng historian 檀道鸞 (Tán Dàoluán, fl. 5th century CE). The reconstruction is part of 湯球’s compilation published in the Guǎngyǎ Shūjú Cóngshū 廣雅書局叢書.

This text carries forward the annalistic tradition of 孫盛’s Jìn Yángqiū 晉陽秋 (KR4k0337), covering the later Eastern Jìn period (roughly 361–420 CE, the era not treated in Sūn Shèng’s original). The surviving fragments include memorable anecdotes from the era of the general Huán Wēn 桓溫 and later:

• Wáng Měng 王猛 meets Huán Wēn: Wáng Měng, the great strategist of the Former Qín 前秦, presented himself to Huán Wēn in a coarse robe, speaking frankly about contemporary affairs while picking lice from his clothes — yet Huán Wēn recognized his exceptional quality.
• Luó Yǒu 羅友 and the ghost’s taunt: Luó Yǒu repeatedly begged Huán Wēn for a post; on the day colleagues received appointments, he arrived late, claiming to have met a ghost on the road who mocked him: “I see you seeing others off to their posts, but never others seeing you off.” Huán Wēn laughed and gave him an appointment.
• Fú Jiān’s 符堅 omen: Before the battle of Fèishuǐ 淝水 (383 CE), in the Chang’an markets “ghosts wept at night for a month, then stopped.”
• Táo Qián 陶潛 and the wine: On the ninth day of the ninth month, Táo Qián sat among chrysanthemums with no wine; then Wáng Hóng 王弘 arrived, bringing wine — the anecdote of the recluse poet’s famous chrysanthemum vigil.
• Anecdotes about Xiè Suì 謝琰 resisting Sūn Ēn 孫恩’s rebellion and the aftermath; Liú Yì’s 劉毅 notoriously dark complexion (“people called him Iron-Color 鉄色”).

Principal citation sources: Shìshuō Xīnyǔ 世說新語 annotations, Sòng shū 宋書, and Tàipíng Yùlǎn 御覽.

Tiyao

No tiyao found in source. This is a jíyìběn reconstruction.

Abstract

檀道鸞 (Tán Dàoluán; fl. Liu Sòng, early-to-mid 5th century CE) composed the Xù Jìn Yángqiū 續晉陽秋 as a continuation of 孫盛’s Jìn Yángqiū, carrying the Eastern Jìn narrative forward from where Sūn Shèng left off. The Suí shū jīngjí zhì records the work at 20 juǎn, covering from Eastern Jìn Xīngníng 興寧 1 (363 CE) through the end of the dynasty (420 CE). The Xù Jìn Yángqiū was an important source for the Shìshuō Xīnyǔ annotations by Liú Xiàobiāo 劉孝標 (462–521) and for the Sòng shū 宋書; citations in both make up the bulk of the surviving fragments.

After the Tang Jìn shū was compiled in 648 CE, the Xù Jìn Yángqiū gradually fell out of use. 湯球 reconstructed the surviving fragments at approximately 228 lines. CBDB records 檀道鸞 at id 410514 without year data.

Note: a related but distinct reconstruction filed under this title also appears in the Kanripo corpus at KR2k0201, drawn from Táng Qiú’s broader series; the two entries represent the same reconstructed text in different catalog entries.

Translations and research

• Mather, Richard B. 2002. A New Account of Tales of the World (Shih-shuo Hsin-yü). University of Michigan Press. (The Shìshuō annotations cite the Xù Jìn Yángqiū extensively.)
• Goodman, Howard L. 2015. “Jin shu.” In Chennault et al., eds., Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. IEAS, University of California, Berkeley, pp. 136–145.