Xiánhé Qǐjūzhù 咸和起居注
Court Diary of the Xianhe Era by 李軌
About the work
Xiánhé Qǐjūzhù 咸和起居注 (also titled Lǐ Guǐ Jìn Xiánhé Qǐjūzhù 李軌晉咸和起居注) is a jíyìběn reconstruction of the court diary maintained by Lǐ Guǐ 李軌 during the Xiánhé 咸和 era (326–334 CE) of the Eastern Jin, the reign of Emperor Chéng 成帝. The reconstruction contains five fragmentary passages.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This is a jíyìběn reconstruction.
Abstract
Lǐ Guǐ 李軌 was an Eastern Jin court official who served as a court diarist during the Xiánhé period, one of the more turbulent eras of the early Eastern Jin — it encompassed the rebellion of Sū Jùn 蘇峻 (327–329 CE), who briefly captured the capital. The surviving fragments cover: a sweet-dew omen reported from Níngzhōu 寧州 in Xiánhé 6 (331 CE), where the auspicious moisture settled on peach and plum trees; a ritual protocol from “Wèi shì gùshì” 魏氏故事 (Precedents of the Wei Dynasty) concerning New Year’s Day audiences and the practice of tiger guards accompanying ministers upstairs holding axes — a custom that Emperor Chéng abolished as “not a good institution of the former age”; and an omen of five gulls alighting before the Tàijí Hall 太極殿 during a reception for ten thousand states in Xiánhé 2 (327 CE). Fragments were preserved in the Yìwén Lèijù 藝文類聚 and the Tàipíng Yùlǎn 太平御覽.
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