Yǒnghé Qǐjūzhù 永和起居注
Court Diary of the Yonghe Era anonymous
About the work
Yǒnghé Qǐjūzhù 永和起居注 (also titled Jìn Yǒnghé Qǐjūzhù 晉永和起居注) is a jíyìběn reconstruction of the court diary from the Yǒnghé 永和 era (345–356 CE) of the Eastern Jin, the reign of Emperor Mù 穆帝. Two short fragments survive.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This is a jíyìběn reconstruction.
Abstract
The Yǒnghé era was one of the more stable periods of the Eastern Jin, notable for the literary gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (Lántíng 蘭亭) in 353 CE. The two surviving fragments are modest: an imperial edict stating that the court astrologer-herald’s non-sacrificial music could employ the pipa and konghou (preserved in the Báitiě 白帖 encyclopedia, though the text is noted as corrupt); and a report from Lújiāng 廬江太守 Lù Yǒng 路永 of a gold seal-like object discovered on the bank of the Gǔchéng 穀城 river, gleaming with purple-red light (preserved in the Chūxué Jì 初學記 and the Tàipíng Yùlǎn 太平御覽).
Translations and research
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