Jìn Jì 晉紀
Annals of the Jin by 裴松之
About the work
Jìn Jì 晉紀 (also titled Péi Sōngzhī Jìn Jì 裴松之晉紀) is a jíyìběn reconstruction of the Jin annals compiled by 裴松之 (372–451 CE), the Liú-Sòng historian best known for his exhaustive commentary to the Sānguó Zhì 三國志. Péi Sōngzhī’s Jìn Jì was an annalistic history of the Jin dynasty, cited in the Suí Shū 隋書 bibliography. Only scattered fragments survive.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This is a jíyìběn reconstruction.
Abstract
Péi Sōngzhī (styled Shìqí 世期) was a native of Wénxǐ 聞喜 in Hédōng 河東 who served under the Eastern Jin and Liú-Sòng courts. His most enduring contribution was the commentary (zhù 注) to Chén Shòu’s 陳壽 Sānguó Zhì 三國志, commissioned by Emperor Wén of Sòng 宋文帝 in 429 CE, which added approximately 200 sources of additional material to the spare official text. This commentary is the single most important vehicle for the survival of Wei-Jin-era historical fragments — including many from the very jíyìběn texts cataloged in this division.
The Jìn Jì was Péi Sōngzhī’s own historical compilation, recorded in the Suí Shū bibliography but lost after the Táng. The surviving fragments are modest, drawn principally from the same Táng-Sòng reference works that preserve other lost Jin histories. As with his Sānguó Zhì commentary, Péi Sōngzhī was valued for his judicious selection of sources and his willingness to preserve variant accounts.
Translations and research
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