Hàn Zhào Jì 漢趙記
Record of Han-Zhao by 和苞
About the work
Hàn Zhào Jì 漢趙記 (also titled Hé Bāo Hàn Zhào Jì 和苞漢趙記) is a jíyìběn reconstruction of a lost history of the Hàn-Zhào 漢趙 state (also known as Qián Zhào 前趙, 304–329 CE), one of the earliest of the Sixteen Kingdoms (Shíliù Guó 十六國). The author, Hé Bāo 和苞, was a court official under the Hàn-Zhào regime, giving his account the authority of an insider record.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This is a jíyìběn reconstruction.
Abstract
The Hàn-Zhào state was founded by Liú Yuān 劉淵, a Xiongnu chieftain who claimed descent from the Hàn imperial house and declared himself King of Hàn in 304 CE. The regime was the first of the non-Chinese “Sixteen Kingdoms” and initiated the pattern of Xiongnu-led conquest dynasties in North China. Hé Bāo’s Hàn Zhào Jì is recorded in the Suí Shū 隋書 bibliography in 10 juǎn. As a court insider, Hé Bāo had direct access to the events he recorded — the rise of Liú Yuān, the reign of Liú Cōng 劉聰, and the transition to the Zhào 趙 state under Liú Yào 劉曜. The surviving fragments, recovered from Táng and Sòng citations, preserve details of court politics and warfare in the early fourth century not found in the standard histories. The text was lost after the Táng.
Translations and research
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