Xijing Zaji

Title text of Xijing Zaji from a printed edition from the Guangxu era

The Xijing Zaji (traditional Chinese: 西京雜記; simplified Chinese: 西京杂记), translated into English as Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital,[1] is an ancient Chinese collection of short stories. The collection, which is of uncertain authorship, includes 129 stories that mostly takes place in Chang'an, capital of the Western Han dynasty.[2] Although the stories within the collection supposedly dates back to the late Western Han, however, most modern scholars consider the collection a later work, no earlier than the 3rd century (with Ge Hong being named as its compiler or one of its main editors),[3] with stories being added during the 4th century and later.

  • Cover of a Ming dynasty printed edition of Xijing Zaji
    Cover of a Ming dynasty printed edition of Xijing Zaji
  • Pages from a printed edition of Xijing Zaji
    Pages from a printed edition of Xijing Zaji
  1. ^ "Xijing zaji 西京雜記".
  2. ^ Xinyang, Xiang, and Liu Keren. "Xijing zaji jiaozhu." Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe (1991).
  3. ^ Qiao, Zhizhong (2006). "The Study of Chinese Historiography from the Perspective of Intellectual History". Frontiers of History in China. 1: 84–96. doi:10.1007/s11462-005-0007-4. S2CID 195070990.