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The Jianyan yilai chaoye zaji 建炎以來朝野雜記 "Miscellaneous Notes on Inner and Outer Policy Since the Jianyan Period (1127-1130)" are a document of statecraft during the begin of the Southern Song (Nansong) 南宋 period, in two parts and 20 "scrolls" (juan 卷), written by Li Xinchuan 李心傳, and published in 1202 (first part) and 1216 (second part).
After the experience of the flight of the Song court to the south, many scholars and literati reflected the reasons of the downfall of the Northern Song and tried to explain their faults and to propose better measures for a well-functioning government in all aspects of civil, military, jurisdiction, local administration, rituals and functions at the imperial court (chao 朝) and in the regions (ye 野). The Chaoye zaji is therefore a deepgoing political encyclopedia of the Song period that reflects all practical experiences of the Song government during the first decades after the catastrophy of the Northern Song's end. The practical politics and outcomings of the experiences are described in a parallel work also written by Li Xinchuan, called Jianyan yilai xinian yaolu 建炎以來繫年要錄 "An Annual Record of the Most Important Events since the Jianyan Period". Both books can be used as complement to each other, the last written as a chronicle, the first resuming events and edicts thematically.
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