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Chinese Literature
Edicts concerned with seasons (shiling 時令)
The type of edicts concerned with seasons (shiling lei 時令類) is a sub-category to the literary category of historiography (shibu 史部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. The 2 books in this section describe the relation between the progress of the seasons, agriculture, customs, and politics. The better known book is the Suishi guangji 歲時廣記.

書名 Title Composer(s)
歲時廣記 Suishi guangji (Song) 陳元靚 Chen Yuanjing

* not contained in the Siku quanshu
Chinese literature according to the four-category system

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