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Diaoyuji 琱玉集 "Collection of carved jades" was an encyclopaedia of the Tang period 唐 (618-907). Its author is unknown, and of the original text of 15 juan only two fascicles (12, 14) survive. The indicated year of the book's completion is 747. It is listed in the bibliographical chapter (Yiwen lüe 藝文略) of Zheng Qiao's 鄭樵 (1104-1162) Tongzhi 通志.

Figure 1. Fragment of the *Diaoyuji* manuscript

Guyi congshu 古逸叢書 edition.

The surviving parts of the book deal with types of persons and ways of conduct and self-perception. The text is of interest because it quotes from several texts that are long lost, like Cai Yan biezhuan 蔡琰別傳, Yulin 語林, Jinchao 晉抄, Guzhuan 古傳, Tongxianji 同賢記 or Diwang shiji 帝王世紀.

The fragments can be found in the series Guyi congshu 古逸叢書 and Congshu jicheng chubian 叢書集成初編.

Sources:

Li Xueqin 李學勤, Lü Wenyu 呂文鬰, ed. (1996). Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典 (Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe), Vol. 2, 2036.

Wu Feng 吳楓, ed. (1994). Zhonghua gu wenxian da cidian 中華古文獻大辭典, Vol. Wenxue 文學卷 (Changchun: Jilin wenshi chubanshe), 658.

Zhang Jie 張傑, Sun Jiwen 孫紀文 (2023). "Cong Diaoyuji zhong de yiwen lun Shiji zai Tangdai de minjian chuanbo 從《琱玉集》中的異文論《史記》在唐代的民間傳播", Weinan Shifan Xueyuan xuebao 渭南師範學院學報, 38 (4): 30-36.

Zhao Hankun 趙含坤, ed. (2005). Zhongguo leishu 中國類書 (Shijiazhuang: Hebei renmin chubanshe), 56.