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qijuzhu 起居注 "imperial diaries"
The qijuzhu 起居注 "comments on raising and dwelling" or imperial diaries were records of usual ceremonies and the conduct of government business during court audiences. During the last few dynasties they served as the base for the compilation of the official annals, the veritable records. The oldest fragments of such records date from the Eastern Jin period 東晉 (317-420), but there are a lot of imperial diaries preserved from the Qing period 清 (1644-1911), both in Chinese and in Manchu.


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