Dongguan zouji 東觀奏記

Dongguan zouji 東觀奏記 "Memorials from the Eastern Watchtower" is a collection of semi-historiographical stories written during the late Tang period 唐 (618-907) by Pei Tingyu 裴庭裕 (also written 裴廷裕), courtesy name Yingyu 膺余. He hailed from Wenxi 聞喜 (modern Wenxi, Shanxi) and was an academician (xueshi 學士) of the Hanlin Academy 翰林院 and was made left cavalier attendant-in-ordinary (zuo sanji changshi 左散騎常侍) during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong 唐昭宗 (r. 888-904). In 891, he was ordered to oversee the compilation of the "veritable records" (shilu 實錄), the official annals, of the past three reigns.

As a side-product of this historiographic work, he compiled the 3-juan-long Dongguan zouji. In 89 small chapters, Pei relates events at the imperial court under the reign of Emperor Xuanzong 唐宣宗 (r. 846-859). Although the thematic range of the book is not very broad, it is an important source for the history of the last decades of the Tang dynasty, and was therefore often used by Sima Guang 司馬光 (1019-1086) for his history book Zizhi tongjian 資治通鑒, and by the compilers of the official dynastic history Xintangshu 新唐書. However, Pei also states some facts that cannot be trusted.

The most important print of the Dongguan zouji was produced by Miao Quansun 繆荃孫 (1844-1919) during the late Qing period 清 (1644-1911) in his series Ouxiang lingshi 藕香零拾. The book is included in the imperial series Siku quanshu 四庫全書.