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Luyiji 錄異記

Oct 5, 2012 © Ulrich Theobald

Luyiji 錄異記 "Records of Strange Stories" is a collection of stories of supernatural occurrences compiled during the late Tang period 唐 (618-907) by Du Guangting 杜光庭 (850-933), courtesy name Shengbin 聖賓, style Dongyingzi 東瀛子. He hailed from Jinyun 縉雲 in the prefecture of Chuzhou 處州 (modern Lishui 麗水, Zhejiang) and was Vice Minister of Revenue (hubu shilang 戶部侍郎).

The bibliographical treatise in the official dynastic history Songshi 宋史 says that the Luyiji was 10 juan long, but the received version is divided into 8 juan. Although Du Guangting is known as a Daoist writer, the Luyiji is basically not a Daoist writing, as the bibliography Baiyunji daozang mulu 白雲霽道藏目錄 suggests. In the preface to the Luyiji, Shen Shilong 沈士龍 says that the text came into being when Du Guangting served Meng Chang 孟昶 (r. 934-965), the ruler of the empire of Later Shu 後蜀 (934-965), as a "magician" (fangshu 方術). According to the text Yecheng ketan 冶城客記, the greatest part of the Luyiji was written by Du Guangting himself.

The text is included in the Daoist Canon Daozang 道藏 and the reprint series Mice huihan 秘冊匯函.

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