Songchuang zalu 松窗雜錄

Songchuang zalu 松窗雜錄 "Miscellaneous Records from the Pine Window" is a collection of stories written by an unknown author of the Tang period 唐 (618-907). The bibliographic treatise in the official dynastic history Xintangshu 新唐志 refers to the book as Songchuanglu 松窗錄, but does not name its author. The bibliography in the history Songshi 宋志 calls the book Songchuang xiaolu 松窗小錄 and says it was written by Li Jun 李浚 (729-793). The bibliographical chapter in the encyclopaedia Wenxian tongkao 文獻通考 names Wei Jun 韋浚 (675-732) as the author of the Songchuang zalu. In the series Lidai xiaoshi 歷代小史, the book is included under the title Songchuang zalu, written by Li Jun.

The preface of the short book states that it contains 16 stories about events during the Tang period, especially from the reign of Emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗 (r. 712-755). The book can therefore act as an additional source for a pivotal period in Tang dynasty history, but the historical authenticity of the stories should be regarded with doubt.

The Songchuan zalu is also to be found in the series Siku quanshu 四庫全書, Gushi wenfang xiaoshuo 顧氏文房小說, Shuofu 說郛, Wuchao xiaoshuo 五朝小說, Jigutang congchao 稽古堂叢鈔, Tangren shuohui 唐人說薈, Tangdai congshu 唐代叢書 and Gujin shuobu congshu 古今說部叢書. In 1958, the Zhonghua Shuju Press 中華書局 published a modern edition in a joint publication with the texts Duyang zabian 杜陽雜編 and Guiyuan congtan 桂苑叢談.