Yunxi youyi 雲谿友議

Yunxi youyi 雲谿友議 "Amical Discussions in the Clouded Valley" is a collection of stories compiled during the Tang period 唐 (618-907) by Fan Shu 范攄 (c. 880). He lived during the reign of Emperor Xizong 唐僖宗 (r. 873-888) and hailed from Wu 吳 (modern Wuxian 吳縣, Jiangsu).

The 3-juan-long book is a collection of 65 stories from the history of the Tang dynasty, spanning the Kaiyuan reign period 開元 (713-741). It includes several paragraphs on poetry critique that are a valuable addition to Meng Qi's 孟棨 (jinshi degree 875) book Benshishi 本事詩. Other stories demonstrate the influence of fantastic stories (zhiguai 志怪), which were very popular during that time.

The imperial bibliography in the official dynastic history Xintangshu 新唐書 and the bibliography Junzhai dushu zhi 郡齋讀書志 list the Yunxi youji with a length of 3 juan, but the Zhizhai shulu jieti 直齋書錄解題 says it was 12 juan long. There were perhaps two different versions of the book in circulation.

The Yunxi youyi is to be found in the series Baihai 稗海, Biji xiaoshuo daguan 筆記小說大觀, Congshu jicheng 叢書集成 (all 12-juan versions), Sibu congkan xubian 四部叢刊續編 (with a critical apparatus by Zhang Yuanji 張元濟) and Jiayetang congshu 嘉業堂叢書 (with a critical apparatus by Liu Chenggan 劉承干, all 3-juan versions). In 1957, the Shanghai Guji Wenxue Press 上海古典文學出版社 reproduced the Sibu congkan version.