英文摘要 |
Completed in the Wei-Jin 魏晉period, Yu Huan's 魚豢 Weilüe 魏略 is a representative example of a private history of the kingdom of Wei. Both the Weilüe and Wang Chen's 王沈 Weishu 魏書, the official history of Wei, together testify to the magnificence of northern China’s historiographical culture during the Three Kingdoms period. Despite Yu Huan’s tendency to be biased in favor of his family and country when recounting the history of this tripartite power struggle, he also records a large number of the kingdom of Wei's court secrets, exposing disharmony and events that signify internal conflicts and contradictions. Disregarding for a moment whether this is a full and accurate record, his courage in writing about such matters demands respect. This paper draws comparisons with Wang Chen's earlier Weishu and Chen Shou's 陳壽 later Sanguo zhi 三國志, using the kingdom of Wei's palace secrets as a central historical construct to explore the surrounding political intrigues of the ruling Cao 曹family. This sketch is used to identify the tendencies and biases and grasp the characteristic features of Yu Huan’s historical narrative, while at the same time glimpsing that his work has value in being objective enough to challenge the official discourse. This also helps the reader more deeply understand why the Weilüe, Weishu and Sanguo zhi are the only three annal-and-biography style Wei-Jin histories of any real length. |