西京杂记

《西京杂记》，中国古小说集，凡二卷，东晋葛洪著，一说汉朝刘歆作。

西京指的是西汉的首都长安，写的是西汉的杂史，既有历史也有遗闻轶事、时尚风习、奇人绝技等，不乏杜撰成分。全书故事共129则，每篇短者仅十余字，长者亦不过千余字，不少耳熟能详，如：匡衡买不起腊烛，于是凿穿墙壁借邻居家的烛光来读书；南粤王赵佗献南海岛所产珊瑚树于长安，王嫱因拒贿画工毛延寿而远嫁匈奴和番，临行前汉元帝见其美色而后悔；卓文君作《白头吟》；每年八月四日，戚夫人总要陪刘邦下围棋等事，亦出自此书。南朝萧梁时期，有文人吴均将自己所写的一些东西擅自塞入《西京杂记》之中。《西京杂记》版本甚多，嘉靖三十一年（1552年）孔天胤刊本为最通行本。清代卢文弨校刊《抱经堂丛书》本为二卷本，校勘精善，被视为善本。

The Xijing Zaji (traditional Chinese: 西京雜記; simplified Chinese: 西京杂记), translated into English as Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital, is an ancient Chinese collection of short stories. The collection, which is of uncertain authorship, includes 129 stories that mostly takes place in Chang'an, capital of the Western Han dynasty. Although the stories within the collection supposedly dates back to the late Western Han, most modern scholars consider the collection a later work, no earlier than the 3rd century (with Ge Hong being named as its compiler or one of its main editors), with stories being added during the 4th century and later.

Editions and translations

The Chinese original in Wikisource

Parallel Chinese original and English translation by Julie Sullivan

Pimpaneau, Jacques. 2016. Notes diverses sur la capitale de l'ouest. Paris: Les Belles-Lettres.