吴越春秋

《吴越春秋》是东汉时期的著作，为稗官杂记体之别史。东汉赵晔撰，唐皇甫遵删定，共有十卷。

《吴越春秋》叙述春秋时期吴、越二国之间的三十多次战事。前半部分叙述吴国史事，起于吴太伯，迄于夫差；后半部分叙述越国史事，记越国自无余以至勾践称霸及其后人。文辞丰蔚富饶，颇似小说家言。在四库全书中为史部记载类。《吴越春秋》中有着很多谶纬思想，学者韩兆琦认为此书的“缺点是存在浓厚的阴阳五行观念，对伍子胥、文种等人的描写浸染了迷信色彩”。

现今较佳的点校本有今人周生春撰《吴越春秋辑校汇考》，并附有异文及佚文。注释本较佳有张觉校注《吴越春秋》（简体字版有贵州人民出版社，岳麓书社。繁体字版有台湾古籍出版社）、黄仁生注译《新译吴越春秋》（三民书局出版）。

卷目

卷一 吴太伯传

卷二 吴王寿梦传

卷三 王僚使公子光传

卷四 阖闾内传

卷五 夫差内传

卷六 越王无余外传

卷七 勾践入臣外传

卷八 勾践归国外传

卷九 勾践阴谋外传

卷十 勾践伐吴外传

The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue (Chinese: 吴越春秋; pinyin: Wúyuè Chūnqiū) is an unofficial history from the time of the Eastern Han dynasty that consists of a collection sidenotes on historical events. The ten-volume book was written by Zhao Ye (赵晔), and narrates the history of battles between the states of Wu and Yue during the Spring and Autumn period. The text is richly styled and detailed in a way that resembles texts from the School of "Minor-talks" (小說家/小说家; Xiaoshuojia) within the Hundred Schools of Thought.

The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue is considered a follow-up of the Lost Book of Yue (越絕書). The annals have several modern commentaries and revised versions.

Translations

Olivia Milburn, The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue: A Literary Translation of the First Chinese Novel, Wu Yue chunqiu. New York: SUNY Press, 2024. ISBN 9781438499352.

Contents

Volume 1: Biography of Taibo

Volume 2: Biography of Shoumeng, King of Wu

Volume 3: The story of how King Liao put Prince Guang into office

Volume 4: Inner biography of King Helü

Volume 5: Inner biography of King Fuchai

Volume 6: External biography of King Wuyu of Yue

Volume 7: External story of how King Goujian became a servant

Volume 8: External story of how Goujian returned home

Volume 9: External story of Goujian's schemes

Volume 10: External story of how Goujian overcame Wu