契丹国志

《契丹国志》，据传由南宋叶隆礼撰写，共27卷。

《契丹国志》一书共27卷，其中〈帝纪〉12卷，〈列传〉7卷，后晋、辽国及北宋往来文书一卷，各国馈贡礼物数一卷，地理一卷，风俗及各种制度一卷，行程录及使北记两卷，诸番杂记一卷，岁时杂记一卷。该书是《辽史》外唯一一部记载契丹历史的著作，其中选录了契丹世系及地图等内容，因史料匮乏《辽史》天祚帝本纪等部分的内容亦摘录自此书。

契丹国是指辽朝。《契丹国志》明显有抄录诸书的痕迹，如卷一九《大实林牙传》载：“大实深入沙子，立天祚之子梁王为帝而相之。……辽御马数十万，牧于碛外，女真以绝远未之取，皆为大实所得。今梁王、大实皆亡，余党犹居其地。”此文全抄自洪皓《松漠纪闻》卷上，却未重新修改“今梁王、大实皆亡，余党犹居其地”一句，无法反映最后真实情况。

《契丹国志》卷首《进书表》，末署“淳熙七年三月日，秘书丞臣叶隆礼上表”，淳熙七年（1180年）下距叶隆礼进士及第之年（1247年）达六十七年之久，叶隆礼断无可能在及第前六十七年完成此书。再加上编撰本书过程过于草率，这些问题使得《契丹国志》真伪与否，一直存在争议。因其书中存在大量篡改史料、误解原文和前后矛盾的情况，经考证可能属元代书商托名叶隆礼所作，然而因其辑录了一些当时仍然留存的契丹史料，所以有一定的历史研究价值，可补《辽史》之不足。

此外，据学界考证《大金国志》可能与其出自同一作者之手，然记述更显混乱。

Qidan Guo Zhi ("Records of the Khitan State") is a 13th-century Chinese book chronicling the history of the Liao dynasty (916–1125) and the Khitan people. It was written by Ye Longli of the Southern Song dynasty, probably published 1265–1274 during Emperor Duzong's reign, even though the preface claimed it was submitted to the throne in 1180. Ye Longli did not pass the imperial examination until 1247.

Contents

Consisting of 27 chapters (卷), the book includes history about the Khitan people before the foundation of the Liao dynasty, although this section is laden with superstition. The book primarily relies on sources from the Northern Song dynasty and thus differs from the History of Liao which is mainly based on official records from the Liao dynasty itself.