Han Ling-Xian erdi ji

Hàn Líng-Xiàn èrdì jì 漢靈獻二帝紀 (Annals of the Two Emperors Ling and Xian of Han) is a Chinese text containing the annals of Emperor Ling and Emperor Xian of Han.

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Liu Ai was a magistrate in Hongnong commandery and later a Chief Clerk to Dong Zhuo in Chang'an. The city fell into the hands of various warlords throughout the 190's and eventually it belonged to Cao Cao.

Liu Ai first compiled the accounts for the reign of Emperor Ling (Lingdi ji 靈帝紀) and later that of his succesor Emperor Xian (Xiandi ji 獻帝紀). Written as two separate texts, they were later bundled together as the Han Ling-Xian erdi ji. In some editions of the Records of the Three Kingdoms the Han Ling-Xian erdi ji is quoted, rather than the Lingdi ji and Xiandi ji separately.

The Book of Sui mentions a Han Ling-Xian erdi ji by one Liu Fang 方, but that is probably a miswriting for Ai 艾, because in the commentary it says that the Liang Dynasty collection had six surviving chapters 卷 of this text. The Jiu Tang shu and the Xu Tang shu also mention this text and both also mention the six chapters, but give the name of the author as Liu Ai.

Furthermore it is a given fact that Liu Ai wrote the Lingdi ji and there is a Handi zhuan attributed to him in 194. In the year 194 the posthumous title 'Xian' for Emperor Xian was obviously not yet known to him, so it may be that at that time he was already working on a sequel to the Lingdi ji, but just called it Handi zhuan while waiting for the posthumous name of Liu Xie.