List of cited texts in Records of the Three Kingdoms/Book of Wei

List of cited works in Chen Shou and Pei Songzhi's Book of Wei. It lists all works in every volume, thus when a work was cited in the Book of Wei 5, and later also in the Book of Wei 12, the work will be listed under both the Book of Wei 5 and 12.

Book of Wei 1
Total amount of cited works: 50

Total amount of citings: 171

Most cited work: Wei shu (41x)

Book of Wei 2
Size of Chen Shou's original work: 3.539 hanzi (Chinese punctuation excluded)

Size of Pei Songzhi's annotations: 15.808 hanzi (Chinese punctuation excluded)

Total amount of cited works: 23

Total amount of citings: 70

Most cited work: Wèi shū (26x)

Book of Wei 3
Total amount of cited works: 21 Total amount of citings: 58 Most cited work: Wèi shū and Wèi lüè (both 11x)

Book of Wei 4
Total amount of cited works: 23 Total amount of citings: 57 Most cited work: Hàn-Jìn chūnqiū (9x)

Book of Wei 5
Total amount of cited works: 6 Total amount of citings: 28

Most cited work: Wei shu (12x)

Book of Wei 6
Total amount of cited works: 32

Total amount of citings: 140

Most cited work: Yīngxióng jì (24x)

Book of Wei 7
Total amount of cited works: 11

Total amount of citings: 35

Most cited work: Yīngxióng jì (14x)

Book of Wei 8
Total amount of cited works: 19

Total amount of citings: 58

Most cited work: Wú shū (10x)

Book of Wei 9
Total amount of cited works: 21 Total amount of citings: 84 Most cited work: Shìyǔ (16x)

Book of Wei 10
Total amount of cited works: 26

Total amount of citings: 70

Most cited work: Wèi shū (8x)

Book of Wei 11
Total amount of cited works: 30 Total amount of citings: 74 Most cited work: Fùzǐ (8x)

Book of Wei 12
Total amount of cited works: 18 Total amount of citings: 43 Most cited work: Wèi shū (8x)

Book of Wei 13
Total amount of cited works: 31 Total amount of citings: 73 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (10x)

Book of Wei 14
Total amount of cited works: 25 Total amount of citings: 61 Most cited work: Fùzǐ (14x)

Book of Wei 15
Total amount of cited works: 12 Total amount of citings: 42 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (19x)

Book of Wei 16
Total amount of cited works: 27 Total amount of citings: 55 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (11x)

Book of Wei 17
Total amount of cited works: 7 Total amount of citings: 14 Most cited work: Wèi shū (3x)

Book of Wei 18
Total amount of cited works: 13 Total amount of citings: 31 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (7x)

Book of Wei 19
Total amount of cited works: 19 Total amount of citings: 33 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (7x)

Book of Wei 20
Total amount of cited works: 11 Total amount of citings: 19 Most cited work: Wèi shū (4x)

Book of Wei 21
Total amount of cited works: 41 Total amount of citings: 95 Most cited work: Diǎn lüè and Shìyǔ (both 6x)

Book of Wei 22
Total amount of cited works: 23 Total amount of citings: 37 Most cited work: Wèi shū and Shìyǔ (both 4x)

Book of Wei 23
Total amount of cited works: 18 Total amount of citings: 41 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (10x)

Book of Wei 24
Total amount of cited works: 11 Total amount of citings: 24 Most cited work: Chuguó xiānxián zhuàn, Jìn zhūgōng zàn and Wèi míngchén zòu (all 3x)

Book of Wei 25
Total amount of cited works: 8 Total amount of citings: 14 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (4x)

Book of Wei 26
Total amount of cited works: 9 Total amount of citings: 16

Most cited work: Shìyǔ (3x)

Book of Wei 27
Total amount of cited works: 13 Total amount of citings: 20 Most cited work: Jìn yángqiū (2x)

Book of Wei 28
Total amount of cited works: 25 Total amount of citings: 75 Most cited work: Shìyǔ (13x)

Book of Wei 29
Total amount of cited works: 8 Total amount of citings: 34 Most cited work: Guǎn Hé biézhuàn (19x)

Book of Wei 30
Total amount of cited works: 5 Total amount of citings: 19 Most cited work: Wèi lüè (12x)

Abbreviated titles

 * Guóyǔ 國語 = Chūnqiū wàizhuàn guóyǔ 春秋外傳國語
 * Hàn jì 漢紀 = Hòu Hàn jì 後漢紀
 * Qǐshì 啟事 = Shāngōng qǐshì 山公啟事
 * Shìyǔ 世語 = Wèi-Jìn shìyǔ 魏晉世語
 * Xiānxián xíngzhuàng 先賢行狀 = Hǎinèi xiānxián xíngzhuàng 海內先賢行狀
 * Yīngxióng jì 英雄記 = Hànmò yīngxióng jì 漢末英雄記
 * Yuánzi 袁子 = Yuánzi zhènglùn 袁子正論
 * Zuǒshì zhuán 左氏傳 = Chūnqiū Zuǒshì zhuán 春秋左氏傳
 * Most of the biézhuàn 別傳 exclude the given name of the subjected person (example: Tuó biézhuàn 佗別傳 = Huá Tuó biézhuàn 華佗別傳).

Not Included Works
A collective work consisting of: These three works can be considered studybooks of Mandarin language, thus have not much to do with the history of the Three Kingdoms.
 * Sāncāng 三蒼, ("Triple Gray"), found in the Book of Wei 1
 * “Cāngjié” 蒼頡 by Li Si 李斯
 * “Yuánlì” 爰曆 by Zhao Gao 趙高
 * “Bóxué” 博學 by Hu Wujing 胡毋敬

A poem written by Cao Jia to Shi Chong. The text shows no name for the poem. The entire poem can be found in the Book of Wei 20:
 * Cáo Jiā yí Shí Chóng shī 曹嘉遺石崇詩, ("Cao Jia's poem sent to Shi Chong"), found in the Book of Wei 20.
 * “文武應時用，兼才在明哲. 嗟嗟我石生，為國之俊傑. 入侍於皇闥，出則登九列. 威檢肅青、徐，風發宜吳裔. 疇昔謬同位，情至過魯、衛. 分離踰十載，思遠心增結. 願子鑒斯誠，寒暑不踰契. ”

Shi Chong's reply to Cao Jia, via a poem. The text shows no name for the poem. The entire poem can be found in the Book of Wei 20:
 * Shí Chóng dá Cáo Jiā shī 石崇答曹嘉詩, ("Shi Chong's poem in reply to Cao Jia"), found in the Book of Wei 20.
 * “昔常接羽儀，俱游青雲中，敦道訓冑子，儒化渙以融，同聲無異響，故使恩愛隆. 豈惟敦初好，款分在令終. 孔不陋九夷，老氏適西戎. 逍遙滄海隅，可以保王躬. 世事非所務，周公不足夢. 玄寂令神王，是以守至沖. ”

Both poems are left out of the main list as they can be considered as simple account of event, rather than Pei Songzhi citing a work as a means of referencing.

Facts

 * Total amount of citings in the Book of Wei: 1593
 * Total amount of cited works in the Book of Wei: 586
 * Total amount of unique works in the Book of Wei: 195
 * # 1 Most cited work in the Book of Wei: Wèi shū (182x)
 * # 2 Most cited work in the Book of Wei: Wèi lüè (164x)
 * # 3 Most cited work in the Book of Wei: Shìyǔ (77x)
 * Total amount of citings from Pei Songzhi (臣松之案): 136
 * Most frequently cited work in the Book of Wei: Wèi lüè (appeared in 24 of the 30 books of Wei)
 * Historian with most works found in the Book of Wei: Sun Sheng 孫盛
 * Average amount of citings in a Book of Wei chapter: 53,1 (1593:30)

more tidbits

 * Five members of the Cao family are cited with their works in the Book of Wei. The five Caos are Cao Cao (as [Emperor] Wu of Wei 魏武), Cao Pi (as Emperor Wen 文帝), Cao Zhi (as King Si of Chen 陳思王 and Prince of Dong'e 東阿王), Cao Huan and Cao Xi.
 * In total 16 different biezhuans 別傳 were cited.