A CONCISE COMMENTARY ON MONOGRAPHS ON THE WESTERN REGIONS IN THE OFFICIAL HISTORY BOOKS OF THE WESTERN & EASTERN HAN, WEI, JIN, SOUTHERN & NORTHERN DYNASTIES（全两册）——两汉魏晋南北朝正史西域传要注精装STUDIES ON THE HISTORY OF THE WESTERN REGIONS (FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY BCE TO THE SIXTH CENTURY CE)

为两汉魏晋南北朝正史西域传有关西域的记载提供的一个系统注解




丛书简介：
本丛书的研究范畴是公元前六世纪至公元六世纪的中亚史。
这一时段的中亚史有各种原始资料，其中汉语资料无疑是最关键的。可以说，没有汉语资料，这一时段的中亚史无法构建。西方（包括印度、俄罗斯）学者研究这一时段的中亚史已有一个半世纪，成绩可圈可点。其主要缺点是没有充分利用汉语史料。弥补这一缺憾的是日本学者，从白鸟库吉算起，至少已有四代学者投身这一时段的中亚史研究，其主要特色正是利用汉语史料。可惜的是，日本学者很少英译自己的论著，西方学者又多不习日语，因而日本学者的有关成果罕见引用。余氏的研究不仅填补了中国中亚史研究的空白，而且比日本学者更充分地利用了汉文史料，且不说余氏以汉语为母语，对汉语史料的理解应胜过日本学者。
该文集的出版则有助于西方学者理解和运用汉语史料，使国内中亚史的研究深入世界，继而使得世界史意义上的古代中亚史研究更上层楼。
十本英文著作大部分已在国外发表。著者的译文均经Prof. Victor H. Mair（梅维恒）和Dr. Bruce Doar（陶步思）修改、编辑。两位都是优秀的学者——母语是英语、精通汉语、有丰富的编辑经验、熟悉古代中亚历史，最主要的是极端负责的工作精神。十本英语论著发表时间跨度较大（1990—2017），又经过不同的英语编辑，原译文差异不小，这一次由著者本人历时2年，做了统一译文的工作。

 

余太山先生，是著名的中亚古史研究奠基性学者。毕业于中国社会科学院研究生院历史系，后于历史所任职，1993年起为研究员，曾任中外关系史研究室主任。专治古代中亚史、中外关系史。现为中国社会科学院荣誉学部委员。

A CONCISE COMMENTARY ON MONOGRAPHS ON THE WESTERN REGIONS IN THE OFFICIAL HISTORY BOOKS OF THE WESTERN & EASTERN HAN, WEI, JIN, SOUTHERN & NORTHERN DYNASTIES是同作者《两汉魏晋南北朝正史西域传要注》一书的英文版，是作者为两汉魏晋南北朝正史西域传有关西域的记载提供的一个系统的注解。
作者长期研究西域史和古代中外关系史、塞种、贵霜、嚈哒以及两汉魏晋南北朝与西域关系史，在此基础上，作者就各篇西域传所见西域文化、宗教、习俗、制度，以及人种、语言、文字作了分门别类的研究，结集而成《两汉魏晋南北朝正史西域传研究》，再依据研究的结论，撰写了《两汉魏晋南北朝正史西域传要注》一书，为两汉魏晋南北朝正史西域传有关西域的记载提供的一个系统的注解。

 

上册
INTRODUCTION ...... 1
CONVENTIONS ...... 3
Chapter 1 A Concise Commentary on the “Dayuan liezhuan” (Monograph on Dayuan) of Shiji (ch. 123) ...... 4
Chapter 2 A Concise Commentary on the “Xiyu zhuan A” (Monograph on the Western Regions A) of Hanshu (ch. 96A) ...... 66
Chapter 3 A Concise Commentary on the “Xiyu zhuan B” (Monograph on the Western Regions B) of Hanshu (ch. 96B) ...... 161
Chapter 4 A Concise Commentary on the “Xiyu zhuan” (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Houhanshu (ch. 88) ...... 254
Chapter 5 A Concise Commentary on the “Xirong zhuan” (Monograph on the Western Rong) Chapter of Weilüe ...... 359
下册
Chapter 6  A Concise Commentary on the “Xirong zhuan” (Monograph onthe Western Rong) of Jinshu (ch. 97) ...... 399
Chapter 7  A Concise Commentary on the “Xibei zhurong zhuan” (Monographon the Various Rong of the Northwest) of Liangshu (ch. 54) ...... 427
Chapter 8  A Concise Commentary on the “Xiyu zhuan” (Monography on theWestern Regions) of Weishu (ch. 102) ...... 455
Chapter 9  A Concise Commentary on the “Yiyu zhuan A” (Monography onForeign Lands A) of Zhoushu (ch. 50) ...... 538
Chapter 10  A Concise Commentary on the “Xiyu zhuan” (Monograph on theWestern Regions) of Suishu (ch. 83) ...... 568
Chapter 11  A Concise Commentary on the “Xiyu zhuguo zhuan” (Monographon Various States in the Western Regions) of Nanshi (ch. 79) ...... 627
Chapter 12  A Concise Commentary on the “Xiyu zhuan” (Monograph on theWestern Regions) of Beishi (ch. 97) ...... 635
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 699
INDEX ...... 730
POSTSCRIPT ...... 746

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this book is to provide a systematic commentary on the records about the Western Regions preserved in the “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the official histories of the Western and Eastern Han 漢, Wei 魏, Jin 晉, Southern and Northern dynasties. The “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the official histories of the Western and Eastern Han 漢, Wei 魏, Jin 晉, Southern and Northern dynasties, collectively constituting a complete system, are important primary sources for studies on Central Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and even Europe and North Africa prior to the seventh century CE and are specially valued by scholars in China and elsewhere. Since the annotations by Ding Qian 丁謙 [1843-1919] toward the end of the Qing 清 dynasty, there have been no attempts to interpret this body of materials in a systematic manner, except for some works on individual pieces. Today, when great progress has been made in the historical study of the area, particularly Central Asia, a new annotated edition of this body of literature with a commentary should be on our agenda. There are fifteen official histories for the period the Western and Eastern Han 漢, Wei 魏, Jin 晉, Southern and Northern dynasties, eleven of which include the “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions); namely, the “Dayuan liezhuan 大宛列傳” (Monograph on Dayuan) of Shiji 史記 (ch. 123), the “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Hanshu 漢書 (ch. 96), the “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Houhanshu 後漢書 (ch. 88), the “Xirong zhuan 西戎傳” (Monograph on the Western Rong ) of Jinshu 晉書 (ch. 97), the “Xibei zhurong zhuan 西北諸戎傳” (Monograph on the Various Rong 戎 of the Northwest) in Liangshu 梁書 (ch. 54), the “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Weishu 魏書 (ch. 102), the “Yiyu zhuan 異域傳 B” (Monograph on Foreign Lands) of Zhoushu 周書 (ch. 50), the “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Suishu 隋書 (ch. 83), the “Xiyu zhuguo zhuan 西域諸國傳” (Monograph on the Various States in the Western Regions) of Nanshi 南史 (ch. 79), the “Xiyu zhuan 西域傳” (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Beishi 北史 (ch. 97), and the “Xirong zhuan 西戎傳” (Monograph on the Western Rong) chapter of Weilüe 魏略 as quoted in Sanguozhi 三國志 (ch. 30) annotated by Pei Songzhi 裴松之. Specifically, it can be noted.