The Accounts of Jingkang

The Accounts of Jingkang (Traditional Chinese 靖康稗史箋證) is a series of Chinese books that were written in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1276) by various authors. The books recorded the fall of Northern Song Dynasty to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in the Jin–Song wars and its aftermath. They are credited to be one of the most detailed accounts for the Humiliation of Jingkang (Traditional Chinese 靖康之恥) or the Jingkang Incident in 1127, when the Jin captured the Song capital of Kaifeng and abducted the Song Emperor Qinzong, and his father, the Retired Emperor Huizong.

Formation[]

There are 7 books in the series:

Tales of the Green Palace (青宮譯語)
Expedition to the South (南征錄彙)
Moaning (呻吟語)
Accounts in Kaifeng (開封府狀)
Tour of Duty to Jin in 1119 - 1125 AD (宣和乙巳奉使金國行程錄)
Records of the Song Captives (宋俘記)
Tales of a man in bottle (甕中人語)

External links[]

(in Chinese) The Accounts of Jingkang. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.

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