Biographies of Jin and Song Dynasties and other books recorded that there were dozens of scholars who neglected textual research on Jin books before the Tang Dynasty, among which 19 kinds could be seen by the world in the early Tang Dynasty. Therefore, a large number of old documents describing the history of the Book of Jin became the main original documents for the revision of the Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty. In Liu Zhiji's General History of Ancient and Modern Official History, he said: "There are imperial edicts in the royal Zhenguan, and nine times out of ten there are histories in the late Jin Dynasty. Although there are many works, they are not perfect. It's because historians recorded many seals, adopted dozens of classics and miscellaneous sayings, and quoted sixteen kinds of pseudo-historical books, including Historical Records, Shi Zhi Twenty, Biography Seventy, Record Thirty and Example List. Those who talk about the history of Jin all abandon old books and compete for new ones. "
The name of 18 Jin Shu came into being, but there was actually a history book of 19 Jin in the early Tang Dynasty. Where 1 1 is written in chronological style. They are: (1) Lu Ji's Book of Jin, Volume 4; (2) gambo "book of Jin" volume 23; (3) Cao Jiazhi's Book of Jin, volume10; (4) the Han "autumn" volume 47; ⑤ The Book of Jin by Deng Zhen 10. Guangxu's Xu Jin Ji (45 volumes 10), Tan Daoluan's Xu Jin Yang Qiu (20 volumes 1 1) and Ji Guo's Xu Jin Ji (5 volumes) were written in biographical style. They are: (12) Wang Yin's Book of Jin 93 (13) Book of Jin 44 (14) Zhu Feng's Book of Jin 14 (15). In the passage quoted earlier, Shi Tong originally said that "Zang Xurong, a hermit in Dongguan, collected the history of the East and the West and synthesized a book", so he later said that "those who naturally talk about Jin history will abandon old books and compete for new ones." It can be seen that the 18 Book of Jin in the early Tang Dynasty refers to all kinds of historical books except Zang's Book of Jin. The text in Shi Tong is based on the imperial edict of Zhenguan, so it is relatively brief. Judging from the various situations circulating in the early Tang Dynasty and the compilation process of the Book of Jin, there is no doubt about this understanding.
In addition to the above 19, there are four biographies of the Book of Jin, namely: (20) Xie Shen/Xie Shen's Book of Jin (the number of volumes is unknown) (2 1) Zheng Zhong's Book of Jin 7 (22) Book of Jin1kloc-0. Some of them are limited by objective conditions, so it is difficult to record them completely and become the general history of Jin Dynasty. Although Zang Xurong's Book of Jin is intact, it does not record the history of sixteen countries longer than the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In this case, in the 18th year of Zhenguan (664), Emperor Taizong ordered Fang and Chu Suiliang to rewrite the Book of Jin, which was completed in the 20th year of Zhenguan, with a total volume of 130. By the time of the Anshi Rebellion, Zang's Book of Jin, as the main blueprint for the compilation of the Book of Jin, had disappeared, and the other 22 books of Jin had also been lost.
Summary: Zang Xurong's Book of Jin (volume 1 10) is the most comprehensive old book of Jin, but now the Book of Jin is actually a New Book of Jin (adding the history of sixteen countries such as the Spring and Autumn Annals of Sixteen Countries to the Record). Descendants' Collection: Tang Qiu and Huang Ying in Qing Dynasty have sixteen volumes of Jin history of various schools before Tang Dynasty. 1937, the Commercial Press printed and published Tang Qiu's Jiu Jiu Jin Shu, Jin Ji Shu, Han Jin Chun Qiu Shu, Yang Jinqiu Shu, Sixteen Countries Chun Qiu Bu and Thirty Countries Chun Qiu Shu according to historical series, and included them in the initial compilation of series integration. The newly published book Chronicle of Jin Dynasty is also included in many books.