The Hunting Burma Chronicle School Note

Shou Mian Ji Shi(The hunting Chronicle of the Emperor Yongli in Myanmar) is an important historical document about the Southern Ming Dynasty. It detailedly recorded the story of Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor who did hunting in Burma. And it is quite conducive to our researching the history of the southwest of China and the Sino-Burmese relations during the Ming and Qing dynasties.However, so far the chronicle hasn't been paid sufficient attention to by the researchers in the relevant fields. It's quite necessary for us to do more thorough and careful research about the writer, the historical documents that the writer based on, the period in which the writer completed the chronicle and its historical value, etc. for till now these questions still need to be answered. The version published by Zhejiang Ancient Books Publishing House was punctuated and collated by Ding Hong, but some new errors were made in punctuating and collating the texts because of misunderstanding. By far, no other researchers have collated its factual content or precisely annotated its texts. Therefore, it is necessary for us to do more in-depth study and collate the chronicle again.In the preface of the thesis, a systematic research also has been made on who the real author of Shou Mian Ji Shi was, the period the chronicle was written, its main content, circulation and historical value. In the text correcting part of the paper, some punctuating, emendating, annotating and collating work has been done on the basis of previously relevant studies in order to help readers understand the original meaning and appearance of the chronicle. After critical analysis and research, some creative achievements have been made by sorting out historical documents related to the chronicle:1. After systematic analysis and research, some new points of view are proposed. First, the real author of the chronicle was likely to be Liu Zhi's friend or relative rather than Liu Zhi, which is quite different from the traditional view; second, the chronicle probably written in 1670, was banned and destroyed in the reign of Emperor Qianlong. In the 19th century, the chronicle in the form written copies was circulated among folks; and the fact-packed story of Zhu Youlang in Burma was recorded in details and its language is smooth and beautiful, and some factual documents in it have been well kept, which are rarely seen in other historical documents, therefore, its value of historical data is great:a lot of work has been done to reproduce its original copy according to sufficient information.2. The thesis checks the existing versions by analyzing a lot of historical materials and corrects some errors, such as re-dividing paragraphs, re-punctuating and so on strictly through the accurate understanding of historical literature.3. Different versions of Shou Mian Ji Shi are handed down from generation to generation, among which the three different transcripts collected in the National Library, the Zhejiang Library, the Yunnan Library, and the Punctuated version published by Zhejiang Ancient Books Publishing House were mainly based on to correct some errors during the research. Some notes are added according to the punctuated version, historical documents, some local chronicles, etc..4. The work of the re-punctuation, paragraph division, correction, collation, annotation of the texts has been done referring to various historical documents; the unclear or lacking historical evidence is made up; the years are marked; the important personage, literary quotations and places are. made clear, the unknown words are explained and so on. The purpose is trying to return to its original state of historical truth.5. The full use of the "e" textual criticism, such as the "name authority query" and "online information searching", greatly improves the methods of research and helps restore the original state of the chronicle.