Das Diwang shiji des Huangfu Mi (215-282)

The Diwang shiji (Genealogical records of emperors and kings) of the Huangfu Mi (215-282), is a historical work transmitted by fragments. It begins with the world origin and ends with the Wei-domination (265). Part I of the dissertation attends to Huangfu Mi as person and historian and offers a complete translation of his biography from the Jin shu 51:1409-1418 and a full annotated list of writings. The second part focuses on the compilations and reconstructions of the Diwang shiji together with a survey of the different quotation witnesses. The third part discusses which relationship has the Diwang shiji to the Zhushu jinian (Bamboo annals) whether to Huangfu Mi the „forged Guwen shangshu" is to be taken back, questions of the chronology, the role of the apocryphal texts, the astronomy, geography and demography. Part 4 contains the Chinese original text along with a translation of the Diwang shiji commented on.