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Yu Huan (fl. 3rd century) was a historian of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. ==Works== Yu was a native of present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi,〔See ''Tongshi'' Vol. 12, by Liu Zhiji (661-721).〕 and most notable for two works of his, the ''Weilue'' (Brief History of Wei), and ''Dianlue'', which are listed in the ''Book of Sui'' as volumes 33 and 89 respectively. The ''Old Book of Tang'' listed 38 volumes of the ''Weilue'' and 50 volumes of the ''Dianlue'', while the ''New Book of Tang'' 58 listed the ''Weilue'' as containing 50 volumes,.〔 Neither of these works are extant, however a chapter of ''Weilue'' was quoted as an extensive footnote to the ''Records of Three Kingdoms'' (composed by Chen Shou) in the (30th) section on the Wuhuan, Xianbei and Dongyi by Pei Songzhi during the 5th century. It served as an additional guide to the Western Regions on the book. The chapter has only survived because it was included as an extensive note to ''Records of Three Kingdoms''.〔Hill (2004) Introduction.〕〔Chavannes (1905), pages 519-520.〕 Yu apparently never left China, but he collected a large amount of information on the countries to the west of China including Parthia, India, and the Roman Empire, and the various routes to them. Some of this information had reached China well before Yu's time, and can also be found in the sections dealing with the Western Regions of the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', the ''Book of Han'', and/or the ''Book of the Later Han''.〔 In spite of the inclusion of earlier (and sometimes fanciful) information, the ''Weilue'' contains much new, unique, and generally trustworthy material. Most of it dates from the late second and early third centuries CE. It is this new information that makes the ''Weilue'' such a valuable source. Much of it appears to date from the Eastern Han Dynasty, before China was largely cut off from the West by civil wars and unrest along its borders during the late 2nd century CE.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yu Huan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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