Song Shi Jishi (宋诗纪事, "Recorded Occasions of Song Poetry") is a compilation of historical accounts about poets of the Song dynasty. It was edited by the prominent Qing dynasty poet Li E. According to the author's preface, the process of compilation started from 1725, and took about 20 years to finish. The book comprises 100 volumes, discuss about 3812 Song Dynasty poets. Its style and structure imitated that of the 12th century book Recorded Occasions of Tang Poetry, there is one chapter for every poet, including a biography, several representative poems and comments.

The book preserved a lot of literature materials about Song poetry, and opened a pass for similar works such as Recorded Occasions of Liao Poetry, Recorded Occasions of Jin Poetry, Recorded Occasions of Yuan Poetry, Recorded Occasions of Ming Poetry and Recorded Occasions of Qing Poetry. Lu Xinyuan, a book collector of late Qing era, composed a book named Supplement to the Recorded Occasions of Song Poetry (宋诗纪事补遗, 100 volumes), discuss about another 3000 poets. Qian Zhongshu, a 20th-century Chinese scholar, wrote Emendations of Recorded Occasions of Song Poetry (宋诗纪事补正), corrected many mistakes and added more materials about Song poets to the original book.

宋诗纪事，宋代诗歌集，清代厉鹗辑，凡100卷。

《宋诗纪事》录宋诗作者3812家，是自宋朝以来有关宋诗典籍中载录两宋诗人最多的，每位作家均系以小传。厉鹗曾在自序中自称其书「略具出处大概，缀以评论，本事咸著于编。其于有宋知人论世之学，不为无小补矣。」陆心源又著有《宋诗纪事小传补正》、《宋诗纪事补遗》。

近人钱锺书著有《〈宋诗纪事〉补正》，「是对厉鹗《宋诗纪事》的纠正和补充。纠正的内容有误收、误属、张冠李戴，以及文字错谬讹漏的情况；补充的内容有补人、补事和补诗三个方面。」，如卷四潘若冲之佚诗乃据《类说》卷二二引陶岳《荆湖近事》补《阳朔县诗》所补。钱著《宋诗选注》是以《宋诗纪事》为线索检得的。钱以为陆著《宋诗纪事补遗》「错误百出」，《宋诗纪事补正·题辞》中曾批评《宋诗纪事补遗》：「采摭虽广，讹脱亦多，归安陆氏补遗，买菜求益，更不精审。」。

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