Shi Yi Ji (《拾遺記》 Shíyí Jì) is a Chinese mythological / historical treatise compiled by the Taoist scholar Wang Jia (died 390). The title of the work has been variously translated into English as Record of Heretofore Lost Works, Researches into Lost Records,

Record of Gleanings,

or Forgotten Tales.

The verb shiyi (拾遺) is translated by modern dictionaries as "to appropriate lost property", or, when used in book titles, "to make up for omissions". Accordingly, the work is based on "apocryphal" versions of early (legendary) Chinese history, which must have been produced during the Eastern Han Dynasty. For example, Shi Yi Ji's version of the story of Yu the Great has a yellow dragon and a black turtle helping Yu to create the geographical features of China, and to name them - details not found in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

《拾遺記》是中國古籍，又名《拾遺錄》﹑《王子年拾遺記》，為五胡十六國隴西安陽人王嘉所撰，共十卷，二百二十篇，皆為殘缺不全。前九卷記自上古庖犧氏、神農氏至東晉各代的歷史異聞，古史部分很多是奇形怪異的神話。漢魏以下也有許多純為謠言傳聞，為正史所不載。末一卷則記崑崙等八座仙山。

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