Shi Yi Ji (《拾遗记》 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 (拾遗) 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.

《拾遗记》是中国古籍，又名《拾遗录》﹑《王子年拾遗记》，为五胡十六国陇西安阳人王嘉所撰，共十卷，二百二十篇，皆为残缺不全。前九卷记自上古庖牺氏、神农氏至东晋各代的历史异闻，古史部分很多是奇形怪异的神话。汉魏以下也有许多纯为谣言传闻，为正史所不载。末一卷则记昆仑等八座仙山。

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