Contents: Donglin benmo 東林本末 / Wu Yingji 吳應箕 -- Donglin shimo 東林始末 / Jiang Pingjie 蔣平階 -- Xichao zhongjie sichen zhuan 熹朝忠節死臣傳 / Wu Yingji 吳應箕 – Bixuelu 碧血錄 / Huang Yu 黃煜 -- Fushe jishi 復社紀事 / Wu Weiye 吳偉業 -- Fushe jilüe 復社紀略 / Meishishi 眉史氏 -- Hongguangchao weidonggong weihou ji danghuo jilüe 宏光朝偽東宮偽后及黨禍紀略 / Dai Mingshi 戴名世 -- Taicunlu jibian 汰存錄紀辨 / Huang Zongxi 黃宗羲.

Guochao xianzhenglu 國朝獻徵錄 " .... most voluminous and important collection of biographies of eminent people living between the beginning of the [Ming] dynasty and the early Wanli period. The biographies are written by various authors and collected from the Veritable Records, epitaths, and other inscriptions, obituaries, family chronicles, and various other sources ... begun about 1594 and printed in 1616 ... Prohibited ..." Cf. Franke, W. An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p, 78 (entry 3.1.2)

Juehuolu 爝火錄 : [32卷, 附記1卷] / Li Tiangen zhu 李天根著 ; Taiwan yinhang jingji yanjiushi bianji 臺灣銀行經濟研究室編輯.
“正文分32卷記南明五王事蹟 ; 末輯附記1卷續記三藩與台灣鄭氏的史事.”
Colophon title.
民國52 [1963]

"Mingchao guanxuanlu 明朝館選錄. List of candidates successful in the metropolitan examinations from 1371 to 1643 who were selected for the Hanlin Academy to receive a further course of training and to be groomed as possible grand secretaries. Information about places of origin and official registers are supplied according to the Jinshi timingbei lu ..." Cf. Franke, W. An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p.97 (3.8.5)

"Guobao xinbian 國寶新編 (1536)....Biographies of fifteen eminent older and younger contemporaries of the author during the Hongzhi, Zhengde, and early Jiajing periods. Preface dated 1536...." Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p.92 [3.6.5]

Tianwenge ji 天問閣集 (after 1646)... Li Changxiang 李長祥 (1643 jinshi)... "Biographies of officials and other persons the author knew who gave their lives for the sake of the Ming dynasty. Written after 1646..." Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 80 [3.2.6]

Guochao xianzhenglu 國朝獻徵錄 " .... most voluminous and important collection of biographies of eminent people living between the beginning of the [Ming] dynasty and the early Wanli period. The biographies are written by various authors and collected from the Veritable Records, epitaths, and other inscriptions, obituaries, family chronicles, and various other sources ... begun about 1594 and printed in 1616 ... Prohibited ..." Cf. Franke, W., An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p, 78 (entry 3.1.2)