“Cefu yuangui 册府元龜 (Magical mirror in the palace library, or, alternatively, Outstanding models from the storehouse of literature). Compiled 1013. The original title provides a good indication both of the intention and the contents: Lidai junchen shiji 歷代君臣事跡 (Records of the lives and deeds of outstanding officials of successive dynasties). The Cefu yuangui was compiled by a committee headed by Wang Qinruo 王欽若 (962-1025) and others……arranged into 31 branches (bu 部), subdivided into a total of 1,102 categories (men 門). The coverage is from the earliest times to the end of the Five Dynasties (960). Sources are mainly the 17 standard histories or from works since lost, such as Shiliu guo chunqiu 十六國春秋 (from which there are 480 excerpts). Sources are not always indicated. Particularly important for Nanbeichao, Tang, and Five Dynasties history. The second category under the section on dynastic histories (Guoshi 國史, juan 554) contains instances of historians refusing to bend under political pressure. There is an index to the names, titles, and technical terms in the sections on foreign countries and diplomatic affairs…..” -- Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a new manual (2012), p. 957.
{Some data varies slightly from Wilkinson’s 2000 edition}

Contents: Lunheng 論衡 / Wang Chong zhuan 王充撰 -- Fengsu tongyi 風俗通義 / Ying Shao zhuan 應劭撰 -- Feng shi wenjianji 封氏聞見記 / Feng Yan zhuan 封演撰 -- Shangshu gushi 尚書故實 / Li Chuo zhuan 李綽撰 -- Guanqi xiayu 灌畦暇語 / bu zhuzhuanren 不著撰人 -- Chunmingtui chaolu 春明退朝錄 / Song Minqiu zhuan 宋敏求撰 -- Song Jingwen biji 宋景文筆記 / Song Qi zhuan 宋祁撰 -- Dongyuanlu 東原錄 / Gong Dingchen zhuan 龔鼎臣撰 -- Wangshi tanlu 王氏談錄 / Wang Qinchen zhuan 王欽臣撰 -- Zhushi 麈史 / Wang Dechen zhuan 王得臣撰 -- Wenchang zalu 文昌雜錄 : buyi 補遺 / Pang Yuanying zhuan 龐元英撰 -- Mengxi bitan 夢溪筆談 : bu bitan 補筆談 / Shen Kuo zhuan 沈括撰.

"Tanglü shuyi 唐律疏議 (The Tang Code with Commentary), 635 .... basis of for all Chinese law codes down to the Qing....also taken as a model for the codes of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam ....first Chinese penal code to survive and of immense importance for both the Tang and later Chinese codes as well as those of China’s neighbors, including Japan." -– Cf. Endymion Wilkinson, Chinese history, a manual, p. 544, 821.