Is “Regarding the historical sources used in compiling the Veritable Records of Emperor Shenzong, the Biography of Xu Ji states that Fan Zuyu relied exclusively on Sima Guang's family collection of notes, while the Biography of the Confucian Scholars states that it was his son Fan Chong who compiled and categorized Sima Guang's 'Recorded Sayings.'” true?

histories differ

In the History of Song, Biographies of Fu Ji, Shen Ji, Xiao Fu, Xu Ji, Zhang Ruming, Huang Baoguang, Shi Gongbi, Zhang Keke, Mao Zhu, Hong Yansheng, Zhong Fu, Tao Jiefu, Mao Jian, Wang Zudao, Zhang Zhuang, Zhao Yu, in the biography of Xu Ji, it is said: 'Fan Zuyu and others relied exclusively on Sima Guang's family collection of notes.' But in the History of Song, Biographies of the Confucian Scholars, Part Five, biography of Fan Chong, it is recorded that Fan Zuyu 'fully wrote down Wang Anshi's faults,' and it is clearly stated that it was his son Fan Chong who compiled and categorized Sima Guang's notes: 'Chong... compiled and categorized Sima Guang's Recorded Sayings in ten volumes and presented them to the emperor.'

Fan Zuyu

Discrepancies in the records regarding the reasons for Fan Zuyu's demotion and the historical sources he used in compiling the Veritable Records

Other claims about Fan Zuyu

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