Tongshi shiyi ji 彤史拾遺記

Shengchao tongshi shiyi ji 勝朝彤史拾遺記 "Remainders of the imperial consort's chronicler of the vanquished dynasty", short Tongshi shiyi ji 彤史拾遺記, is a history of empresses of the Ming dynasty 明 (1368-1644) written during the early Qing period 清 (1644-1911) by Mao Qiling 毛奇齡 (1623-1716), who is better known as a Confucian scholar.

The book with a length of 6 juan is based on a book called Gongwei jiwen 宮闈紀聞, which was part of the book collection of Mao's father. Later on, Mao Qiling participated in the compilation of the official history of the Ming dynasty, Mingshi 明史, being responsible for the sections on the empresses. The research for this compilation, to a great extent based on the official annals, the Veritable Records (Ming shilu 明實錄), allowed Mao a profound insight into the topic.

The book about the empresses presents readers with material not included in the official dynastic history. It contains the biographies of 65 personalities.

It is part of Mao Qiling's collection Xihe he ji 西河合集 (part Wenji 文集) and the series Yihai zhuchen 藝海珠塵, Xiangyan congshu 香艷叢書 and Shuoku 說庫.