Yuanyou dangren zhuan 元祐黨人傳

Yuanyou dangren zhuan 元祐黨人傳 is a collection of biographies of members of court factions during the Yuanyou reign-period 元祐 (1086-1093) of the Northern Song period 北宋 (960-1126). The book of 10 juan was compiled by the Qing-period 清 (1644-1911) collector and publisher Lu Xinyuan 陸心源 (1834-1894), who is known as publisher of the series Shiwanjuanlou congshu 十萬卷樓叢書 and the book catalogue Bisonglou cangshu zhi 皕宋樓藏書志. He is also author of the history book Songshiyi 宋史翼 and the poetry collection Songshi jishi buyi 宋詩紀事補遺.

The collection describes the lives and activities of 78 members of the Yuanyou factions of which quite a few facts are known from official historiography like the Songshi 宋史. An appendix briefly explains 34 more persons. This is about a third of the 309 factional members listed in the contemporary inscription Yuanyou dangren bei 元祐黨人碑. The books ends with a short overview of the history of the factional strife and the prohibition of factions (Dangjin shimo 黨禁始末).

The book was printed in 1889.