It begins at the earliest legendary times (the Yellow Emperor) and extends to 299 BC, with the later centuries focussing on the history of the State of Wei in the Warring States period.
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According to Du Yu, who saw the original strips, the text began with the Xia dynasty, and used a series of different pre-Han calendars.
Key to the Chronology of the Three Dynasties: The "Modern Text" Bamboo Annals, Philadelphia: Dept. of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1999.
In the Bamboo Annals, one of the earliest sources, it is mentioned that when Emperor Zhuanxu died, a descendant of Shennong named Shuqe raised a disturbance, but was destroyed by the prince of Sin, who was Ku (Gaoxin), a descendant of Huangdi, who then ascended to the throne.
Among Jizhong texts, the most profound influence was the Bamboo Annals, but the Bamboo Annals was not the only text retrieved.
He also edited Qiao Zhou's Examination of Ancient History (古史考), altering over two hundred events so they would comply with the Bamboo Annals.
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