The Xinian or Annalistic History is one of an important collection of ancient bamboo texts donated anonymously to Qinghua University in 2008. The Xinian covers events from the history of the Western Zhou dynasty (1045–771 b.c.e.), through the Spring and Autumn Period (771–475 b.c.e.) and into the Warring States era (475–221 b.c.e.). Since the first publication of this manuscript in 2011, it has been the subject of much research, though this has usually been focused on the sections which have important parallels within the transmitted tradition. This article proposes a new way of understanding the Xinian, as a compilation produced from at least five source texts, and provides a complete translation of the entire text. Furthermore, although the contents of the Xinian are frequently at variance with the transmitted tradition, in particular the account of events given in the Zuozhuan, in some instances it may prove the more reliable source. The Xinian also provides some information concerning the history of the early Warring States era that helps to explain events in this generally badly documented era.

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新年：清华大学竹书馆藏古文

这西年要么编年史是2008年向清华大学匿名捐赠的重要古竹文集之一。西年涵盖西周历史（1045-771 年）的事件公元前），通过春秋时期（771-475公元前）并进入战国时代（475-221公元前）。自 2011 年该手稿首次出版以来，它一直是大量研究的主题，尽管这通常集中在与传播传统有重要相似之处的部分。本文提出了一种新的理解方式西年，作为从至少五个源文本产生的汇编，并提供整个文本的完整翻译。此外，虽然内容西年经常与传播的传统不一致，特别是对事件的描述坐转，在某些情况下，它可能证明是更可靠的来源。这西年还提供了有关战国早期历史的一些信息，有助于解释这个普遍记录不佳的时代的事件。