Nihon Seiki - Chronicles of Japan

Japanese: 日本世記 - にほんせいき

Written by Doken, a monk exiled from Goguryeo. Number of volumes unknown. The title of the book is mentioned in the Saimei to Tenchi chapters of the Nihon Shoki, and in the Daishokanden and Teieden chapters of the Fujiwara Kaden, or is quoted as Doken's words. According to these excerpts, the author was apparently close to the Fujiwara Kamatari family, and describes the circumstances leading up to the downfall of Baekje and Goguryeo, as well as the state of Japan at the time, and the influence of the theory of divination can be seen in his view of history. [Aoki Kazuo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

高句麗からの亡命僧道顕の著。巻数未詳。《日本書紀》の斉明紀から天智紀にかけてと，《藤氏家伝》の大織冠伝や貞慧伝に書名を挙げて，あるいは道顕の言として引用されている。それら逸文によると，著者は藤原鎌足家と親しかったらしく，百済，高句麗の滅亡に至る事情や当時の日本事情を述べており，その歴史観には讖緯（しんい）説の影響が認められる。【青木和夫】

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