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# 魏略

Brief Account of the Wei

Lost history of the Wei; its chapter on the Western Peoples (Xirong zhuan), quoted by Pei Songzhi, contains the earliest Chinese notices of the Buddha's birth story and of lands south-east of India.

- **Language:** Classical Chinese
- **Date:** 239–290 CE
- **Author:** [魚豢](https://indike.org/pramana/person/yu-huan)
- **Text:** lost

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