The Accounts of Jingkang (Traditional Chinese 靖康稗史箋證) is a series of Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

 books that were written in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 – 1276) by various authors. The books recorded the Fall of Northern Song Dynasty

Jingkang Incident

The Jingkang Incident , the Humiliation of Jingkang , or The Disorders of the Jingkang Period took place in 1127 when invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besieged and sacked Bianjing , the capital of the Song Dynasty of China...

 and its aftermath. They are credited to be one of the most detailed accounts for the Humiliation of Jingkang (Traditional Chinese 靖康之恥) or the Jingkang Incident which took place in 1127.

Formation

There are 7 books in the series:

• Tales of the Green Palace (青宮譯語)
• Expedition to the South (南征錄彙)
• Moaning (呻吟語)
• Accounts in Kaifeng
  Kaifeng
  Kaifeng , known previously by several names , is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, Central China. Nearly 5 million people live in the metropolitan area...
  
  (開封府狀)
• Tour of Duty to Jin in 1119 - 1125 AD (宣和乙巳奉使金國行程錄)
• Records of the Song
  Song Dynasty
  The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
  
  Captives (宋俘記)
• Tales of a man in bottle (甕中人語)

External links

The Accounts of Jingkang. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.