Abstract: It is generally believed that the Huixian Chronicles have been recodified seven times from
Ming to Qing Dynasty, of which the Wanli’s and Tianqi’s editions are the only two existing copies.
However, the Wanli’s edition collected by Henan provincial library is a supplementary edition, reprinted at
least after the Twenty-fifth year of the reign of the Wanli Emperor. Moreover, the Tianqi’s edition did not
even exist. The four volumes collected in the National Library belong to Wanli’s edition, supplemented
and reprinted in Chongzhen years. Compared with the former edition, there are some changes, and the
index books need to be revised. We can see many slight modifications from the two editions of Wanli
Huixian Chronicle. More attention should be paid to cataloging and using these supplementary editions.