Shanxinglu 善行錄

Shanxinglu 善行錄 "Persons of excellent conduct" is a biographical collection compiled by the Ming-period 明 (1368-1644) scholar Zhang Shiche 張時徹 (jinshi degree 1523), courtesy name Weijing 維靜 or Jiuyi 九一, style Dongsha 東沙 or Zhiyuan 芝園, from Yinxian 鄞縣 near Ningbo 寧波, Zhejiang. His highest office was Minister of War (bingbu shangshu 兵部尚書) in the Southern Capital Nanjing 南京. His writings include the literary collections Zhiyuan ji 芝園集, Mingwenfan 明文范, and the medical treatises Shesheng zhongmiao fang 攝生眾妙方, and Jiuji liangfang 救急良方.

The book of 8 juan, with an appendix (Xulu 續錄) of 2 juan presents the biographies of 290 exemplary persons through history, and 145 more in the appendix. The book does not present new historiographical material, and was therefore largely neglected.