《献帝起居注》一书记事始于汉灵帝驾崩的中平六年（189），很可能是从与汉献帝即位关系密切的八月洛阳之变开始写起的，其终结并非是延康元年（220）的汉魏禅代，而是在之前的建安二十一年（216）二月壬申，以"立春宽缓诏书不复行"为标志，汉献帝不再颁下诏书。此书以编年体为基本体例，围绕汉献帝皇帝权力的确立、展开与结束进行叙述，尤其重视记录汉献帝朝廷在和合宇宙秩序和制度建设方面的成绩，凸显了献帝朝廷的历史连续性及其时代意义。此书的撰述可能始自献帝即位，为"近侍之臣所录"，也开创了中古起居注撰述的新传统。

This paper studies the Records of Emperor Xian's Daily Life(Xiandi Qijuzhu) based on its extant fragments. It records the history of Emperor Xian in the Han Dynasty in a chronological order. It begins from the 6^st year of Zhongping(189 C.E.), or more exactly, probably begins with the "Luoyang Incident in August", which was closely related to Emperor Xian's accession to the throne. It doesn't end in the 1^st year of Yankang(220 C.E.) when the Han Dynasty was replaced by the Wei Dynasty. Rather, it ends in February of the 21^st year of Jian'an(216 C.E.), marked by the event that "Emperor Xian will no longer issue proclamations". Featured by the annalistic style, it mainly records the establishment, development and the end of the power of Emperor Xian. It attaches great importance to the achievement of Emperor Xian's court in the institutional constructions as well as harmonizing cosmos order. It also reveals the continuity of history in Emperor Xian's regime and its significance of the time. The writing of the book initiated a new tradition of the writing of Qijuzhu in medieval China, i.e., "writing by a close courtier".