谱主的家庭情况历来是年谱的重要内容之一，也是年谱作者必须关注的重要环节。《元稹年谱》在元稹家庭问题上诸如与继配裴淑结婚的时间地点、儿子元荆亡故的年龄、女儿降真及樊究竟谁是她们的母亲等方面存在种种疏误，应当根据第一手材料加以辨说，从而还元稹以历史的本来面目。 The family history of the Lord has always been one of the important contents of the Chronicle, which is also an important link that the Chronicle authors must pay attention to. There are various kinds of mistakes in such aspects as the time and place of marrying Pei Shu, the age of the son of Jing Yuan, the reduction of his daughter and the fact that they are their mothers, First-hand materials to be said, which also Yuan Zhen to the true colors of history.