Fun Talk About Chinese Book Collections

Author: Huang Yushu
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book was jointly researched and designed by Huang Yushu and Yu Tieqiu. It is divided into five parts: Preface, Han and Wei-Jin, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song Dynasty, and Modern Era. It includes detailed content such as the collection of books during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the story of Cai Yong gifting books, Xiang Lang who "opened his door to welcome guests and encouraged new talents," the collection of books during the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties period, and Wu Jing, the collector known as "a good historian." This book mainly discusses the Chinese book collections, which are often seen as somewhat mysterious places by many people, and the topic is rarely systematically addressed by the general public. In reality, it refers to the buildings in ancient China where official institutions, civilian organizations, and private individuals collected books and documents. The book provides detailed introductions to the types of book collections, official and private collections, the functions of book collections, the contributions of collectors, the historical limitations of book collections, the collection of books from the Han to the Wei-Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties periods, the story of Cai Yong gifting books, Xiang Lang who "opened his door to welcome guests and encouraged new talents," the collection of books during the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties period, Wu Jing, the collector known as "a good historian," and the story of Li Bi's collection of 30,000 book rolls—Lǐ Bì's book collection anecdotes.