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Author: Chen Hongyan
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This series of books is written in various specialized volumes, including Song edition, Yuan edition, Ming edition, Qing printed edition, minority nationalities ancient books edition, shop printed edition, family printed edition, movable type edition, illustrated edition, and new literature edition, etc. It strives to reflect the new style and level of our country's edition research. Of course, some people are afraid that this format might lack uniformity and may result in repetition. The editors believe there is no need to worry about this. The format is generally unified, but it is neither possible nor necessary to be as neatly organized as a textbook. The editors recall that when they first entered the field of ancient books edition, they read various books such as Zhang Zhidong's Catalogue of Books Answered, Ye Dehui's Chu Lin Qinghua, Sun Yuxiu's Study on the Origin of Chinese Woodblock Printing, Ye Changchi's Poems on Book Collecting, as well as catalogues and prefaces by various authors. It can be said that the books were diverse, and there was no need to adhere to a single format or framework. However, they managed to learn the art of edition studies. With ten or so volumes in this series, some repetition in the content is acceptable. For example, some may classify Mao Jin's Jigu Ge as a family printed edition, while others may consider it a shop printed edition. Each author writes from their own perspective, and insights vary. A bit of diversity is more interesting than a monotonous approach.