Collection Supplement of the Three Masters of Dong Ou

Author: Hu Zhusheng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Chen Qiu, Song Shu, and Chen Furchen were the three enlightenment thinkers of Wenzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, collectively known as the "Three Masters of Dongou." Before the 1990s, due to the lack of a collected publication of their works, scholars studying modern Chinese intellectual history could only base their research on Chen Qiu's Teping Tongyi, Song Shu's Liuzhai Beiyi, and Chen Furchen's Jingtu Dadao Shuo. As a result, the Three Masters of Dongou were not given their rightful place in the history of modern Chinese thought. After the 1990s, my collection Chen Qiu Collection was published as the eighth volume of Wenzhou Cultural and Historical Materials by Zhejiang People's Publishing House. The Taiwanese scholar Wang Ermin, unable to find it elsewhere, finally sought it out through intermediaries. Zhou Wenxuan, an associate professor at Chongqing Communication University and a former graduate student at Hebei University, used it to conduct research and published eight papers, including The Evolution of Chen Qiu's Political Thought. My edited Song Shu Collection, published in two volumes by Zhonghua Book Company, led to Yang Liyan from Guangxi Normal University and Xu Yuli from Shandong Normal University coming to Wenzhou to seek out lost writings. Scholar Jiang Guanghui dedicated a chapter to Song Shu's thought in his book Out of Neo-Confucianism: The Internal Logic of Qing Dynasty Thought Development, and numerous papers have been published, such as Zhang Xiqin's A Brief Discussion on Song Shu's Thought. Chen Depu's edited Chen Furchen Collection, in two volumes, was published by Zhonghua Book Company and was launched in both Hangzhou and Wenzhou. Wu Zhongliang from East China Normal University and Qin Wen from Guizhou Normal University have pursued master's degrees on this topic. Dr. Yang Jike from Keio University in Japan once traveled to Wenzhou years ago specifically to seek related materials. This encouraging situation has greatly inspired us. To further meet the needs of research, I have decided to supplement the materials I have discovered or collected in recent years.
The Chen Qiu Collection, apart from the manuscripts taken by Mr. Shao Peizi that remain unlocated, has been supplemented with two major works: Yuan Jing Bao Yao and Jiao Jing Da Wen. The former was temporarily removed from the print draft to avoid repetition, as it was included as a key work in the Wenzhou Modern Medical Books Collection. The Song Shu Collection has been supplemented with the lengthy essay Zhaiyao of Jiannan Ji, as well as poems, couplets, and recorded conversations. The appendix has been supplemented with eight contemporary discussions on Song Shu, selected eulogies, couplets, and letters from friends and relatives. The Chen Furchen Collection originally contained six articles by others, with numerous errors throughout the book, which have been promptly corrected. Additionally, it has been supplemented with multiple important works, including Letters to a Certain Minister, Moral Education, Imperial Examination Essays and Responses, Opening Speech of the Zhejiang Advisory Board, and Revised Draft of the Great Zhong Party Manifesto.
Given that Chen Furchen once served as the supervisor of the Guangdong and Guangxi Vernacular School, the president of the Zhejiang Advisory Board, the leader of the Great Zhong Party, and a renowned professor at Peking University, I have selected various eulogies from the Eulogy Record to help readers better understand his social contributions.