Guzhu Shi Yi · Guzhu Yu Lun

Author: Sun Yirang (Qing Dynasty)
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Gu Zhu Shi Yi and Gu Zhu Yu Lun are two works by Sun Yirang, a renowned Qing Dynasty Confucian scholar and paleographer (1848-1908), known by the courtesy name Zhongrong and the sobriquet Zhuoxiang. He was from Rui'an, Zhejiang. These works are commentaries on the inscriptions of Shang and Zhou bronze vessels. Gu Zhu Shi Yi was completed in the 11th year of the Tongzhi reign (1872), revised and re-edited by Sun in the 14th year of the Guangxu reign (1888), and published in Wenzhou in the 16th year of the Guangxu reign (1890). The book consists of three volumes: the first volume selects and examines 14 inscriptions from bronze vessels engraved in the Lidai Zhongding Yiqi Kouzhang Fantie by Xue Shanggong of the Song Dynasty. The second and third volumes, respectively, select and examine 30 inscriptions from the Jigu Zhai Zhongding Yiqi Kouzhang by Ruan Yuan of the Qing Dynasty and 22 inscriptions from the Yunqing Guwen by Wu Rongguang. Gu Zhu Yu Lun was completed in the 29th year of the Guangxu reign (1903), but was not published during Sun's lifetime. In 1926, Rong Geng used a manuscript obtained by Wang Guowei to publish it at the National College of Chinese Studies of Peking University, adding over 500 corrections. Later, Dai Jiaxiang discovered three more manuscripts by Sun and added over 1,000 more corrections. The book was finally published in 1929. Originally divided into two volumes, it included the examination of 105 important inscriptions from bronze vessels engraved in Wu Shifen's Hugu Lu Jinwen. When Rong Geng revised and published it, he divided it into three volumes to match the numbering of Hugu Lu Jinwen.