Chinese ancient book version studies

Author: Cao Zhi
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Publishing Date: 1992-05-01
Features: This book is one of the unified textbooks for liberal arts compiled by the State Education Commission. Its characteristics are a new system, new content, and a large amount of information. The book is divided into three parts: Introduction, Origin, and Identification. It preliminarily establishes a complete system of Chinese ancient book edition studies and comprehensively discusses the basic principles of Chinese ancient book editions. Among them, the history of ancient book edition studies, the origin of manuscripts, the origin of woodblock printing, and the identification of book edition origins are particularly rich in new insights. The entire book has 451,000 words and 34 illustrations. This book can be used as a textbook for Chinese departments in universities, and it is also a must-read for professionals in ancient book organization, publishing and distribution, library science, and literature and history enthusiasts.