Collected Annotations on the Twenty-Four Histories (Annotations on the New Five Dynasties History and the History of Jin)

Author: Zhang Yuanji, Wang Shaozeng, et al.
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Publishing Date: 2004-04-01
Features:
General Principles of Editing:
1. The original manuscript of the collation was first transcribed according to the original draft of the collation notes, and then verified.
2. During transcription, the definitive version of the collation notes was primarily used, supplemented by reference materials.
3. The page and line numbers of the collation notes were generally used for the collated text, filled in clearly and accurately. If there were any incorrect entries in the original collation notes, they must be corrected one by one. Annotations marked with "" under the word "" were required, while the main text did not include the word "". If the original collation notes had annotations with "" but without "", they must be corrected to maintain consistency.
4. The original draft of the collation notes primarily used the imperial edition to collate the old Song and Yuan editions (the quoted sentences in the top were from the old Song and Yuan editions, and the variant readings in the bottom were from the imperial edition). Occasionally, the old Song and Yuan editions were used to collate the imperial edition (the quoted sentences in the top were from the imperial edition, and the variant readings in the bottom were from the old Song and Yuan editions). The general rule was to use the imperial edition to collate the old Song and Yuan editions. During transcription, the original text was first located according to the page and line numbers of the imperial edition, then verified against the collated text, and the page and line numbers of the collated text were adjusted. The quoted sentences and variant readings were also swapped.
5. The reference editions used in the collation notes were generally written in a smaller font size, and the versions were abbreviated. For example, the Jigu Ge edition was referred to as "Jigu", the Bejian edition as "Be", the Dade edition as "De", the Wang Wensheng edition as "Wang", and the Kong Jihan edition as "Kong". Entries in the top were considered the same as the collated text, while those in the bottom were the same as the imperial edition. In the original draft, if there were entries like "Jigu and De are the same" or "Be and Wang are the same", the word "" could be omitted.
6. During the transcription of the collation notes, "o" was added next to variant readings and supplementary texts as markers, "oo" for inverted texts, and "<" for missing texts. If any markers were omitted in the original draft, they must be added.
7. When transcribing the quoted sentences and variant readings, each item must be verified against the collated text and the imperial edition. If any errors or swaps were found in the original draft, they must be corrected one by one. If discrepancies were found in the collated text or the imperial edition that were not noted in the collation notes, they must be transcribed on a separate sheet as supplementary notes to the collation notes and attached at the end.
8. The original collation notes had red and black ink annotations. All annotations related to the examination of variant readings were transcribed one by one in the notes, with "○" used to separate annotations of different levels. Annotations by Zhang Julu, Wang Zhonggu, and Jiang Zhongfei were not marked with names, as the collation notes were compiled by Julu. Special cases were handled separately. Annotations like "Song is better than Imperial", "Imperial is better than Song", or "Meaning can be interpreted in two ways" must be transcribed as written. In the Song and Yuan editions and the imperial editions, "×" was used to indicate the correctness or incorrectness of variant readings. During transcription, "Song is correct", "Song is incorrect", "Imperial is correct", "Imperial is incorrect", or "Imperial is suspected to be incorrect" were used. If there were doubts about the quoted books in the annotations, the original books must be verified before transcription.
9. The collation notes had annotations like "" or "" (occasionally "") outside the, which must be transcribed in the notes. During transcription, each quoted sentence and variant reading must be verified to determine if the collated text has been revised, supplemented, or deleted. If any revisions were missed, "Original annotation: revise, missed revise" must be added in the notes. If any revisions were made without annotation, they must also be noted. Annotations like "Original annotation: missed revise" or "Original annotation: incorrect revise" must be added in the notes. If the original collation notes had "Missed revise word list" or "Incorrect revise word list", they must be verified and annotated, and a copy of the original list must be transcribed and attached at the end.
10. After completing the transcription of the collation notes, it must be verified and corrected line by line. The number of collated items, annotated revisions, missed revisions, incorrect revisions, and unannotated revisions must be counted, and a collation note must be written.
Collation Notes for the Records of the Historian of the Han Dynasty:
1. The "Records of the Historian of the Han Dynasty" are handwritten by Mr. Zhang Julu, totaling six volumes. The red-lined paper was specially printed at the time. From top to bottom, the order is volume, leaf, line, Song edition, and imperial edition. The transcription follows this format.
2. The cover of the first volume and the last ten leaves of the sixth volume are supplementary notes, which are now interspersed within the collation notes.
3. The base text used for the "Records of the Historian of the Han Dynasty" is the three-commentary edition printed by Huang Shanfu in Jian'an, Southern Song Dynasty, and the reference edition is the three-commentary edition printed by the Wuying Hall in the Qianlong period. The former is abbreviated as "Song", and the latter as "Imperial". Reference editions include the hundred-collated edition preserved by Liu Xihai in the Qing Dynasty, the single Solitary Hidden Pavilion edition printed by Mao in the late Ming Dynasty, the three-commentary edition printed by Wang Yanzhe in the Ming Dynasty, and the recently printed large-character Song and Shu edition by Liu Chenghan. They are abbreviated as "Collated", "Jigu", "Wang", and "Liu", respectively.
4. The format of the original draft of the collation notes first quotes sentences from the Song edition in the Song edition and adds markers for variant readings, supplementary texts, or missing texts. Then, variant readings are marked in the imperial edition. Variant readings from the Wang edition are filled in the lower part of the Song and imperial editions, while those from the collated, Jigu, and Liu editions are noted in the Song and imperial editions separately. The Wang edition variant readings have been moved to the Song and imperial editions, while the rest follow the original format.
5. The original draft has annotations by Julu in the top and bottom and between lines. Annotations related to variant readings are transcribed into the notes. Multiple annotations are separated by "○" in order.
6. Annotations like "", "", or "" by Julu outside the collation notes in the original collation notes have already been revised in the photocopied edition of "The Hundred-Collated Edition of the Records of the Historian of the Han Dynasty". The revised font style is consistent with that of Huang Shanfu's edition, making it difficult to notice. However, there are occasional annotations of "" without revision and vice versa. These must be noted in the notes.
7. Quoted sentences in the Song edition of the original collation notes occasionally have errors of mistranscription, omissions, or inversions, which are now corrected directly according to the photocopied edition.
8. If the original collation notes had errors in the arrangement of the Song and imperial editions, meaning the quoted sentences in the Song edition were actually from the imperial edition and vice versa, these are noted in the notes without changing the collation notes.
9. The original collation notes contain over 4,900 collated items, with 1,800 annotated revisions, missed revisions, incorrect revisions, and unannotated revisions. However, some items in the photocopied edition have been revised, while the original draft has not been collated. Du Zesong has compiled a supplementary volume based on "The Records of the Historian of the Han Dynasty" collated and supplemented by Ritsuzo Mizuhashi, totaling 226 items, which are appended at the end for reference.
10. The original collation notes were in running script, with very fine interlinear characters that were difficult to identify. Errors in transcription are inevitable. Kindly point out any mistakes.