History of Chinese ancient books compilation

Author: Cao Zhi
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Publishing Date: 2001-03-01
Features: The history of bibliography is an important part of the study of book compilation. It approximately includes the following contents:
(1) The development history of bibliography theory, including bibliographers of different dynasties and their representative works;
(2) Bibliographers of ancient books, including official book compilation institutions of different dynasties and their official compilations, as well as representative figures of private book compilation and their compilation experiences;
(3) The content of ancient book compilation, including the analysis of book compilation content of different dynasties and the compilation situations of various types of books;
(4) The form of ancient book compilation, including the methods and compilation rules of book compilation in different dynasties.
This book is written based on the above approach. The entire book is divided into two parts: The upper part conducts research from a vertical perspective, while the lower part studies from a horizontal perspective. The vertical and horizontal interweaving attempts to provide a rough outline of ancient book compilation.