Jigu Ge Book Postscripts

Author: (Ming) Mao Jin
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
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Jiguge Book Annotations: Mao Jin self-carved Yinhu Annotations, reprinted by Ding Zuyin in Yushan Industry Carving, totaling 152 pieces.
Regarding Mao Jin's dedication to the craft of carving and printing, even the annotations I have personally seen today are not limited to this. How can we talk about marginal notes and silk book covers? Twenty years ago, I compiled and supplemented them, ultimately obtaining 249 pieces, which is more than three times the number carved. According to Tao Xiang's recent compilation of Jiguge Carved Book Catalogs, checking Mao Jin's annotations still lacks several works like "Nine Changes in Correct Pronunciation," etc., which I have yet to find. Besides these, books carved by Mao Jin and the marginal notes of Juelong, as well as those in public and private collections, are surely preserved in large numbers. To seek completeness and thoroughness would require years of effort. Today, the original Yinhu manuscript is as rare as the phoenix; even Ding's carved seedlings, their dissemination has not been widespread. Why not, despite my humble knowledge, compile this from the preserved old selections and publish it as a collection? For the supplementary selections I compiled, I will mark the titles with an asterisk for identification. Upon reviewing the five sons of Mao Jin, the most notable are Mao Ben and Mao Wei. In my leisure, I collected and compiled their remaining writings, obtaining one piece of Mao Ben and twenty-six pieces of Mao Wei, which I have included here. RecompiledAnnotations of Yuyang: Annotations of Yuyang, there was an old 1878 (Qing Guangxu Year 4) Xinhai Ge Yuanxiu's Xiaozongshu published edition, also known as Annotations of Yuyang's Books, divided into two volumes with a total of 115 pieces. There is a preface by Jian, who states: "Recently, I checked the Daijing Collection, excluding calligraphy and painting annotations and postscripts, and added a brief classification to compile two volumes of book annotations." However, the book's arrangement is mixed and does not match the "brief classification" mentioned in the preface. Moreover, many book annotations in the Daijing Collection exceed those in this work, suggesting that Ge's edition was based on a fragmented manuscript copy and did not have time to cross-examine the original collection.