Collected Annotations on the Twenty-Four Histories (Annotations on the New Tang History, Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Zhang Yuanji (Author), Wang Shaozeng, Cheng Yuanfen, Zhao Tong (Editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features:
Editorial Notes:
1. The editorial work first transcribes the original manuscript of the collation notes and then conducts verification.
2. During transcription, the definitive version of the collation notes is primarily used, supplemented by reference materials.
3. The page and line numbers of the collation notes are generally based on the collation manuscript and should be filled in clearly and accurately. If there are any errors in the original collation notes, they must be corrected one by one. Annotations marked with "" after the word "" are required for annotations, while the main text does not add "." If the original collation notes add "" without "," they must be corrected for uniformity.
4. The original manuscript of the collation notes primarily uses the Dianben to collate the Song and Yuan old editions (the quoted sentences in the top are from the old editions, and the variant texts in the bottom are from Dianben). Occasionally, the old editions are used to collate Dianben (the quoted sentences in the top are from Dianben, and the variant texts in the bottom are from the old editions). The collation of the old editions with Dianben is the general rule, and it must be uniformly collated with Dianben. During transcription, first locate the original text based on the page and line numbers of Dianben, then verify it against the collation manuscript and correct the page and line numbers, reversing the quoted sentences and variant texts.
5. The reference texts used in the collation notes are generally filled in in smaller font size, and versions are abbreviated. For example, the Jigu Ge edition is referred to as "Ji," the Bejian edition as "Bei," the Dade edition as "De," the Wang Wensheng edition as "Wang," and the Kong Jihan edition as "Kong." If entries are filled in the top, they are the same as the collation manuscript; if in the bottom, they are the same as Dianben. In the original manuscript, "Ji, De same" or "Bei, Wang same," the word "same" can be omitted.
6. During the transcription of the collation notes, "o" is added to the side of variant texts and supplementary texts, "oo" to inverted texts, and "<" to omitted texts. If any "o," "oo," or "<" should have been added but were omitted in the original manuscript, they must be supplemented.
7. When transcribing the quoted sentences and variant texts of the collation notes, they must be verified one by one against the collation manuscript and Dianben. If any errors or inversions are found in the original manuscript's quoted sentences and variant texts, they must be corrected one by one. If discrepancies between the collation manuscript and Dianben are found but 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 collation notes originally contained red and black ink annotations. All annotations related to the examination of variant texts are transcribed one by one in the notes. Annotations of different levels are separated by "○." Annotations from Zhang Julu, Wang Zhonggu, and Jiang Zhongfei were compiled by Julu, so no names are marked. In special cases, they are handled separately. Annotations such as "SongDian," "DianSong," or "Meaning can be interpreted in two ways" must be transcribed accordingly. In the Song and Yuan editions and Dianben, "×" indicates the correctness or incorrectness of variant texts. During transcription, "Song is correct," "Song is incorrect," "Dian is correct," "Dian is incorrect," or "Dian is suspected to be incorrect" are used. If there are doubts about quoted texts in annotations that cannot be clarified, the original book must be verified before transcription.
9. The collation notes outside are marked with "" or "" (occasionally marked with ""), which must be transcribed in the notes. During transcription, they must be verified one by one to determine whether the collation manuscript has been revised, supplemented, or deleted. If any revisions should have been made but were omitted, add "Original annotation revised, omitted revision" in the notes. If revisions were made but not annotated, they must also be noted. If the collation notes originally marked "omitted revision" or "incorrect revision," add "Original annotation omitted revision," "Original annotation incorrect revision" in the notes. If the collation notes originally included "omitted revision word list" or "incorrect revision word list," in addition to verifying and annotating against the original collation notes, a copy of the original list must be transcribed and attached at the end of the collation notes.
10. After completing the transcription of the collation notes, they must be verified and corrected one by one. The number of collated items, annotated revisions, omitted revisions, incorrect revisions, and unannotated but revised items must be tallied, and a final editorial note must be written.
Editorial Notes for the Collation of the Records of the Grand Historian:
1. The Records of the Grand Historian collation notes are handwritten by Mr. Zhang Julu and consist of six volumes. The red-lined paper was specially printed at the time. From top to bottom, they are arranged in the order of volume, leaf, line, Song edition, and Dianben edition. They are transcribed in the same 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 of the Records of the Grand Historian is the three-commentary edition printed by Huang Shanfu in Jian'an, Southern Song Dynasty, and the collation text is the three-commentary edition printed by the Wuying Hall in the Qianlong period. The former is abbreviated as "Song," and the latter as "Dian." Reference texts include the hundred-collation manuscript preserved by Liu Xihai in the Qing Dynasty, the single Yi edition printed by Mao's Jigu Ge in the late Ming Dynasty, the three-commentary edition printed by Wang Yanzhe in the Ming Dynasty, and the recently printed Shu large-character edition of Song and Shu by Liu Chenghan. They are abbreviated as "Nuo," "Ji," "Wang," and "Liu," respectively.
4. The original manuscript format of the collation notes first quotes sentences from the Song edition and adds marks for variant texts, supplementary texts, or omitted texts. Then, variant texts are marked in the Dianben. Variant texts from Wang's edition are filled in the lower part of the Song and Dianben, while those from Nuo, Ji, and Liu are noted in the Song and Dianben, respectively. Now, variant texts from Wang's edition are moved to the Song and Dianben, while the rest remain in the original format.
5. The original manuscript has Julu's annotations outside the upper and lower and in the interlinear spaces. All annotations related to variant texts are transcribed into the "Notes". Annotations with multiple entries are separated by "○" in order.
6. Annotations with "," "," or "" by Julu in the lower of the collation notes have already been revised in the photocopied edition of The Hundred-Collation Manuscript of the Twenty-Four Histories. The revised font style is consistent with that of Huang Shanfu's edition, making them difficult to notice. However, there are occasional annotations marked with "" that were not revised, and some that were revised without annotation. These are noted in the "Notes".
7. Quoted sentences in the Song edition of the original collation notes occasionally contain errors of transposition, omission, or addition. They are directly corrected according to the photocopied edition.
8. If the original collation notes had errors in transposing the Song edition and Dianben, meaning the quoted sentences in the Song edition were actually from Dianben, and the variant texts in the Dianben were actually from Song, they are noted in the "Notes" without altering the collation notes.
9. The original collation notes contain over 4,900 collated items, with 1,800 annotated revisions, omitted revisions, incorrect revisions, and unannotated but revised items. However, some items in the photocopied edition have already been revised, but not noted in the original collation notes. Du Zesong has compiled a supplementary volume based on the Collation and Supplement of the Records of the Grand Historian by Mizawa Toshitada in Japan, totaling 226 items, which is appended at the end for reference.
10. The original collation notes are in running script, with extremely small interlinear characters that are difficult to identify. Errors in transcription are inevitable. Kindly point out any mistakes.