Complete Collection of Song Dynasty Literature (23)

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Publish Date: 1994-08-01
Features: The compilation plan for Complete Writings of the Song Dynasty began in the summer of 1985, with the aim of "ensuring no repetitions, omissions, or errors in the collected texts, and maintaining strict formatting standards." From 1988 to 1994, 50 volumes were published successively, but the project was halted due to financial reasons. In March 1996, Bashu Book Company transferred the copyright of Complete Writings of the Song Dynasty to Chengcheng Group for 3.6 million yuan. In 2003, Shanghai Ci Shu Press took over the publication of Complete Writings of the Song Dynasty.
Complete Writings of the Song Dynasty extensively collects the works of Song Dynasty literati, including historical records, local gazettes, encyclopedias, notes, inscriptions, calligraphy, Buddhist and Taoist scriptures, etc., all of which are included, even in the form of "complete collections" or "separate collections." The entire work contains over 170,000 texts by nearly 10,000 authors, most of which were reconstructed from lost sources. For example, the Yuan Xian Collection by Song Xiang is now lost, but in the early Qing Dynasty, the compilers of the Siku Quanshu collected it from the Yongle Dadian, resulting in 40 volumes of Song Yuan Xian Collection. Complete Writings of the Song Dynasty further reconstructed 31 additional lost texts by Song Xiang, bringing the total word count to over 110 million. It also includes "Biographies of Authors" and is nearly ten times larger than Complete Writings of the Tang Dynasty, which has over 98 million words.