Dunhuang Ci Hui

Author: Zhang Xihou (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2003-02-22
Features: As early as the beginning of the 20th century, Dunhuang scholars such as Jiang Fu, Liu Shipei, and Luo Qiyu began to pay attention to certain fragments of Wenxuan fud works preserved in the Dunhuang manuscripts. Some pioneered the writing of prefaces and postfaces, while others transcribed and printed them, or compared and verified them, bringing the long-lost Tang Dynasty manuscript fragments of Wenxuan fud works back into the world. A significant part of Dunhuang Fu Hui is the Collation Notes. The basic condition for collation work is to have multiple copies at hand, and on this foundation, one must also be proficient in textual, lexical, and phonological studies. This traditional academic method is increasingly rare in today's chaotic world. Dunhuang Fu Hui remains patient and diligent, extensively collecting collations and broadly incorporating various viewpoints, making the Collation Notes section meticulous and comprehensive. Taking Wang Zhongxuan's Feng Lou Fu as an example. This fu is based on Dunhuang manuscript no. 3480 as the original, with reference to the following editions and collations: the Hu Kejia-engraved Wenxuan published by Zhonghua Book Company in 1977 (abbreviated as Wenxuan edition), the Song-engraved Wenxuan with six annotators' notes published by Commercial Press in the Four Treasuries Collation (abbreviated as Collation edition), the Yiwen Laju volume 63 (Shanghai Ancient Books Press, 1982 edition, abbreviated as Laju edition), Zhang Pu's One Hundred and Twenty-two Masters of the Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties (abbreviated as Zhang edition), Yan Kejun's Complete Three Kingdoms Writings (abbreviated as Yan edition), Chen Zolong's Dunhuang Manuscript Verification (Taiwan Journal vol. 21, no. 5, abbreviated as Chen collation), Rao Zongyi's Dunhuang Manuscript Verification (New Asia Journal vol. 3, no. 2), and Rao Zongyi's Dunhuang Manuscript Re-examination (Taiwan Journal special issue no. 2, abbreviated as Rao collation). Including the original Dunhuang manuscript, there are eight collations in total, truly embodying the principle of "valuing the original and verifying it immediately." Based on these, the collation and revision were conducted with great detail.