Woodblock printed edition (Illustrated)

Author: Wang Guiping
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: This series of books is written in various specialized volumes, including Song edition, Yuan edition, Ming edition, Qing printed edition, ethnic minority ancient books, shop printed edition, family printed edition, movable type edition, illustrated edition, and new literature edition, etc., striving to reflect the new style and level of our country's edition research. Of course, some people worry that this format might lack uniformity and lead to repetition. The editors believe there is no need to worry. The format is generally unified, but it is neither possible nor necessary to be as orderly as a textbook with clear chapters. The editors recall what they read when they first entered the field of ancient books edition. There were Zhang Zhidong's Catalogue of Books Answered, Ye Dehui's Chu Lin Qinghua, Sun Yuxiu's Study on the Origin of Chinese Woodblock Printing, Ye Changchi's Poems on Book Collecting, as well as bibliographies and prefaces from various authors. It was truly a wide variety of books, and there was no need to stick to a single format or box. But they managed to learn the art of edition. With ten or twelve volumes in a series, some repetition in the content is not a problem. For example, some say that Mao Jin's Jigu Ge should be classified as a family printed edition, while others argue it should be categorized as a shop printed edition. Each author writes from their own perspective, with different insights. A bit of diversity is more interesting than a single, monotonous approach.