East Zhou Cottage Poetry Collection (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: He Shaoji
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Publishing Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Although the title pages of Dongzhou Cao Tang Shi Chao are all printed with "Published in Changsha Wuyuan in the Dingmao year of the Tongzhi era," the version history is somewhat complex. There are both Dongzhou Cao Tang Shi Chao compiled during He Shaoji's lifetime, as well as an appendix of his son Qinghan's Yinqin Ge Qianwen (one volume), Gui Dai (two volumes), and an additional Huan Yue Lou Yi Shi (two volumes) by his daughter-in-law Li Mei, all published in the Guangxu era. There is also a Guangxu-era publication from 1901 (the 27th year of the Guangxu era) that includes He Weidi's Qianying Shi (ten volumes) and Wenji (four volumes). All these versions have the same number of volumes.
What is even more interesting is that every time Dongzhou Cao Tang Shi Chao is reprinted, it uses the same old carved plates from the Dingmao year of the Tongzhi era, published in Changsha Wuyuan, but the content of the versions we see differs. First, the main poems and self-notes in the Dongzhou Cao Tang Shi Chao we see are missing some individual words and phrases. Second, in some versions, the main poem in volume thirteen titled Yunqiao Shu Wei Shuo Jin Nian Zhi Jiang Geng Sheng Xi Nian You Zhi Wu Xu Shou Zao Jian Huo Xian Yi Shi Xie ends at "Tongpan Roushi Gong Laotao Shu" and directly transitions to the last line of another poem, "Feng Wan Bian Yuan." The latter half of this poem and eleven other poems from Liu Yue Liu Ri Yin Mu Shi Shi Ji Zi Jun Bi to Da En Zhuqiao Zhong Cheng are missing. Third, in some versions, the Cao Zhou Cao Tang Shi Yu section is missing five ci poems from Mantingfang starting with "Wu Yue Shi Jiu Ri Xin Yan Wei Nao Er Qu" to Qian Diao ending with "Qing Wen Yunqiao Jin Wan Qing Ke Shi Ru Ci Nai Hu Ke Xu Gai Yu Yu Hou Xiao Ci Feng Jie."