Fauna Sense Chi "and" Investigation Of Things Rough On The Content Of Comparative Study

Make a summary to spread arrive nowadays ancient books, there is the phenomenon worth-while notice of two relations: Books with the same name are different in content, books with different names are really near.For example, " Wu lei xiang gan zhi " with " Ge wu cu tan ", two Chinese ancient works of science and technology belong to this kind of condition. A book named" Wu lei xiang gan zhi", appeared most early in North Song dynasty, the author is Zan Ning ( 919-1002 ),a well-known monk.Have spread 3 kinds: one in 10 volumes, one in 18 volumes, another in 1 volume. The one in 10 volumes already die, the other two have stored nowadays only.So for these two, which is close to the original look of works by Zan Ning? With " Wu lei xiang gan zhi " in 1 volume compare,the appearance of" Ge wu cu tan " get very night.Though these two books with different names ,they are well-known to really close. Are they the same book? Its genuine relation again how to? On the foundation of former able research, from the major angle that compared from content, this paper attempts to make further reply for this two problems.From 3 aspects, carry out exposition:(1)The comparison of the one in 10 volumes and the one in 18volumes. The original look of" Wu leixianggan zhi" in 10 volumes, store only in Song dynasty. Song dynasty have many books,which have quoted the content of" Wu leixianggan zhi ".Combining the official and personal work record of first times, we can find outrthe one in 18 volumes is close to the original look of works by Zan Ning.(2) The comparison of the one in 18 volumes and the one in 1 volume, the comparison of the one in 18 volumes and " Ge wu cu tan ".From content,the place of two discrepancies is more bright than identical place between 18 volumes and 1 volume; 18 volumes is compared with " Ge wu cu tan ", is also such.(3) The comparison of" Wu leixianggan zhi" in 1 volume with " Ge wu cu tan ".It is identical that two have partial contents, but refering to the content source of full text, 1 volume is not the only "source" of " Ge wu cu tan ".It have many sources. " Wu leixianggan zhi" is also as this.In a word , the one volume of" Wu leixianggan zhi" and" Ge wu cu tan ", are really near though with different names.