The Development Of The Book:the Di Zizhi In The Qing Dynasty

The Qing dynasty is a time when the number of the Di Zizhi increasing rapidly. According to statistics, there are nearly nineteen kinds of the commented editions about the Di Zizhi. The number and the qualities are much better than before.Why the Di Zizhi developed so quickly in the Qing dynasty? One of the reason is the increasing demand for the Di Zizhi. In the old-style private schools of Qing dynasty, the Di Zizhi became a common textbook used by teacher to teach the children. However, there are so many mistakes in the old one that the children couldn’t read. It’s necessary to compile a new one. The other reason is the influence of the Textology and the Neo-confucianism in the Qing dynasty. The people who have insisted on the Textology or the Neo-confucianism are both interested about the Di Zizhi.According to the characters of the commented editions, we can categorize them into six groups. The first group is the phonology. It researches the law of the phonology about the Di Zizhi. The second group is the meaning. It trys to explain the meanings of the words about the Di Zizhi. The third group is the collecting. It collects the old commented editions of the Di Zizhi. The forth group is the collecting and explaination. It collects the commented editions written by the people who born in the Qing dynasty and explain them. The fifth group is the integrated one.It contains many parts such as the phonology and meaning in one. The last one is the uncertain one. It is the commented editions which can’t judge the character now.Using the method of the literature in the ancient China to research the Di Zizhi, We can know the history about the Di Zizhi. We can know the difference about the commented editions of the Di Zizhi in the Qing dynasty.lt can help us to find the reason why the Di Zizhi increasing so quickly in the Qing dynasty?...