The Research On Bao Tingjue’s Collecting And Inscribing Books

Bao Tingjue who was the merchant at the end of Qing Dynasty adhered to hisfamily tradition,he liked to collect,publish,inscribe and sell ancient books which coveredconfucian classics,history,philosophy and literature,and he set up the building of collectingbooks called the Late Zhibuzuzhai and Baofangge where Bao Tingjue had collected allkinds of high-quality books.Because Bao Tingjue respected and admired Bao Tingbo,hespended his all lifetime to inscribe the Late Zhibuzuzhai Collection whose edtion followedthe printing style which Bao Tingjue used to inscribe his the Zhibuzuzhai Collection.WhenBao Tingjue collected books,he always worked very carefully.He didn’t choose the bookswhich were buddhist and taoist,magic,weird, ridiculous and karma.And it collectedcofucian classics,primary works,the books of the stone and contents.The ZhibuzuzhaiCollection had a widesread and profound influenc on youngsters.The Late ZhibuzuzhaiCollection was the most famous collection.To some extent,the Late Zhibuzuzhai Collectionwas as good as the Zhibuzuzhai Collection.In addition to collection,Bao Tingjue alsopublished and inscribed other books which had an effect on other people.In order toadministrate his collecting books,Bao Tingjue edited and published the Bibliography ofBaofangge which was used to record the situation of selling books and which can relect thespiritual outlook of people.Except for being a books collector,Bao Tingjue also was abooks seller. Although Bao Tingjue didn’t make great contribution,the developing processof Baofangge was also a typical case of the transformation of the modern publishing.And italso can reflect the developing situation of the publishing at the end of Qing Dynasty.In theprocess of his collecting and inscribing books,Bao Tingjue kept in touch with other peoplevery actively.He bought a lot of books of Janpan and Korea.At the same time,lots ofchinese books flowed into Janpan and Korea by Bao Tingjue.It formed the cultureexchange situation between China and Janpan and Korea by Bao Tingjue.