A Study On Liutang’s The Complete Works Of Bi Jian Tang

Liutang was born in Henan province and he passed the provincial level of the civil service examination to be a magistrate of counties in Shandong province in the sixteen year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu(1890).Liutang was one of a county magistrates in late Qing Dynasty,who was also a famous epigrapher,bibliophile and scholar.As the governing officer at seven counties of Shandong province over 10 years,Liutang was known as honest and upright.He left a large number of poetry literature works and journal record which reflect the society of the late Qing Dynasty,such writings had been collected to his work collection The complete works of Bi Jian Tang.This article starts from the perspective of Liutang’s family and public service experiences,with regards of The complete works of Bi Jian Tang as a research source object.It mainly adopts the method of history and philology to research format version,content and historical value.The article consists of three chapters.The introduction explains the aim and ojective of this article as well as the relevant study in academic world.The first chapter focus on general research of Liutang and his works.According to local chronicles to make a again study about date of birth,family origin and works,as well as have a supplement and evaluation of friends,more than 10 years of career as a magistrate of a county.The second chapter is about an overview of the contents.The complete works of Bi Jian Tang is the main part of the Liutang’s writings,and partition the works into three parts,including country adiminstration works(Record of Governing Huimin County,Record of Governing Dongping County,Record of Governing Deping County,The Diary of Disaster and Relief,In Memory of Dongping Missionary Case)life works(The Memory of Sixty Years,Letters Works,Birthday essay,Praise of Sixty Years)and Poetry works(Five Poetries,Shi Wai Yun Yu Shu Hou).The emphasis insist on works of the writing of the reason,content and so on.The third chapters are about research historical value of The complete works of Bi Jian Tang,such as famine,water conservancy and flood prevention projects,Boxer Movement,and the change of academy system,etc.Besides,Liutang dealed with the Dongping Missionary Case by himself,which provide us a perspectivewe to reseach the role of county chief and the relations among officers,public and priests in late Qing Dynasty.The final chapter is a summary of all views to the article and summarizes the historic achievement and philology contribution of LiuTang in the overall context.There are many records about local counties in the late Qing Dynasty,and this chapter mainly discuss from three aspects,including the political,cultural and social economy.The innovation of this paper is mainly reflected in a comprehensive arrangement of The complete works of Bi Jian Tang from the perspective of historical philology,and to explore the social situation of the late Qing Dynasty as well as the early Republic period by Liutang--a knowledgeable Qing loyalist.