Study On Zhang Huang's Tu Shu Bian

Tu Shu Bian,written by Zhang Huang,has 127 volumes.Zhang Huang fails in imperial examination,so he establishes school to teach students.Therefore,he is very famous in Nan Chang in Ming Dynasty.According to Ming Ru Xue An,Zhang Huang believes in Wang Yangming's theory of heart.However,Zhang Huang is different from moralists who are phrasemongers and not practical.In Zhang Huang's opinion,the vanity of their theory leads Confucianism to decline.He puts all his attention to write books,especially Tu Shu Bian.This book costs 16 years to collect martial.The scholars prefer to study this book from the angle of eastward spread of western culture.This paper researches from the context to suggest the source of historical materials and its value.In the first part,through historical research method,the methods of document investigation and generalization method,this paper reveals Zhang Huang's information.The Chronicle of Zhang Doujin and Posthumous Biography of Zhang Doujin attached to Tu Shu Bian provide many leads.The research to Zhang Huang himself used to focus on his friendship with Matteo Ricci.Previous researches have already found Tu Shu Bian is influenced by western culture.This paper analyzes the books written by Zhang Huang to discuss his academic thought.The next part is the research circled with Tu Shu Bian.This is the key part of this paper including writing course,edition,style and the source of historical materials.Writers in Ming Dynasty usually ignore the original source of historical materials.This is criticized by researchers.The References Bibliography attached to Tu Shu Bian provides leads to find the source of historical materials.Compared with Tu Shu Bian,San Cai Tu Hui written by Wang Qi is criticized by editors of Si Ku Quan Shu.We can find the disadvantages of Tu Shu Bian by comparison.The third part is about the characters,value and influence of Tu Shu Bian.First of all,the history of encyclopedias which pay attention to pictures is introduced..I introduce the development from Di Wang Jing Shi Tu Pu to Gu Jin Tu Shu Ji Cheng.Tu Shu Bian is a typical encyclopedia book which pays attention to the use of picture.From the development of encyclopedia book,it is very important.It also possesses the thought of practical principle.The historical material from Ming Dynasty in this book is also very important.This thesis summarizes life story,friends circle and works of Zhang Huang.Through textual analysis to the Pictures of Yi and Si Yi Guan Kao,the characters of Tu Shu Bian can be revealed.The References Bibliography attached to Tu Shu Bian includes all kinds of genre of books.Most of them were written by scholars in Ming Dynasty and some of them don't exist now.Tu Shu Bian has its special historical value.