The Comparative Studies Of Renshou Version And Houhanshu Variorum

The Houhanshu by Fan Ye is a detail record of the Eastern Han Dynasty which lasted for one hundred and ninety five years.At first,Liu Xiu rose in arms and overthrew the regime of Wang Meng,from then on,Han Dynasty established.It was ended when Han Xian emperor gave place to the Cao family.This book is highly respected as one of the first four history books with Historical Records,Hanshu and The Records of Three Kingdoms and it plays an important role in the history of historiography because of the completed system,detailed records and rhetorical words.Among the research works about Houhanshu,Houhanshu Variorum(hereinafter referred to as Variorum)is regarded as the most popular version since it was published for the rich collections of previous research achievements and the convenience of learning.Unfortunately,compared with the research results of Historical Records and Hanshu,the study of Houhanshu is far from enough,and the study of Variorum is numbered.Therefore,we need to study Houhanshu on the basis of the modern research results with a view to a new discovery so as to promote the research process of Houhanshu.This thesis takes the variorum version and the master copy of points collation version published by Zhonghua Book Company which was collected in Taiwan library,Renshou Song Dynasty as standard to revise generally.At the same time,it takes the Shaoxing,Song Dynasty(collected in National Library of China,hereinafter referred to as "Shao version"),the non-first collation A version in the Northern Song Dynasty(collected in National Library of China,hereinafter referred to as "A version",one with a part missing),the non-first collation B version in the Northern Song Dynasty(collected in National Library of China,hereinafter referred to as "B version",the chapter 2-5 missed),the block-printed version revised by Bailuzhou Academy in the Northern Song Dynasty(collected in National Library of China,hereinafter referred to as "Academy Version",the chapter 1-1 missed)and the version of Huang Shanfu in the Southern Song Dynasty(collected in Peking University Library,hereinafter referred to as " Huang Shanfu Version")as materials to collate with each other.At last,it takes the points collation version published by Zhonghuashuju's Company(hereinafter referred to as Revised Edition Version)as references.This thesis simply divides the notes of collation into four categories that Variorum Version is better than Renshou Version,Renshou Version is better than Variorum Version,the two both have mistakes and they both are correct.The first two part includes four aspects which are errors,missing,extra words or disorder in text.We hope we can do some basic research about Variorum and Houhanshu through the investigation and identification of Variorum Version,the book supplement for previous collation variants,the textual research or revision of block-printed version's mistakes.Due to the limited time and ability,this thesis only test the content of biography forty-four to forty-nine.