"Monthly Pass" Study

The book of Yue Ling Tong Kao is compiled by Lu Han in Ming Dynasty.Si Ku Quan Shu Zong Mu includes this book,and belongs it into season category of history department.This book has sixteen volumes,according to the order from January to December and leap month.There are ten types in each month,the order is tian dao,zhi fa,di li,min yong,she sheng,juan ji,zhan hou,ji wang,kao yan and kuo wen.Compared with the books as Li Ji-YueLing,Lv Shi Chun Qiu-Shi ErJi,Huai Nan Zi-ShiZe Xun of season category,Yue Ling Tong Kao has both inheritance and innovation.The succession is the writing style of the time system,and the corresponding celestial image,the phenology,the personnel in every month.And its innovation lies in dividing ten types per month,compiling the materials by categories,such as poetry,vulgar news,health-preservation,etc.In general,Yue Ling Tong Kao has a great innovation in the style and content for the books of season category.Yue Ling Tong Kao also has a great influence on the compilation of similar books,such as Yue Ling Guang Yi,Yue Ling Cai Qi,Yang Yu Yue Ling,etc.These books have a reference to Yue Ling Tong Kao,not only divide several classes in volumes,but also use the content in Yue Ling Tong Kao.Obviously,they are more or less affected by it.As a book of season category which links the past and the future,Yue Ling Tong Kao should get the attention and research of the academic circle.However,the volume of the book is too large to take a considerable amount of time and energy,So there is still no special study on it.This paper studies the following aspects around the book of Yue Ling Tong Kao.First,according to historical records,introduce the author's life and family information and his main books.Second,combing the development history of Yue Ling ancient books,interpret the title of the book,introduce its version and style,illustrate its innovation on the type of Yue Ling.Third,make detailed collation and analysis of agricultural production knowledge,health knowledge,folk knowledge,and content related to the Ming Dynasty in the book of Yue Ling Tong Kao.At last,excavate the value of ancient books collation in Yue Ling Tong Kao,discuss the careless mistakes and shortcomings.