The Study Of "Si Shi Zhai Shu Ba"

As one of the representative achievements in textology in Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns of Qing Dynasty.Si Shi Zhai Shu Ba epitomizes Gu Guangqi‘s achievements.It concludes a large number of ancient books which referred to in the course of Gu Guangqi's reading and correction.He conducts specific descriptions in the version outline and its value,source and its development,the version in his times and the origin of the epilogue of the ancient books he referred to in Si Shi Zhai Shu Ba,which provides abundant historical materials for the later scholars to study and research his works.In bibliology,Gu Guangqi forms a unique view on edition and puts forward the opinion of attaching importance to the ancient books in Song Dynasty but not looking down on them in the situation of decreasing ancient books in Qing Dynasty.He also focuses on both transcript and block printed edition under the invention of the printing,as well as the coexistence of improved transcript and block printed edition.In weighing revisions written by famous scholars and fragmentary editions,Gu Gunagqi suggests doubting the former,leaving out the latter and valuing the unprinted.In the choice of rare books,he asserts that ancient books should be a mixture of cultural relics and academic nature on the basis of its contents.In textualism,“Respect the original and modify without authorization”,the core thought of Gu Guangqi,not only runs through the process of the collation,but also reflects in Gu's treatment of the collated results.In addition,the thought of “collate version” advocated by Gu,which choose the better as the original text and collate on it by comparing the origin as well as the merits and demerits of the versions on the guidance of “negative collation” and “positive collation”,is also an extension of his core thought.In conclusion,the unique features of the research achievements and documentary value of Si Shi Zhai Shu Ba in the field of collation and version harbor negligible research value.