"Huhailou Series" Research

Huhailou Series was printed by Chen Chun and published in the 24 th year of Jiaqing(1819),with a total collection of 13 titles.Huhailou Series collection of Zi radical and textual books,in the preservation of books have a great contribution.At present,there is no systematic research on Huhailou Series.This paper tries to discuss the engraving process of the series,the influence of Chen Chun's friendship on the engraving of the series and the original edition based on the existing editions of the series and the sale advertisements of the series published in Shenbao.addition to the introduction and conclusion,this article is divided into three chapters.The first chapter is about Chen Chun and Huhailou Series.The first section introduces Chen Chun's life and the situation of books in Huhailou after his death.After Chen Chun died,books in Huhailou was kept in the Chen family until Zhu Dingxu bought it in the Republic of China,and was destroyed in the war when the Japanese invaded China.The second section discusses the engraving process and the preservation of the book edition,including the collection of books and the time of engraving.According to the preface of the series and the sale advertisement of the series published in Shenbao,it is pointed out that the Huhailou book edition still existed and continued to be printed and sold until the early year of Guangxu.The third section,Chen Chun's communication and the publication of the Huhailou Series of Books,discusses Chen Chun's communication with local bibliophiles and the help of Wang Jipei,Wang Zongyan and others to the publication of the Huhailou Series of Books.The second chapter is about the the books included in the Huhailou Series and characteristics.Through the comparison with the books included in the famous series of the same period,this paper analyzes the background and reasons of the characteristics of the books included in Huhailou Series.It is pointed out that this series tends to choose the less well-known Zi radical and textual books in the selection,and at the same time,it is also noted that the books that have been published in other series are avoided intentionally.The third chapter is the study of the books collected in the series of Huhailou Series.It is divided into three parts: books proofreaded by Wang Jipei and his works,books for which the version based on which can be inferred,and books for which the version based on which is unknown.This chapter explains the books collected by Huhailou Series one by one,and discusses the specific situation of the series by means of preface and postscript,version comparison and so on.