A Study On Origins And Variations Of The Editions For Six Poetry Anthologies From The Southern Song Dynasty

The six poetry anthologies include Gu Jin Jue Ju(古今绝句)compiled by Wu Yue,Sheng Hua Ji(声画集)compiled by Sun Shaoyuan,Fen Men Zuan Lei Tang Song Shi Xian Qian Jia Shi Xuan(分门纂类唐宋时贤千家诗选)compiled under the guise of Liu Kezhuang,Shi Zhun(诗准)and Shi Yi(诗翼)compiled by He Wushi and Ni Xicheng,Tang Shi Gu Chui(唐诗鼓吹)compiled by Yuan Haowen,are all from the Southern Song Dynasty.The compilers were either renowned poets or unknown individuals,but each had their own unique approach to selecting poems.These works are important literary materials for the study of Southern Song poetry.This article examines the records of these six books in the official and private catalogs of successive generations,and combines them with existing versions,based on prefaces,seals,and famous authors’ inscriptions.It systematically sorts out the version and origin of each of the six types of books,so as to provide an edition basis for further research on selected poems of the Southern Song Dynasty.According to the records of Chen Zhensun in the Southern Song Dynasty,there were two volumes of Gu Jin Jue Ju,but today only the three-volume edition of the Song Dynasty is extant,and no other version is known to exist.Qu Yong conducted a detailed study of the format and content of this book.The earliest edition of Sheng Hua Ji was published in the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty,another Song book preserved in Japan,but unfortunately can not be viewd,and it is unknown what the relationship is between the two Song editions In the Ming Dynasty,the Ming Transcript in the Tianyi Pavilion was copied from the Song Xiaozong’s edition.There are many Qing Dynasty editions,and the Haiyuan Ge Collection Qing manuscript was copied from the Tianyi Pavilion Ming copy,while the other editions include the Zhu Yizun Qing manuscript,the Miao Quansun Collection Old manuscript,the Cao Yin Lian Ting Shi Er Zhong edition,the Siku Quanshu edition,the Congshu Jicheng First Edition,and the Japanese Teshima Library edition,all of which were printed based on the Lian Ting Shi Er Zhong(楝亭十二种)edition.The earliest version of the Fen Men Zuan Lei Tang Song Shi Xian Qian Jia Shi Xuan was recorded in the Song and Yuan dynasties,which included a 22-volume edition from the late Song to early Yuan periods,as well as a 20-volume front set and a10-volume back set in the Yuan edition.In the Ming Dynasty,there were 22-volume,25-volume manuscript copies,and a six-volume box edition.A 22-volume manuscript copy from the end of the Muromachi period is also preserved in Japan,with variations in content among the various versions.In the Qing Dynasty,Cao Yin published the Lian Ting Shi Er Zhong Publication,which was a system of twenty-two volumes of poems,and the original source for the printing was lost.The copy of Miu Quansun’s shadow copy was copied from the Yuan version of the thirty-volume set before and after.Shi Zhun and Shi Yi was published in the Song Dynasty,but there is a remnant of the book today.During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty,Hao Liang carved a Ming edition that differed from the surviving Song edition,which was likely based on another Song edition.During the Wanli period,Xinle Wang reissued an edition of the Shi Zhun and Shi Yi,which was published by Hao Liang during the Jiajing period and annotated by Shen Dazhong,and the Siku text is a Ming supplement to the three volumes of Shi Zhun and the four volumes of Shi Yi.The photocopies collected in the Si Ku Quan Shu Cun Mu Cong Shu(四库全书存目丛书)are based on the Jiajing edition by Hao Liang.Tang Shi Gu Chui can be divided into five edition systems,including Hao Tianting’s commentary in the Yuan Dynasty,Liao Wenbing’s commentary in the Ming Dynasty,Lu Yidian,Qian Zhaozi,Wang Qingchen and Wang Junchen’s commentaries in the Qing Dynasty,Zhu Dongyan’s commentary and Wu Rulun’s commentary.The Yuan edition annotated by Hao Tianting can be roughly divided into six version systems.The Ming edition annotated by Liao Wenbing was based on the annotations of Hao Tianting and has a Wanli Renchen eight-volume edition and a Kangxi Wuchen edition.There are also other Ming editions,printing house editions,and a four-volume edition published in Korea,with limited records and details.In the Qing dynasty,Lu Yidian,Qian Zhaozi,Wang Qingchen and Wang Junchen annotated Tang Shi Gu Chui again based on Hao’s note and Liao’s explanation.Zhu Dongyan’s commentary is based on the four men’s commentary in the 16th year of the Shunzhi era of the Qing Dynasty,and was available in a wide variety of workshop engravings.In the eighth year of the Republic of China(1919),the publication of Qian Muzhai He Yimen Ping Zhu Tang Shi Gu Chui(钱牧斋何义门评注唐诗鼓吹)was also born out of the sixteenth year of Shunzhi’s four notes.In the 14th year of the Republic of China(1925),there was an engraving of Tong Cheng Xian Sheng Ping Dian Tang Shi Gu Chui(桐城先生评点唐诗鼓吹)by Wu Rulun,which was divided into sixteen volumes.The book has been reprinted by photocopied editions in 1993 and 2002.