Research On Book Engraving In Jiangxi During The Song Dynast

Jiangxi was the most developed region in literature and Science in the Song Dynasty,but there was a lack of special research on Jiangxi engravings.Through reading,this paper collected and sorted out 174 existing Jiangxi engravings,including the organization,title,age,format,brand,engraving work and collection place of engraving,kept the engraving pictures in different regions,and established folders,which was the basis of writing research.This paper first analyzes the relationship between Jiangxi culture and engraving,and divides it into official engraving,home engraving and square engraving according to the categories of engraving.Zhejiang,Sichuan and Fujian were the three major book carving centers in the Song Dynasty,while Jiangxi is geographically adjacent to Zhejiang in the East and Jianyang in the southeast,therefore,Jiangxi is divided into three areas of engraving: Fuzhou-the area affected by Zhejiang engraving,Jizhou,Ganzhou and Shangrao-the area affected by Jianyang engraving,and Nanchang,Yichun and Jiujiang-other areas of Jiangxi.According to the ancient books engraved in different areas,the characteristics of book engraving are analyzed from the aspects of font,layout and paper.Each area presents the engraving work here in the form of tables,It is found that the engraving team has certain mobility and family characteristics,and the importance of engraving in the book engraving industry is analyzed.Based on the above analysis and summary,this paper makes a detailed analysis and identification of 12 engraved books in unspecified areas of Jiangxi Province,and judges their engraved places.Through the summary of this paper,it is found that the number of Jiangxi engraved books in the Song Dynasty has exceeded the Shu engraved books,and the quality of engraved books has exceeded the Jian engraved books.It has its own uniqueness in terms of type and quantity.Finally,it comes to the conclusion that Jiangxi,together with Zhejiang,Fujian and Sichuan,can be called the fourth largest book engraving area in China in terms of quality,quantity and characteristics.