From the perspective of the information age, Zhunshu is an ancient "database", and even the evolution of series reveals the inheritance relationship of documents.
function
First, save the information.
In the process of book compilation, most of them collect original documents directly. Some books have been lost due to war, fire and flood. Because the relevant materials are preserved in the classroom books, it is often possible to reproduce the contents of the books by compiling the lost articles.
For example, there are more than 500 kinds of ancient books quoted in Taiping Guangji, most of which have been lost, and many precious materials have been preserved because of the citation of Taiping Guangji. Because it is easy to make mistakes in circulation and engraving, it is also helpful to collate different languages by using the original documents preserved in the textbook. For example, Lu Xun used books such as Selected Works and Notes for Beginners to collate records.
Second, check the information.
Classified books are arranged by category, so it is very convenient to find relevant information. For example, books such as Tai Ping Guang Ji and Wen Yuan Hua Ying include novels and poems of past dynasties, which is helpful to find literature materials.
Comprehensive books, such as The Integration of Ancient and Modern Books, collect information on various subjects, which is similar to an encyclopedia dictionary, from which you can find information such as the origin of things, poetry allusions, poetry sentences, name system and so on. After liberation, some newly compiled books collect information from ancient and modern books, which is also convenient for readers to find.
Famous works:
The originator of China's ancient books should be Wei's Huang Lan. There are three official books revised in the Tang Dynasty, namely, Ou Yangxun and others' contributions to Yiwenzhi, Xu and others' contributions to Ci Lin and Xu Jian's contributions to Elementary School. There are two privately written works: Yu Shinan's Bei Tang Shuchao and Bai Juyi's Six Chapters of the White Cave.
There are three official books in the Tang Dynasty, namely Literature and Art written by Ou Yangxun and others, Wenguan written by Xu and Xujian written by beginners. There are two privately written works: Yu Shinan's Bei Tang Shuchao and Bai Juyi's Six Chapters of the White Cave.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were countless official books and private books. Here are only two representative books-Yongle Dadian and Integration of Ancient and Modern Books.
history
During the Three Kingdoms period in Wei Wendi, he compiled more than 40 copies of Huang Lan for the emperor to read. Later generations followed suit and compiled great books according to the royal collection. Wang Yinglin in Song Dynasty called "Huang Lan" the ancestor of books.
Books flourished in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. There are 200 books of Shouguang Bookstore written by Liu Gao, 20 books of Yuan Lei 120, 620 books of Brief Introduction to Hualin written by Xu Mian, and 360 books of Xiuwen Temple written by Zuda.
The earliest and relatively complete book in existence is The Book of Bei Tang compiled by Yu Shinan during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with an original volume of 173. There are four kinds of books in the Tang Dynasty: Bei Tang's calligraphy, Literature and Art (volume 100), Notes for Beginners by Xu Jian and Liu Tie by Bai.
In the Song Dynasty, Li Yun and others were ordered by Song Taizong to edit 500 volumes of Tai Ping Guang Ji, Tai Lan 1000 volumes, and Wang Qinruo and others edited Ci Fu Yuan Gui 1000 volumes. 1267 Yu Hai, edited by Wang Yinglin in Southern Song Dynasty, 240 volumes.
During the Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, the Grand Ceremony of Yongle compiled by He Yao totaled 22,877 volumes, which was the largest volume at that time. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by the war and many books were missing. Today, it is only about one thirtieth of the original. The number of books in Ming dynasty increased obviously. During Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, there was a prosperous period of compiling and publishing classical Chinese novels.
Represented by Shi Ji, Shuo Lei by Ye and Guang Zhi by Dong. Compiling the collection of classical Chinese novels through quasi-calligraphy style is convenient for readers to retrieve and promote the spread of novels in Ming Dynasty. Popular daily newspapers that prevailed in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty mainly provided the daily practical, moral education and cultural and entertainment needs of the lower classes.
For example, The Tale of the Stone Forest, The Complete Collection of Household Articles, Three Newly Edited Engraving Works for Four People in the World, etc. are all comprehensive daily books. There are books for writing interpersonal communication letters in daily use, such as A Complete Collection of Newly Edited Stories in Chinese Characters, Newly Edited Stories in Chinese Characters in Chinese Characters, and Ding Zhe Yan Tai's Correction of the World Pass.
During the Wanli period, there was a category of books in Yu Wentai's Authentic Daily Books of Dont Ask For Help, including the Rules of Dry Books, the Sword of Gan Ren, the Autumn Support of Gan, and other daily books, which were used to attach themselves to dignitaries. The book Yan Ju Notes edited by Feng Menglong contains the complete works of gay love letters such as greetings from big friends and small officials, letters from small officials to friends, contract signing letters and letters from small officials.
Huang Yuji recorded 128 kinds of books in the Ming Dynasty in Qian Qingtang Bibliography. Ming History and Yi Wen Zhi were edited according to Qian Qingtang Bibliography. There are 439 kinds of books in Ming Dynasty recorded in China Ancient Books Catalogue.
In Qing Dynasty, the total collection of ancient and modern books compiled by Chen Menglei and Jiang Tingxi was 1 000, which was divided into 6 volumes, 32 volumes and 6 1 009 volumes, making it the largest category of books in China at present. During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the invigilator Yao found that candidates often brought in some books to cheat, such as Lei Dian, Wen Hai Ti Bei and Zi Zhu Si Shu, so he banned books by Emperor Jiaqing at 18 15.
Emperor Jiaqing also thought that copying books was not a real talent and learning, and ordered books to be banned. Since then, the development of books has come to an end.
Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-books