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Catalogue
of the
Morrison Collection
1998
Catalogue
of the
Morrison Collection
of
Chinese Books
by
Andrew C. West
University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies
1998
Published by the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London),
Thomhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
School of Oriental and African Studies 1998
Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0 7286 0292 X
Publication supported by a grant from
the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Antony Rowe Ltd., Chi^nham, Wiltshire
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements....................................................................... vi
Introduction.................................................................... ...vii
Catalogue Notes........................................................................xxiii
English Subject Classification...................................................... xxvii
Chinese Subject Classification (...................................................xxxv
Catalogue of the Morrison Collection................................................... 1
Indexes
Title Index......................................................................... 295
Author Index.......................................................................... 333
Appendix: Missing Items
371
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This catalogue is one of the achievements of a one-year project to catalogue the Morrison
Collection at SOAS. In addition to producing the printed catalogue, all the records in this catalogue
have been made available on-line through the RLIN (The Research Libraries Information Network)
database. This project was made possible by a generous grant from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
for International Scholarly Exchange, for which SOAS would like to express its gratitude.
My special thanks go to Richard Brow, Head of the Development Office, who at very short notice
gave crucial help in the preparation and submission of the SOAS application to the Chiang Ching-Kuo
Foundation for funding.
I would also like to warmly thank my academic colleagues, Professor Roderick Whitfield, Professor
Tim BarrettDr. Andrew Lo, Dr. Tzi-Cheng Wang (and Dr. Paul Thompsonfor their active
support and encouragement in getting the cataloguing project up and running. The project would not
have been possible without their assistance.
Dr. Tzi_Cheng Wangs specialist knowledge of rare Chinese books was of utmost importance for
the successful completion of the catalogue. She checked and proof-read all the Chinese entries in the
catalogue, for which the project team are extremely grateful.
I would also like to extend my thanks to Ms Mary Auckland, The Librarian, for her support and
advice, as well as to all the other library staffin particular the other members of the Morrison
Cataloguing Project, Mr. Wallace Batchelor, Deputy Librarian, and Mrs. Mei-Chuan Fuehrer-Cheng,
Cataloguing Assistant. In addition, the Morrison Cataloguing Project could not have been completed
without the kind assistance of my colleague, Yuen-Ying Siu, who gave me considerable help in preparing
the project plan and setting up budgetary controls connected with the project.
Lastly, I owe a great debt of gratitude to the cataloguer, Dr. Andrew West, whose hard work and
perseverance ensured the successful completion of the cataloguing project, despite the limited time
available. Dr. West was not only responsible for the actual cataloguing of the collection, but his
computer skills enabled him to prepare the camera-ready copy for the printed catalogue directly on his
computer, thereby expediting the publication of this catalogue.
Sue Swee Chin Small ()
China Studies Librarian
Morrison Project Manager
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF THE MORRISON COLLECTION
The Morrison Collection at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) comprises the Chinese
books accumulated by Dr. Robert Morrison (1782-1834), the first Protestant missionary to China, during
his sixteen years residence in Guangzhou (Canton) and Macao between 1807 and 1823, together with a
small number of nineteenth-century additions to the collection. Morrison5 s English-language books and
the Chinese books that he collected after his return to China in 1826 up until his death in 1834 were
donated by his son to the Morrison Education Societyand were ultimately given to the University of
Hong Kong where they formed the basis of its Morrison Library.
1807-1823 (The Formation of the Collection)
Morrison first arrived in Guangzhou in September 1807, whereupon he immersed himself in Chinese
language and culture. To begin with he ateslept and dressed as a Chinesebut his constitution was ill-
prepared for such an extreme change in lifestyle, and he soon became ill. Forced to abandon his
experiment in going native he realised that he would have to find other means of assimilating Chinese
language and culture. Books were the obvious keys to unlocking the mysteries of Chinese language,
history, society and religion, and so he set out acquire as many Chinese books on as many subjects as
possible. As with everything else he did, Morrison set about this task with a single-minded
determination. Despite a limited income, and a great many demands on his time, Morrison became an
assiduous collector of Chinese books, buying more and more books as the years went by. After sixteen
years of collecting Morrison had managed to accumulate an immense library of Chinese books covering a
broad spectrum of subjects, and highly representative of the publishing output of early and mid-Qing
China (second half of the seventeenth-century through to the first quarter of the nineteenth century).
Comprising some ten thousand Chinese-style thread-bound volumesthis was an important library by any
standard. It would have been noteworthy for a Chinese scholar to have accumulated such a large and
varied collection of books in such a short space of time, but for a foreigner this was an astounding
achievement.
Many visitors to China before him had acquired Chinese books as curiosities, but Morrison was the
first Westerner to engage in the systematic collection of Chinese books. Although one of the primary
reasons for accumulating such a great library was to facilitate his translation of the bible and the
compilation of his dictionary of the Chinese language, Morrison was not merely collecting for his own
benefit, but hoped that his library would one day provide the foundations for the scholarly study of
Chinese language and culture in England. At that time the great libraries of Europe had only scattered
handfuls of Chinese books, and so it was impossible for anyone interested in China to study its language
and culture without actually going there. Morrison knew that a comprehensive library of Chinese books
was a necessary prerequisite to the training of future generations of scholars and missionariesand so
when he decided to return to England for a short visit in 1823, his first since his arrival in China sixteen
years earlier, he determined to take his collection of Chinese books back with him. Thus it was that on
the 7th December 1823 Morrison and his entire library of ten thousand volumes set sail for England
aboard the H.C.S. Waterloo.
1824-1835 (At the London Missionary Society)
Morrison^ intention in bringing his Chinese library back to England was to donate it to one or other
of the two great universities, the only condition being that the university that accepted his donation would
found a chair in Chinese. Unfortunately Morrison met with little help or encouragement in his noble
aspiration to promote the study of Chinese in England. To begin with he was faced with an
unaffordable import duty on his bookswhich was only waived after lengthy negotiations with the British
government, and intervention at the highest level. And when Morrison5s library was finally admitted
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into the country the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge evinced a remarkable reticence to take up
Morrisons generous offer. The collection was temporarily housed at the premises of the London
Missionary Society whilst negotiations continued with the Universities to find it a permanent home.
During his sojourn in England Morrison was busy working on many projects, but he did not neglect
his collection of Chinese books, and it is recorded that he uleft his Chinese servant in London to make out
a catalogue of his books, which he proposed laying before the public, with an account of the contents of
each work by himself5 {Memoirs of the Life and Labours of Robert Morrison vol.2 pp.295-296).
Unfortunately this intended published catalogue of his collection never came to fruition, and any draft
version that was prepared by Morrison and/or his Chinese servant is now lost. However, an inventory
of the Chinese books that Morrison brought back with him from China does survive in the form of a
rough manuscript catalogue of the collectionwritten in Morrisons own handandaccording to a
colophon by Morrison dated 20th February 1824, completed whilst aboard the Waterloo en route for
England. This manuscript (now held at SOAS as MS 80823, and hereafter referred to as Morrisons
Manuscript Catalogue55) is a small book (about 16 x 13 cm.) of nearly 400 pages, with each page
containing title entries for one of 396 phonetic keywordsfollowing the system used in Morrisons
Dictionary of the Chinese Language. The catalogue comprises a total of 1114 title entrieswhich
accounting for duplicate entries, represent some 900 distinct titles. As many of the entries note the
presence of duplicate and variant copies, the actual number of individual items brought back by Morrison
must have been well over a thousand.
In addition to the books that Morrison brought back with him, two manuscript series of colour
drawings of military manoeuvres (Yunti zhentu ) and a
facsimile reprint of an illustrated Song edition of the Biographies of Notable Women (Xinkan gu
lienuzhuan lj), both inscribed For Dr Morrisons Chinese Library", were sent over from
China by an unknown correspondent in 1825, and subsequently entered into Morrison5 s collection.
Converselyaccording to a note in Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue, when Morrison returned to China
in 1825 he took back with him his only copy of the Qing National Gazetteer {Daqing yitongzhi
) Another note in the catalogue against the title of a missionary tract (Tia/zzAt/ jtowgyAewg
y/ieng/zwgz/ie/zstates the book was sent to Malaccapresumably by request of Dr.
Morrison.
When Morrison returned to China in 1825 neither of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge were
yet willing to accept the donation of his Chinese libraryand Morrison was forced to leave his collection
at the London Missionary Society until such time as a permanent home could be found for it.
1836-1922 (At University College London)
Morrison5s Chinese library gathered dust at the London Missionary Society for the next ten years, and
it was not until his death in 1834 that any fiirther attempt was made to find a permanent home for these
books. Fortunatelythe newly-founded University College London (UCL) agreed to accept Morrisons
collection, and in accord with Morrisons wishes they also agreed to establish a chair in Chinese. The
books were transferred to UCL in about 1836and Samuel Kidd (1804-1843) was duly appointed
Professor in Chinese in 1837 for a term of five years. However UCL did not show the long-term
commitment to Chinese Studies that Morrison would have hoped for, and Kidd5s appointment was not
renewed at the end of his five-year appointment in 1842 as had originally been anticipated. Indeed it
was not until 1871 that a successor to Kidd was finally appointed, and then in 1889, by arrangement with
King5s College, teaching of Chinese at UCL was dropped entirely.
Although Chinese studies were only sporadically and half-heartedly supported by the governing body
of UCL, Morrison5s books were well cared for at UCL? and were separately housed as the Morrison
Chinese Library. During the nineteenth-century the Morrison Chinese Library expanded somewhat with
the addition of a small number of Chinese books. Twenty-five items in the extant collection at SOAS
can be identified as nineteenth-century additions to the Morrison Chinese Library. These include a
group of twelve books dated circa 1840-1844 that were mostly published in Shanghai, and two books by
Dr. Benjamin Hobson (1816-1873) that were donated to UCL by his widow.
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Morrison's Manuscript Catalogue (MS 80823): entries for Sze and Ta.
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There were two major developments in the collection whilst it was housed at UCL. Firstly, in 1854
the Council of University College commissioned Mr. John Williams, Astronomer and Sinologist, to make
a report on the contents of the Morrison Chinese Library. Williams reportdelivered in September of
that year, gives the following summary of the contents of the Morrison Chinese Library:-
Class No. of Works NO. OF VOLS.
Religious, Mystical, etc. 266 779
Medical and Botanical 128 934
Rites and Ceremonies 23 294
Jurisprudence 11 204
Topography, Geography, etc. 52 976
Poetry, Drama, etc. 36 364
History, Chronology, etc. 20 701
Philology, Antiquities, etc. 58 963
Classics 30 497
AstronomyMusicetc. 23 202
Education and Mathematics 31 260
Biography 11 262
Bibliography 2 157
Natural History and Sundries 16 138
Novels and Works of Fiction 81 672
Miscellaneous 39 1,326
Not ascertained 8 18
835 8,747
Duplicates 168 624
9,371
The figure of 9,371 volumes (i.e. fascicles) has been widely quoted in later references to the Morrison
collection. However, this figure is not in fact an entirely accurate representation of the extent of the
collection, as Williams notes in his report that uin enumerating the duplicates, but one copy of each is
reckoned, whereas in many instances three, four, and even as many as twenty copies of the same work
occurby duplicates Williams refers to duplicate copies of the same title and not merely duplicate
editions). That is to say168 of the 835 titles in the collection have one or more duplicate copies, and
that counting only one duplicate copy for each of these 168 works, there are an additional 624 volumes of
duplicates. Consequently, the figure of 9?371 given for the total number of volumes that the collection
comprises ignores any multiple duplicate copies. Taking into account the uncounted duplicate copies,
the true figure for the total number of volumes in the collection should be close to the figure of u10,000
volumes that Morrison gives in the colophon to his manuscript catalogue.
As well as making a report on the contents of the Morrison Chinese Library, Williams also attempted
to organise the collection by cross-referencing the actual books in the Morrison Chinese Library with the
title entries in Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue. To do this he wrote on the front cover of the first
fascicle of each item a sequential catalogue number and the number of volumes (i.e. fascicles) that the
particular item comprised. For those items which either do not have corresponding entries in
Morrison^ Manuscript Catalogue or which Williams failed to find the entries for in the manuscript
catalogue, Williams notes n.c. or not in catalogue instead of the appropriate sequential catalogue
number. The catalogue numbers, ranging sequentially from 1 through 916, that Williams recorded on
the actual books are also noted against most of the title entries in Morrisons Manuscript Cataloguebut
in a hand that belongs to neither Morrison nor Williams. It is clear that Williams did not devise the
system of catalogue numbers himself, as in a number of instances he notes n.c.not in catalogueon
an item instead of the appropriate catalogue numberwhen in fact Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue does
include a corresponding title entry and catalogue number. On the other hand, it is equally clear that
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Williams cannot have used the extant manuscript catalogue as his only source for these numbersas
Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue does not provide an accurate inventory of all the possible numbers
between 1 and 916: six titles in the catalogue have numbers which are evidently incorrect whereas the
actual books give the correct numbers; eight titles have no number whereas the actual books do give a
catalogue number; three books have catalogue numbers whereas neither the numbers nor the titles of the
books are recorded in the catalogue; and eight numbers are neither present in the catalogue nor on any of
the extant books.
A possible explanation for this apparent contradiction is that Williams was working from a now lost
draft version of the catalogue that Morrison was said to have been preparing for publication during his
visit to England in 1824-1825 (see above), and that he followed the numbering system devised by
Morrison for that catalogue. If this were the case, the catalogue numbers against the entries to the
extant manuscript catalogue may well have been added in at a later date by an unknown third party, thus
explaining their inaccuracies. That the catalogue numbers were devised by Morrison rather than Kidd
or Williams is supported by the fact that none of the post-1824 items in the Morrison Chinese Library
not even the two items sent to the London Missionary Society in 1825, are assigned catalogue numbers
by Williams.
In addition to cross-referencing the books in the Morrison Chinese Library with the catalogue entries
in Morrison^ catalogue, Williams also produced an unknown number of catalogue slips for the books in
the collection. Fifty-four of these catalogue slips still survive, originally inserted in the books to which
they refer. These catalogue slips are organised according to the sequential catalogue numbers given in
Morrison5s Manuscript Catalogue, use the system of transliteration devised by Morrison for his Chinese
Dictionary, and in general follow the descriptions given by Morrison in his manuscript catalogue. It is
even possible that these catalogue slips were not actually compiled by Williams himselfbut were copied
out by Williams from a now-lost draft version of Morrisons intended published catalogue of his
collection.
The second important development in the collection occurred sometime during the 1870s or 1880s,
when most of the items in the Morrison Chinese Library were bound in a Western-style bindingand a
catalogue of the bound items was made. This catalogue (now held at SOAS as MS 58685, and hereafter
referred to as the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library)comprises 710 catalogue slips pasted
onto large sheets of paper and bound into book-form, and was presumably compiled by either H.F.Holt
(Professor in Chinese, 1871-1874) or S.Beal (Professor in Chinese, 1877-1889). The catalogue slips
represent some 757 items of the Chinese Morrison Library bound in a total of approximately 1862
volumes, together with two exceptional unbound items, viz. two fascicles of manuscript colour drawings
zAew and )and one folio-size fascicle of facsimile
rubbings of bronzes JTawg Fuz/zd zAcmg).This catalogue is not
limited to the books originally brought back to England by Morrison, but also includes some later
additions to the collection.
In general the binding programme was beneficial to the collection as it both protected the books from
wear and tear, and ensured that the otherwise loose parts of each book were kept together. However, in
some cases different sections of the same book were bound apart from each other and described in the
catalogue as separate items. In other cases, individual fascicles were accidentally omitted from the
binding, and some of these have since become lost. The majority of items were bound individually, but
a large number of short pamphlets were bound up together. There are eighteen such bound volumes
of pamphlets in the Morrison Collection, representing some 203 items:
Astrological AlmanacsRM c.41.t.7): 12 items;
Astrological AlmanacsRM c.41 .t.8): 11 items;
Literary & Other PamphletsRM c.500.t.l): 11 items;
Literary & Other PamphletsRM c.500.t.2): 15 items;
Literary & Other PamphletsRM c.500.t.3): 6 items;
Pamphlets (RM c.500.y.2): 15 items;
PamphletsRM c.502.p.l): 19 items;
Taouist & Other PamphletsRM e.502.p.2): 9 items;
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Taouist & Other PamphletsRM e.502.p.3): 11 items;
Taouist & Other PamphletsRM c.502.p.4): 9 items;
PamphletsRM c.502.p.5): 6 items;
Buddhist PamphletsRM c.801.p.l): 10 items;
Buddhist PamphletsRM c.801.p .2): 16 items;
Buddhist PamphletsRM c.801.p.3): 12 items;
Buddhist PamphletsRM c.801.p.4): 10 items;
Taouist PamphletsRM c.804.p.l): 12 items;
Missionary Pamphlets (Missing): 7 items;
Protestant Pamphlets (Missing): 12 items.
In 1917 the School of Oriental Studies (later to be renamed School of Oriental and African Studies)
was founded in order to act as the centre for the teaching of Oriental and African languages, literature,
history, religion and customs in the University of London. To this end, the University of London Senate
resolved in June 1917 to allow an exchange of Western language books inherited by the School of
Oriental Studies from the London Institution for books on Oriental subjects held by the libraries of
University College London and Kings College Londonas well as those held by the University Gen^^
Library. Under this arrangement the Morrison Chinese Library at UCL was to be deposited on
permanent loan at SOAS. In April 1922 the Morrison books were finally transferred to SOAS, where,
together with the Marsden Collection that had been transferred from King5s College in 1920, they finally
formed the foundation for a centre of academic excellence that Morrison had hoped to see established a
hundred years earlier.
Whilst SOAS was the ideal repository for Monison5s collection, it was unfortunate that the Morrison
Chinese Library lost its distinct and unique identity after it had been transferred to its new home.
Instead of being shelved separatelyas they had been at UCLAe Moirison books were intershelved with
all the other Chinese books at SOASand as the SOAS collection grew over the years the books from the
erstwhile Morrison Chinese Library became more and more diffused throughout the collection.
Furthermoreas there was no foil catalogue or inventory of the books derived from the Morrison Chinese
Library, as time went by it became increasing unclear exactly which books in the SOAS collection
derived from Morrisons collection. It was not until 1996 that a project to catalogue the Morrison
Collection, generously funded by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation, was initiated, and an attempt was
made to identify the collection.
According to archive sources (MS 226830 (1) IH/3/20), SOAS acknowledged the receipt of the
following items transferred from the Morrison Chinese Library at UCL in 1922 (there is some
discrepancy between these figures and the numbers of volumes or parts that UCL claim to have sent to
SOAS):
1861 bound volumes (UCL gives this as 1858 volumes) this figure accords almost exactly with
the approximately 1,862 bound volumes listed in the UCL Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese
Library;
2,374 paper parts (UCL gives this as 2,371 paper parts and 86 paper parts in cloth cases) this
figure is somewhat higher than the figures of about 1500 or between one and two thousand
unbound parts or pamphlets given by the UCL librarian R.W. Chambers in his 1918 appendix to the
UCL Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library;
24 parts in boxes;
4 rolls;
8 anatomical charts;
1 MS catalogue (i.e. Morrison5s Manuscript Catalogue).
The bound volumes of the Morrison Chinese Library are easily identifiable because of the distinctive
1922-Present (At the School of Oriental and African Studies)
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and uniform coloured bindings given them by UCL in the nineteenth-century, and because of the
presence of a bookplate indicating that the books were on loan to the School of Oriental Studies from
UCL. In addition a letter K has been written on the title-page or fly-leaf of each item that was bound
so that even those books that have been rebound by SOAS and have lost the original bookplate can still
be identified.
The loose fascicles inherited from the Morrison Chinese Library can only be identified by the
presence of the bookplate on the inside of the front or back cover commemorating the transferral of the
books from UCL to SOAS and/or by the presence of the sequential catalogue number written on the front
cover of the first fascicle of each item by Williams in 1854. Howeveras the paper covers of the
unprotected loose fascicles are very fragile, these identifying features are easily lost. In particular, those
items which have been bound or cased whilst in the care of SOAS have often had the paper covers
removed, thereby excising the primary evidence of their origin. Moreover, a letter from UCL
accompanying the delivery of the Morrison Chinese Library to SOAS in 1922 notes that some of the
unbound volumes had yet to be bookplated, and requests SOAS to keep these on one side until someone
could be sent down to put the bookplates in. It is possible that this bookplating was never done, in
which case any of these unbound items that were not recorded in Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue or
that later lost the cover on which Williams had written the sequential catalogue number would be
impossible to identify.
Thus far the following items deriving from the Morrison Chinese Library at UCL have been identified
in the SOAS collection:
681 of the 757 bound items recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library, comprising
8,177 fascicles bound in 1,677 volumes;
46 loose fascicles that belong with bound items recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese
Library;
2 unbound items recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library, comprising 3 fascicles;
88 unbound items (loose or cased), comprising 261 fascicles;
15 originally unbound items that have since been bound by SOAS, comprising 67 fascicles;
39 plicated sutra-scrolls, comprising 75 fascicles;
2 sets of folded maps )comprising 2 fascicles;
6 sheets of the set of eight anatomical charts (Quanti fentu )
This gives a total of some 8,631 fascicles, a figure that falls significantly short of the 10,000 volumes
that Morrison notes that he brought back to England in 1824, or the 9,371 volumes (excluding multiple
duplicate copies) that Williams gives for the extent of the Morrison Chinese Library in 1854. In
particular, the 454 loose fascicles identified so far represent only about 20% of the number of unbound
parts recorded as having been transferred to SOAS from the Morrison Chinese Library. In summary,
the following items in the Morrison Chinese Library remain unaccounted for:
76 items comprising 185 bound volumes recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library;
1,920 loose fascicles;
24 parts in boxes (probably wanftzao zg/z'
and that are recorded
in Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue as comprising 24 vols, in 4 boxes);
4 rolls (probably the four sheets showing acupuncture points entitled Tongrentu ilAlffl recorded in
Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue).
A large proportion of the nearly two thousand missing loose fascicles may well be duplicate copies of
bound items recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library, but it is more than likely that at
least some of the missing fascicles correspond to unidentified titles in Morrisons Manuscript Catalogue.
There are about a hundred titles in Morrison^ Manuscript Catalogue that are not recorded in the
Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library and cannot be identified in the SOAS collection (listed in the
Appendix at the end of the present catalogue). These are mostly short works comprising only one or
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two fascicles each, but they also include some fairly substantial items such as the imperial compilation of
dramatic tunes, Jiugong dacheng in 100 fascicles, editions of the Manchu dictionary
aw in 40 and 46 fasciclesand a collection of thirty Cantonese ballads ()
Counting only one copy per title, these missing titles would account for some 907 fascicles. What has
become of these missing items is completely unknown, although as they are not recorded in the published
catalogue of the SOAS collection, it is probable that they were disposed of by SOAS as duplicates during
theinter-waryearswhenSOASwasstillsitedatFinsburyCircus.
In addition to complete missing items, there are a further 94 individual fascicles that are missing from
Morrison books in the SOAS collection. 9 of these are missing fascicles from unbound itemswhilst 85
are individual fascicles from bound items that were accidentally omitted from the binding process. For
example, Morrison^ Manuscript Catalogue gives Wanshou shengdian chuji as
comprising 60 fascicles, whereas the extant item comprises but 56 fascicles bound in 10 volumes, lacking
all the illustrations comprising fascs. 18-21.
The 76 missing items recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library can be divided into
two groups (the missing items are all listed in the Appendix at the back of this catalogue).
Firstly, 29 items (comprising 67 bound volumes) that can be tentatively identified from the published
catalogue of the general collection of Chinese books at SOAS, but that are missing from the shelves.
These include some single-volume items that were on open stacks, and which it can be assumed were
abducted by unscrupulous readers. This is the mostly likely explanation for the loss of eight mainly
risque or pornographic novels (Jinshanghua Xinghuatian Hairui anzhuan
owjAbwgzgW
and ).However, other missing items were either shelved on closed stacks or
were multi-volume sets (e.g. bound in 14 vols.and
bound in 7 vols.)and cannot simply have walked. The general Chinese collection at SOAS includes
other copies or editions of most of the latter such items, and it is therefore probable that the Morrison
editions of these titles were disposed of as duplicates during the 1970s. Unfortunately no records of
their disposal have been kept.
Secondly, 47 items (comprising 118 bound volumes) that cannot be identified in the published
catalogue of the general Chinese collection at SOAS. It is probable that some, if not mostof these
items were transferred from the main SOAS library to the library of the Far East Department at SOAS in
the 1950s. None of the books deposited at the departmental library were included in the main library
card catalogue or recorded in the published general catalogue of the SOAS collection. Nor does the
Library seem to have kept a record of which books were transferred to the departmental libraryand the
only evidence for the existence of these books are blank spaces left in the callmark registers held by the
China Section of the Librarywhich indicates the call-numbers of the missing books but not their titles.
The Far East departmental library was disbanded in 1972 when the new library building was
completedand the Far East department moved to its present location in the new building. Nobody can
now recall what became of the books held at the departmental library, but it is thought that the main
library did not want them back because they were mainly duplicates of titles already in the main
collection, and so the books were disposed of by the Far East Department.
The following six missing books recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library, and
which can be identified from stamps on them as once belonging to the Far East departmental library at
SOAS, have been traced to the Oriental Collection of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University
(Bodleian call-numbers in parentheses):
Guangbowuzhi (Sinica 2845);
Sinica 2846);
Guangdong tongzhi (Sinica 3150);
ngzAzSinica3151);
Liangguangyanfazhi (Sinica 3178);
Liangguangyanfa waizhi (Sinica 3179).
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Ironically, given Oxford5 s refusal to accept the donation of the collection when offered it by Morrison
in 1824the Bodleian is not prepared to see these items repatriated with the rest of the Morrison
Collection at SOAS. These items are therefore not included in the present catalogue.
Amongst the other missing items recorded in the Catalogue of the Morrison Chinese Library are a
bound volime of seven Mission Pamphlets d a borad volume of twelve Protestant Pamphlets
togefter with three missionaty workstwo frslations of the New Testementand a tenslation of
Holy Bible These items represent almost the entire corpus of Christian literature in the Morrison
collection (the only remaining item of Christian literature in the collection being a solitary translation of
Exodus that has been preserved in one of the bound volumes of pamphlets). These items were unlikely
to have been deposited in the Far East departmental library, and as SOAS does not actively collect
missionaiy texts it seems probable that these items were disposed of as a lot by the Library.
Unfortunately no record exists of when this occurred and who the recipients of SOAS^ generosity were.
The remaining books deriving from the Morrison Chinese Library at UCL have now been collected
together and designated as the Morrison Collection. With the exception of the ten manuscript items,
which are shelved with the general manuscript collection, all the books in the Morrison Collection are
now shelved together in a single location on closed stacks to facilitate reference by scholars and students.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE MORRISON COLLECTION
The Morrison Collection is one of the largest and most extensive collections of Qing dynasty books to
have ever been accumulated by a single individual. Although the collection does not possess very many
items of great individual worthtaken as a whole the collection is invaluable. One of the main reasons
why the Morrison Collection is so important is that it includes many books that are underrepresented in
traditional Chinese book collections. Chinese book collectors during the Qing dynasty were only
interested in collecting fine and rare editions, and so generally limited themselves to books published
during the Ming dynasty and earlier. Morrison, on the other hand, was not a connoisseur of fine books,
but simply wanted to build up a library of books that would be useful for the study of Chinese language,
literature, history, religion and culture. He therefore bought whatever books were available and
affordable, with the result that the majority of books in his collection were the output of the
contemporary commercial publishing industry. These were precisely the books that Chinese collectors
did not deign to collect, and hence which today are often more difficult to locate than urare,5 Ming
editions.
The 893 records in the present catalogue can be classified under the following general headings:
Classics (Editions and Studies of the Classics): 34 records;
Philology (Dictionaries, Phonology, Vocabularies of Foreign Languages, etc.): 38 records;
Examination Essays: 23 records;
History: 16 records;
Biography: 20 records;
Government (Jurisprudence, Governmental Institutions, Military Affairs, etc.) : 38 records;
Geography: 36 records;
Antiquities: 5 records;
Bibliography: 1 record;
Confucianism: 23 records;
Philosophical Daoism: 3 records;
Military Strategy: 5 records;
Agriculture: 6 records;
Medicine: 133 records;
Astronomy and Mathematics: 14 records;
Astrology and Divination: 37 records;
Pastimes (Art, Calligraphy, Music, Games, etc.): 15 records;
Miscellaneous Writings: 13 records;
Anecdotes and Tales: 30 records;
Classified Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries of Phraseology: 22 records;
Buddhism: 120 records;
Daoism: 92 records;
Christianity: 1 record;
Islam: 3 records;
Prose and Poetry: 41 records;
Letters: 16 records;
Drama and Balladry: 19 records;
Vernacular Fiction: 76 records;
Collected Editions of Texts (covering more than one subject area): 13 records.
From this it can be seen that the Morrison Collection is very broad in contentencompassing all the
major subject areas. Nevertheless, there are certain strengths and weaknesses in the collection.
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Morrison was particularly interested in understanding as much as possible about the native religions he
had to contend with, and so not surprisingly the collection has numerous Buddhist and Daoist works,
many with multiple copies. Like most missionaries, Morrison was also actively involved in medical
work (he had opened a dispensary in Canton, run by a local doctor), and this is reflected in the
exceptional collection of medical texts in the collection, which largely represent the contents of a medical
library purchased by Morrison. Other areas of particular strength in the collection include vernacular
fiction, literary tales and anecdotes, examination essays, and letters.
Paucity of individual editions in areas such as non-orthodox pre-Qin philosophy and pre-Qing prose
and poetry is made up for by an impressive number of collected editions of texts, including collected
editions of the Thirteen ClassicsSAZmwwg Aw )the Seventeen Histories&
)the Ten Philosophers/)as well as ten general collections of texts
(congshu MW) covering some 1,115 titles in 808 fascicles.
In chronological terms, the collection is highly representative of the early and mid-Qing publishing
output. In particular there is a concentration of books printed during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods
as can be seen from the following analysis of the dates of printing of the 411 books in the Morrison
Collection which give an explicit date of publication or printing:
Ming dynasty (between 1589 and 1644) : 3 books;
Shunzhi period (1644-1661): 3 books;
Kangxi period (1662-1722): 15 books;
Yongzheng period (1723-1735): 7 books;
Qianlong period (1736-1795): 115 books;
Jiaqing period (1796-1820): 244 books;
Daoguang period (between 1821 and 1823): 11 books;
Post-1823: 13 books.
As would be expected the Morrison Collection includes very few genuine Ming editions, none of
which are earlier than the Wanli period (1573-1620). The following Ming editions, including some
which may have been printed during the Qing dynasty using printing blocks carved during the Ming
dynasty, can be identified in the collection:
/zAzcirca 1579);
circa 1583);
Darning Wanli jichou chongkan gaibing wuyin leiju sishengpian
1589);
Jingji leibian (circa 1604);
fwAwf circa I6O7);
Dongxiyangkao (circa 1618);
circa 1624);
Cibei shuichanfa (1633);
"Awa>zg1634);
Tianxia yitongzhi Qing print of Daimwgj;wzgz/w printed using altered
Ming dynasty printing blocks).
In addition to the above itemsthe collection also includes the following Qing dynasty reprints of
Ming editions, made using recarved printing blocks:
Xinbian pingzhu Tongxuan xiansheng Zhang Guo xingzong daquan
1797 reprint of circa 1593 edition);
9flwgUQing
reprint of circa 1597 edition);
Sflwtogwaw yawgzAfcf teogw jnVwgrff/zg zAengzowg
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(Qing reprint of circa 1598 edition);
Qing reprint of circa 1608 edition);
/feng /zVzom W Qing reprint of circa 1608 edition);
1798 reprint of 1628-1639 edition);
iVbngzAe/zg wa/w/m 1843 reprint of circa 1639 edition);
/mq/h cAewg circa 1697 reprint of Ming edition);
Fomendingzhi (Qingreprint of Ming edition);
wawzAi/aw Qing reprint of Ming edition).
Due to the prohibitive restrictions imposed on foreigners living in China by the Qing government,
Morrison was only permitted to live in Guangzhou, and so was unable to travel elsewhere. The only
opportunity that he had to visit other parts of the country came in 1816 when he travelled from
Guangzhou to Beijing as part of Lord Amhersfs embassy. Unfortunately the embassy was a disastrous
failure, and was sent packing on the very day of its arrival in the capital, thus depriving Morrison of any
chance of incrementing his collection by visiting its famous book-markets. Moreoveras the embassy
was chaperoned by Chinese officials on the trip up to Beijing, and returned by sea, there was little
opportunity for Morrison to acquire any new books en route. Thus Morrison5s book-collecting activities
were perforce restricted to Guangzhou.
Fortuitously, Guangzhou was the most important centre of commercial publishing in Southern China
during the Qing dynasty, and dozens of publishing houses were established in Guangzhou, clustered
together on Western Lake Street (Xihujie and Nine-stars Alley (Jiuyaofang in the
region in front of the Provincial Education Commission (at the centre of the town. A number of
other publishing housesas well as branches of some Guangzhou publishing houseswere also
established in the nearby town of Foshan also referred to in publishing credits as Chanshan )
The vast majority of commercial editions collected by Morrison were printed by Guangzhou publishing
houses, as is evidenced by designations for Guangzhou such as ^Guangdong provincial capitaF,
)Guang town)Goat town)etc. that are often prefixed to the name of tlie publishing
house. The following commercial publishing houses represented in the Morrison Collection explicitly
give Guangzhou or Foshan as their place of business:
Guangxintang at Guangzhou): 3 editions dating between 1770 and 1817;
Jianxiangzhai at Guangzhou): 1 edition dating at 1818;
Jujingtang at Guangzhou): 3 editions;
Wenyuantang at Guangzhou): 3 editions dating at 1775;
Wuchelou (at Guangzhou): 1 edition dating at 1757;
Wuyunlou at Guangzhou): 5 editions dating between 1814 and 1838;
Zhengxiantang (at Guangzhou): 1 edition;
Zhengzu Huixiantang (at Guangzhou): 3 editions;
Dingwentang in front of the Provincial Education Commission): 1 edition dating at 1809;
Guangwentang in front of the Provincial Education Commission): 7 editions dating at
1824;
Juwentang in front of the Provincial Education Commission): 4 editions dating between
1797 and 1819;
Juxiantang in front of the Provincial Education Commission): 12 editions dating between
1795 and 1808;
Juyingtang in front of the Provincial Education Commission): 2 editions;
Linxingtang in front of the Provincial Education Commission): 1 edition dating at 1813;
Danguitang and Panguitang run by the Su family (at Jiuyaofang in
Guangzhou): 6 editions dating between 1816 and 1822;
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Hebizhai at Jiuyaofang in Guangzhou): 3 editions dating between 1797 and 1819;
Jinguangtang at Jiuyaofang in Guangzhou): 2 editions dating between 1793 and 1823;
Rongdetang at Jiuyaofang in Guangzhou): 2 editions;
Shangguzhai run by the Pan family (at Jiuyaofang in Guangzhou): 5 editions dating
between 1780 and 1816;
Xinjianzhai at Jiuyaofg in Guangzhou): 36 editions dating between 1773 and 1821;
Bowenzhai at Xihujie in Guangzhou): 1 edition;
Fuwenzhai at Xihujie in Guangzhou): 7 editions dating between 1813 and 1820;
Liushuzhai run by Kang Eryou at Xihujie in Guangzhou): 2 editions dating at
1806;
Wenbaozhai at Xihujie in Guangzhou): 1 edition dating at 1816;
Xiaowentang at Xihujie in Guangzhou): 2 editions dating between 1804 and 1821;
Yiwentang run by the Yang Yongqing (at Xihujie in Guangzhou): 2 editions
dating between 1806 and 1815;
Fuwentang at Foshan): 5 editions dating between 1821 and 1824;
Lao Huixiantang at Foshan): 8 editions dating between 1762 and 1814;
Shengdetang at Foshan): 11 editions dating between 1779 and 1809.
Some of the commercial publishing houses, in particular Juxiantang and Xinjianzhai, were also
responsible for the carving of printing blocks for religious texts on behalf of Buddhist and Daoist temples.
The printing blocks would be stored at the temple, where devotees could print off copies for charitable
distribution. Eighty-four of the 120 Buddhist texts in the Morrison Collection were printed between
1658 and 1823 from blocks held at the Haichuang Buddhist temple in Canton, whilst six of the
92 Daoist texts were printed between 1742 and 1811 at the Sanyuangong HtcS Daoist temple at
Yuexiushan in the centre of Guangzhou.
Aside from Guangzhou the other main centres of commercial publishing during the Qing dynasty
were the populous cities of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Nanjing in the Jiangnan region. Jiangnan editions
were generally of a higher quality than Canton editions, and a relatively small number of books issued by
commercial publishing houses in the Jiangnan region are to be found in Morrison^s collection, in
particular books issued by the Suzhou publishing houses of Shuyetang 5 books), Sanduozhai
5 books)and Saoye shanfang 4 books). Important amongst the Jiangnan
editions in the Morrison CoUection are the following reprints of fine editions of important texts edited
and published by Mao Jin 1599-1659) during the late Ming and early Qing:
Shisanjing zhushu (1798 reprint by the Shuyetang publishing house of the edition
published by Mao Jin between 1628 and 1639);
Shiqishi (Jiaqing period reprint by the Saoye shanfang publishing house of the edition
published by Mao Jin between 1628 and 1656);
reprint by the Sanyutang publishing house at Hangzhou);
ZiusAfcAwirw reprint by the Baohuozhai publishing house).
The only other noteworthy centre of commercial publishing during the Qing dynasty was the capital
Beijing. However, although Beijing was an important marketplace for books produced elsewhere, it
lacked the natural resources (viz. timber for the printing blocks) to support a commercial publishing
industry on the same scale as Guangzhou or the cities of the Jiangnan region, and so commercial
publishing was to a large extent limited to books of particular local interest such as Manchu texts and
specialist publications for officials. This is reflected in the Morrison Collection, which only includes
seven commercial editions published in Beijing, of which three are Sino-Manchu texts and two are
handbooks for officials.
In addition to the commercial editions that comprise the majority of books in the Morrison Collection
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the collection also includes a substantial minority of private and official editions, which are usually of a
much higher quality, both physically and textually, than the commercially-produced books.
Private editions are generally books that were written or edited by members of the scholar-official
elite, and privately-published for dissemination amongst their peers. As would be expected, most of the
private editions in the Morrison Collection were published by members of the scholar-official class living
in the Guangzhou regionincluding prominent scholarly figures of the time such as Zhang Dunren
1754-1834) and Ruan Yuan 1764-1849). These private editions include a number of fine
facsimile reprints of Song dynasty editions:
Daguang yihui yupian 1704 facsimile reprint by Zhang Shijun of a Song
edition);
c/rcwgxzw gwa/zgyww 1704 facsimile reprint by Zhang Shijun of a Song
edition);
Song Wang Fuzhai zhongding kuanzhi (1802 facsimile reprint by Ruan Yuan
of a set of Song dynasty bronze rubbings);
z /7 z/m +||1805_1806 facsimile reprint by Zhang Dunren of a
1177 edition);
Yantielun (1807 facsimile reprint by Zhang Dimren of a 1501 reprint of a circa 1201-1204
edition);
Tbo ywawmfng 1807 facsimile reprint by Lu Quan of a Southern Song
edition from the collection of Mao Jins son Mao Yi )
gw !J1825 facsimile reprint by Ruan Yuans son Ruan Fu
of a Southern Song edition);
Qianshi xiao'er zhijue (Qing facsimile reprint of a Song edition).
Official editions include works published by local government organs and by the central government.
As is to be expected, most of the local government publications in the Morrison Collection were
published by the Guangdong provincial government. These include a provincial gazetteer, gazetteers of
Chenghai, Nanhai and Panyu counties, a list of the distances between every town and every staging post
in the province )a detailed account of the taxation of Guangdong province
(Gwawgttowg )the rules and regulations for custom duties and taxes in
Guangdong province (Yue haiguan zhengshou gexiang guigong yinliang gengding zeli
IJ)and an account of the salt industry in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces
(ZzandZiawggi/)
The Morrison Collection also boasts an impressive eollection of mostly voluminous reference works
(together comprising some 1,161 fascicles) compiled under the auspices of the Kangxi, Yongzheng,
Qianlong and Jiaqing emperorsand printed at the Imperial Printing House of Wuyingdian or by
other central government organs (including some officially-sanctioned provincial reprints):
1685);
1696);
yzaw/ez.Aaw 1710);
Peiwenyunfu (1711);
1713);
1713);
1715);
Wanshoushengdianchujfi 1715-1716);
Kangxizidian (1716);
yi/e/;yao1716);
yw/z/ws%/ 1720);
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Awfzwaw 1721); \
Yuzhi shulijingyun (1721);
1722-1742);
Yudingpianzi leibian (1726);
1727);
Zishijinghua 1727);
5^2^^?21730);
gh1730+);
w Gao 1739);
Daywg/a/zwzg 1739);
/)/5^21/2/1(2/^?/15/^§%/21739);
A^/zgs/zengzwitew AwawgtyAegxw 1739);
0zWz>zg/f6Mze/f 1742);
1742);
i)agg/z1756);
Qindingyixiangkaocheng 1756);
gzWzVzg Sofficial Jiang1^11 f 311 ed0n Panted by the
Wuyingdian in 1764 using wooden moveable type);
Nanxuri shengdian (1771);
R^yzVzgtftVm yi/z/re6aw cowgsTiu official Zhejiang abridged reprint of an
edition printed by the Wuyingdian between 1774 and 1776 using wooden moveable type);
1781);
0>2 7edition printed by the Wuyingdian circa 1797 using
wooden moveable type);
1805);
Qinding kechang tiaoli (1816).
In addition to the printed works which comprise the vast majority of the Morrison Collection, the
collection includes eleven manuscript items, nine of which are not known from printed editions:
Gegwo a 1549 transcription of ten of a set of thirteen vocabulary lists that are
believed to have been compiled by the Interpreters Institute between about 1492 and 1549);
_ Yunti zhentu (a set of four colour drawings and explanatory text illustrating the stages in
an attack on a fortified position using scaling ladders);
Longhu zhentu (a set of seven colour drawings and explanatory text illustrating various
battle formations);
an the medical case-notes of Dr. Li Jufan [the doctor in
charge of Morrison5s pharmacy in Guangzhou] for the year 1820);
MteAwan a collection of medical charms and spells);
Qingxian fuzhou (a collection of invocational charms and spells);
Hanzi qituobu (a Chinese Kitab, comprising phonetic transliterations of prayers and
pieces from the Qur5n);
Jw a collection oflegal cases in various hands dating from the Qianlong period);
Daqing liili (a copy of the Qing penal code, bound with the collection of legal cases);
Aomen jiliie ^||P^SB§ (a description of Macao, being a copy of a printed edition of 1751);
Fwe/gwaw zAenm gedflwg gwfgcwg gewgg ze/f
the rules and regulations for custom duties and taxes in Guangdong provincebeing a copy of a
printed edition of circa 1760).
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CATALOGUE NOTES
Scope of the Catalogue
The catalogue includes records for all the items currently in the SOAS Collection that are derived
from the Morrison Chinese Library at UCLincluding both the books brought back from China by
Morrison in 1824 and any nineteenth-century additions to the collection. The catalogue comprises a
total of 893 records, 92 of which have one or more duplicate copies, giving a total of 1,001 items. Of
the 893 records in the catalogue:
826 records (representing 933 items) can be identified as deriving from Morrisons original
collection, either from corresponding entries in Morrison5 s Manuscript Catalogue or from the
sequential catalogue number written on their front cover;
27 records (representing 27 items) have post-1824 publication dates and so must be later additions to
the collection;
40 records (representing 41 items) cannot be identified from Morrison5s Manuscript Catalogue, but
do not have post-1824 publications dates, and so may or may not derive from Morrisons original
collection (these include twenty astronomical almanacs covering the years Jiaqing 21 [1816] through
Daoguang 4 [1824] that almost certainly belonged to Morrison, but were probably not included in
his manuscript catalogue because of their ephemeral nature).
Subject Classification
The catalogue records are arranged in subject order, according to the traditional four-part (sibu E9p|5)
classification system generally used for pre-modem Chinese books. This system has been modified to
take into account the special features of the collection, for example the addition of separate sections for
Examination Essays and Letters. Within the lowest level of each subject heading the records are
arranged in approximately chronological order according to their date of composition.
Record Format
Main Heading
The main heading of each record lists a transliteration of the main titleits date of publication
and an indication of whether or not the book derives from Morrison's original collection.
The date of publication is the equivalent Western year for the date given on the title-page, book-label
or publishers colophon. Where no explicit statement of the date of publication is to be found on the
bookthen n.d. is noted in tiie main heading. If the date of publication can be determined from
internal evidence (e.g. prefaces that were written specifically for that particular edition) or external
sourcesthe presumed date of publication is given in parentheses after n.d. If not, the earliest possible
date of publication (generally the date of the latest preface) followed by a plus sign is given in
parentheses after n.d.e.g. n.d. (1790+) to indicate that a book was published no earlier than 1790).
RM indicates that the book can be identified as belonging to Morrisons original collection; Not
RM,9 indicates that the book can be identified as being a later addition to Morrison^ original collection;
and RM ? indicates that the book cannot be positively identified as deriving from Morrisons original
collection, but that the possibility cannot be excluded as it does not have a post-1824 date of publication.
If there is a number following RM it is the sequential catalogue number assigned to the title in
Morrison^ Manuscript Catalogue or on the front cover of the first fascicle of the item. If the title is
assigned two or more numbers in Morrisons Manuscript Cataloguethese numbers are separated by
slashes in the heading; whereas if the record covers two or more titles in Morrisons Manuscript
Catalogue, each with separate numbers, then the numbers are sqjarated by commas in the heading.
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Description
Following the main heading is a brief description of the booknoting details of composition and
authorshipas well as any unusual featuressuch as marginal notes written by Morrison.
For all works comprising twelve or fewer juan % (logical volumes) the foliation of the text is also
given following the description.
Callmarks
The callmarks of all copies or parts of the book are listed after its description. Callmarks prefixed
RM denote printed books that are shelved as part of the Morrison Collectionwhilst callmarks prefixed
MS denote manuscript items that are shelved in the general manuscript collection.
Following each callmark is noted the following information about the physical condition of the
particular item: the number of thread-bound fascicles (ce flj) that it comprises, and, where appropriate,
the number of Western-style volumes that it is bound in (if the number of volumes is given in square
brackets, this denotes that the item is bound together with one or more other titles, and the number of
volumes in brackets is the number of volumes for the common call-number); the height of the physical
page (rounded up to the nearest half centimetre); and for incomplete items or separately callmarked parts
of a single item a note in Chinese of its textual extent.
Title Heading (in Chinese)
This gives the title, textual division (number of juan volumes, etc.), and authorship credits for the
main title and any subsidiary titles as appropriate.
Where possiblethe form of the title used is that given at the head of the of the main text (or
in a few cases the title given in the individual table of contents at the hed of the first jwaw). If the title
given at the head of other juan varies significantly from that found at the head of the first juan, then the
variant title is given in parentheses. Where no title is given at the head of the first juan of text, then the
most appropriate form of the title is given, and its source is indicated by the following symbols:
* ~ indicates that the title is based on the entry in Morrison5s Manuscript Catalogue, is the title given
in standard bibliographic reference books, or, in the case of astrological almanacs is a devised uniform
title;
--indicates that the title is taken from the title-page (or title label ()orin the case of
manuscript items only, that the title is written on the front cover;
x ~ indicates that the title is taken jfrom the table of contents title, 7wan-final title, preface title, or title
given on the central margin of the folio (>[
The textual division is given after the main title and each subsidiary title as necessary. For collected
editions and books which have a non-sequential textual divisionthe total number of is given in
parentheses.
The authorship credits are generally based on the credits given at the head of each ym of text or at
the head of the table of contents. In some cases the authorship credits are based on the lists of names of
officials involved in the composition and publication of the book that e generally to be found as part of
the prefatory material of official editions. In both cases, the authorial or editorial function of the names
listed in the authorship credits are given exactly as in the book, even where this may not accurately
reflect the exact function of the person. If the credits in the book use a courtesy name or pseudonym
then that form of the name is also used in the title heading, but with the standard form of the name given
in parentheses if known. Authorship credits based on information supplied in the prefacenoted on the
title-pageor derived from external soinrces are given in square brackets.
Imprint Heading (in Chinese)
This gives the publication details.
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Subsidiary Title Headings (in Chinese)
For collected editions of texts, this lists the title headings for each component title. If the title given on
the title-page varies significantly from the title given at the head of the textthen the title-page title is
added in parenthesesand indicated by a dagger
Bibliographic Description (in Chinese)
This provides detailed bibliographic descriptions of the book, given under the following headings:
--description of the fomat of the printed text, including size of the print-arealineationand the
title as given on the central margin;
details of illustrations of particular bibliographic interest;
--the information imprinted on the title-pagewith the text of different parts of the title-page
separated by semi-colons;
the title imprinted on the book-label if this differs from the title given elsewhere;
- deteils of any publication creditspublishers colophons or any other printed remarks pertaining
to the publication of the book;
details of the contents of the work where appropriate;
details of prefaces and colophons (howeverundated anonymous prefaces and colophons are not
noted);
--cataloguers explanatory remarks.
Textual Transcription
The graphic forms of characters used in book-titles and personal names are given as printed in the
original book, and except for minor variant forms have not been standardised.
The following symbols are used for transcribing Chinese text:
Missing or illegible Chinese characters are represented by the symbol ;
A blank space in quoted Chinese text is represented by the symbol ;
A square black mark (moding MT) in quoted Chinese text is represented by the symbol .
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SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION
CLASSICS
GENERAL WORKS................................................................... 1
Collected Editions of the Classics.............................................1
The Thirteen Classics (1 record).............................................1
The Five Classics (4 records)................................................1
Excerpts (1 record)............................................................3
Philological Studies (2 records)...............................................3
THE BOOK OF CHANGES.............................................................4
Annotated Editions (2 records)............................................... 4
THE BOOK OF DOCUMENTS............................................................4
Annotated Editions (1 record)..................................................4
THE BOOK OF SONGS................................................................5
Annotated Editions (1 record)................................................ 5
Treatises (1 record)...........................................................5
RITES AND CEREMONIES ......................................................6
The Book of Rites..............................................................6
Annotated Editions (2 records)...............................................6
General Explication of the Rites (1 record)....................................6
Official Rites and Ceremonies (3 records)......................................7
Miscellaneous Rites and Ceremonies (1 record)..................................7
CLASSICAL MUSIC................................................................ 8
The Pitch Sytem (1 record).....................................................8
THE SPRING AND AUTUMN AALS.......................................................8
The Zuo Commentary........................................................... 8
Annotated Editions (1 record)................................................8
General Explication............................................................9
Annotated Editions (1 record)................................................9
Excerpts (1 record)..........................................................9
THE FOUR CONFUCIAN BOOKS...................................................... 9
The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean ..................... ........9
General Explication (1 record)........................................... 9
Collected Editions of the Four Books..........................................10
Annotated Editions (8 records)..............................................10
Manchu Translations (1 record).............................................. 12
PHILOLOGY.......................................................................13
Lexicology.............................................................._ 13
Collected Editions (1 record).............................................. 13
Dialect Studies (1 record)..................................................13
Dictionaries Arranged by Radical (11 records)................................ 13
Dictionaries Arranged by Rhyme (3 records)................................... 17
Dictionaries of Graphic Forms.................................................19
Various Graphic Forms (1 record)............................................19
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Ancient Characters (3 records)...................................................19
Seal Script (2 records)..........................................................20
Official Script (1 record).......................................................21
Grass Script (2 records).........................................................21
Non-Standard Graphic Forms (1 record).............................................22
Phonology (2 records)............................................................ 22
Foreign Languages................................................................ 23
Vocabulary Lists for Foreign Languages (3 records)...............................23
Dictionaries, Grammars and Primers of Manchu (7 records).........................24
EXAMINATION ESSAYS....................................................................27
General Collections...........................................................27
Model Essays for Students (6 records)............................................27
Collections Arranged According to the Text of the Four Books (10 records) .......28
Collections Arranged by Examination (3 records)..................................32
Individual Collections.............................................................33
Complete Collections (3 records)................................................ 33
Individual Essays (1 record).................................................. 34
HISTORY
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORIES................................................................35
Collected Editions ........................................................... 35
The Seventeen Histories (1 record)...............................................35
Individual Histories...............................................................35
Han Dynasty and Earlier (1 record)...............................................35
Ming Dynasty (1 record)..................................................... 36
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORIES ..............................................................36
Collected Editions (1 record)......................................................36
Chronicles Covering More than One Dynasty (3 records)..............................37
Chronicles Covering a Single Dynasty........................................... 37
Ming Dynasty (1 record)....................................................... 37
HISTORICAL RECORDS.................................................................38
Records of Events Covering a Single Dynasty........................................38
Qing Dynasty (3 records).........................................................38
MISCELLANEOUS HISTORIES........................................................... 39
Factual Histories................................................................. 39
Collected Editions (1 record)....................................................39
The Khitan, Jurchen and Mongol Dynasties (1 record)..............................39
HISTORICAL TABLES...............................................................39
Tables Covering More than One Dynasty (1 record).................................. 39
HISTORIOGRAPHIC OUTLINES AND EXTRACTS............................................. 40
Elementary Overviews of History (1 record)..................................... 40
HISTORIOGRAPHIC CRITICISM............................................................ 40
Historical Research (1 record)................................................... 40
BIOGRAPHY...........................................................................40
Collected Biographies............................................................. 40
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Biographies of People from All Periods of History (2 records).............................40
Biographies of Officials (1 record).......................................................41
Biographies of Intellectuals (4 records)..................................................41
Biographies of Women (1 record)...........................................................42
Biographies of Virtuous People (1 record).................................................43
Biographies of Buddhists and Daoists (4 records)..........................................43
Notices of Officials (7 records).......................................................... 44
WORKS ON GOVERNMENT............................................................................46
Political Institutions (2 records)..........................................................46
Ceremonial............................................................................... 47
Official Ceremonies (2 records)...........................................................47
National Economy............................................................................48
Taxation (3 records)......................................................................48
Grain Transport (1 record)................................................................48
The Salt Industry (2 records).............................................................49
Water Conservancy (2 records)............................................................. 49
Military Affairs............................................................................50
Civil Defence (1 record)............................................................. 50
Coastal and River Defences (2 records)....................................................50
Jurisprudence........................................................................... 51
Laws (3 records)......................................................................... 51
Forensic Investigation (1 record).........................................................52
Legal Cases (6 records)................................................................. 52
Governmental Regulations (3 records)........................................................54
The Examination System (1 record)........................................................ 55
EDICTS AND MEMORIALS......................................................................... 55
Imperial Edicts........................................................................... 55
Moral Instructions (6 records)............................................................55
Wills (1 record)........................................................................ 57
THE CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES (2 records)....................................................... 57
GEOGRAHY.......................................................................................58
General Descriptions of China.....................,.........................................58
Historical Geography (2 records)..........................................................58
Song Dynasty Geogrpahy (1 record).........................................................59
Ming Dynasty Geogrpahy (2 records)........................................................59
Qing Dynasty Geogrpahy (3 records)........................................................60
Regional Gazetteers....................................................................... 61
Provincial Gazetteers (2 records).........................................................61
Prefectural Gazetteers (1 record).........................................................61
County Gazetteers (4 records)........................................................... 61
Miscellaneous Topographic Descriptions......................................................62
Beijing (1 record).................................................................... 62
Guangdong Province (5 records)............................................................63
Jiangsu Province (1 record)...............................................................64
Taiwan (1 record)....................................................................... 64
Tibet (1 record)........................................................................ 65
Descriptions of Mountains and Rivers........................................................65
Mountains (2 records).....................................................................65
Rivers and Lakes (2 records)............................................................ 66
Catalogue of the Morrison Collection
Descriptions of Specific Places................................................. .66
Collected Editions (1 record)................................................... 66
Shrines and Tombs (2 records)............................................... ...67
Descriptions of Foreign Lands (4 records)........................................ 67
Maps and Atlases................................................................. 68
General Maps of China (1 record).............................................. 68
ANTIQUITffiS....................................................................... 69
Bronzes (1 record)............................................................. 69
STONES (2 records)............................................................ ....70
Jades (1 record)............................................................... ...70
Numismatics (1 record).............................................................71
BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................... 71
General Catalogues............................................................71
Bibligraphies of Collected Editions (1 record)................................. 71
PHILOSOPHY
GENERAL WORKS....................................................................... 72
Collected Editions (1 record)......................................................72
CONFUCIANISM..........................................................................72
Pre-Han Confucian Philosophy (1 record)............................................72
Confucian Social and Economic Policies (1 record)..................................73
Neo-Confucianism (3 records)..................................................... 73
Moral Instruction................................................................ 74
Family Precepts (1 record).......................................................74
Instructions for Women (3 records)...............................................74
Educational Precepts (2 records)............................................... 75
Edifying Instructions (2 records).............................................. 76
Confucian Education............................................................ 76
Collected Editions (3 records)................................................. 76
Elementary Texts (7 records).................................................. 77
PHILOSOPHICAL DAOISM............................................................ .79
Laozi (3 records)..................................................................79
MARTIAL AFFAIRS..................................................................... 80
Military Strategy (5 records)......................................................80
AGRICULTURE....................................................................82
General Works (4 records)......................................................... 82
Animal Husbandry...................................................................83
Veterinary Medicine (2 records)............................................. 83
MEDICINE......................................................................... 84
Collected Editions (9 records).....................................................84
General Works (31 records).........................................................8 8
Classical Medical Texts (2 records)................................................97
Materia Medica (9 records).........................................................97
Diagnosis.........................................................................100
Reading the Pulse (4 records).................................................. 100
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Prescriptions (19 records)...............................................................101
Case Histories and Case Notes (5 records)................................................106
Internal Medicine....................................................................... 108
Febrile Diseases (9 records)...................................................... 108
Pestilence (3 records)............................................................ Ill
Dysentery and Malaria (1 record).......................................................112
External Medicine....................................................................... 112
General Works (4 records)..............................................................112
Sores and Boils (4 records)............................................................113
Ears, Eyes, Mouth, Nose and Tongue.......................................................114
Ophthalmic Medicine (4 records)........................................................114
Mouth and Throat (1 record)............................................................116
Gynaecology and Obstetrics...............................................................116
General Works (3 records)..............................................................116
Obstetrics (4 records).................................................................117
Paediatrics........................................................................... 118
General Works (3 records)........................................................... 118
Smallpox and Measles (8 records).......................................................119
Acupuncture and Moxibustion............................................................ 121
General Works (2 records)........................................................... 121
Health and Well-being............................................................... ...122
General Works (2 records)..............................................................122
Yogic Practices (2 records).......................................................... 123
Miscellaneous Medical Works (1 record).................................................. 123
Western Medicine (3 records).................. ..........................................123
ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICS................................................................ 124
Collected Editions (4 records)...........................................................124
Astronomy (3 records)....................................................................126
Calendrical Studies.............................................................. 127
General Works (1 record)........................................................... 127
Perpetual Calendars (1 record).........................................................127
Annual Official Almanacs (3 records)...................................................128
Mathematics (2 records)..................................................................129
THE MYSTIC ARTS.......................................................................129
General Works (3 records)................................................................129
Predestination (1 record)............................................................ 131
Divination (2 records)...................................................................132
Astrology.............................................................................. 132
Selection of Auspicious Days (1 record)................................................132
Almanacs for Future Years (2 records)............................................... 133
Annual Astrological Almanacs (21 records).........................................133
Fortune-telling.................................................................... 141
General Fortune-telling (2 records)............................................... "141
Physiognomy (1 record)............................................................. 141
GEOMANCY (4 records).....................................................................141
PASTIMES................................................................................ 143
Collected Editions (1 record)........................................................... 143
Painting and Calligraphy.................................................................144
General Works on Calligraphy (2 records)...............................................144
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Authors from a Single Dynasty (2 records)...........................................256
Individual Collections................................................................257
Qing Dynasty Authors (1 record).....................................................257
LYRIC POEMS ......................................................................257
Model Tune Matrices (1 record).........................................................257
DRAMA AND BALLADRY...................................................................... 258
Northern Drama.........................................................................258
Individual Plays (2 records).........................................................258
Southern Drama.................................................................. .....258
Collected Editions (5 records)......................................................258
Individual Plays (4 records)........................................................260
Regional Drama..................................................................... 261
Cantonese Opera (2 records)..........................................................261
Prosimetric Ballads....................................................................262
Strummed Ballads (1 record)..................................................... 262
Cantonese Ballads (2 records)....................................................... 263
Anthologies of Dramatic Pieces (1 record)............................................. 263
Dramatic Tunes (2 records)............................................................ 264
VERNACULAR FICTION...................................................................... 265
Short Stories..........................................................................265
Anthologies (2 records)............................................................. 265
Thematic Collections (8 records)................................................. 266
Individual Stories (2 records)...................................................... 268
Novels............................................................................ 269
Collected Editions (2 records).......................................................269
Historical Novels (6 records)...................................................... 270
Novels of Heroes (12 records)................................................... 271
Novels of Crime and Punishment (1 record)........................................... 274
Novels of Spirits and the Supernatural (10 records)................................. 275
Novels of Maimers (6 records)...................................................... 278
Scholar and Beauty Romances (21 records).............................................279
Novels of Social Satire (6 records).....................................................285
LITERARY CRITICISM.................................................................. 286
Notes on Poets and Poetry (3 records).................................................286
COLLECTED WORKS
GENERAL COLLECTIONS................................................................... 288
Collections Covering All Dynasties (7 records)........................................ 288
Collections Covering A Single Dynasty.................................................292
Collections of Han, Wei and Six Dynasty Works (1 record).............................292
Collections of Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties Works (1 record).........................292
Collections of Qing Works (1 record).................................................292
INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIONS...................................................... .....293
Qing Dynasty Authors (2 records)..................................................... 293
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CLASSICS
GENERAL WORKS
Collected Editions of the Classics
The Thirteen Classics
Shisanjing zhushu. 1798. RM 9.
A collected edition of the Thirteen Classics, with their traditional notes and commentaries. This is a reprint, using
recarved blocks, of the edition edited and published by Mao Jin (1599-1659) between 1628 and 1639.
RM c.ll.s3. 110 fascs. in 25 vols. 24.5 cm.
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The Five Classics
Qinding wujing. n.d. (various imprints, 1715-1730+). RM 6.
The Five Classics, with comprehensive notes and commentaries, published as a series. Compiled by successive
order of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors from 1715 onwards. This series normally comprises
seven titlesand is generally referred to as .However this set lacks the books of Zhouli
and
RM C.12.W.4, 104 fascs. in 25 vols, (vol.10 missing). 25.5 cm.
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Wujing duben. 1770-1785 (various imprints). RM 267.
The Five Classicswith marginal notespublished as a series.
ff. 38, 38, 20, 9; 12, 10,20, 65; 31, 34,47, 30,17; 3,22, 38, 37, 30, 33, 36, 37, 39, 36, 34; 66, 66.
RMc.l2.w.l, 16 fascs. in2 vols. 24.5 cm.
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Wujing duben. 1781-1800 (various imprints). RM 267.
TheFiveClassicswithinterlineariiotes,publisliedasaseries.
ff. 132, 32, 30; 4, 74, 55, 35, 19; 2,24, 22, 35, 35; 2, 64, 59, 7168, 49, 58; 3, 24, 25, 36, 30.
RM C.12.W.2, 8 fascs. in 2 vols. 25 cm.
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Wujingjujie. 1817. RM347.
A collected edition of the Five Classics, with explanatory notes following each clause of text,
ff. 2,37, 38, 34; 3,27,23,38,39; 5, 88, 64,43,24; 5,20,21, 32,24; 3, 68, 62, 78, 72, 50, 61.
RM C.12.W.6. 10 fascs. in 2 vols. 18.5 cm.
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Excerpts
Xiangxing jingjie. n.d. (1798). RM 700.
An annotated collection of passages from the Five Classics relating to crime and punishment. Compiled and
explicated by Wang Sheng in 1798.
ff. 1, 7, 7,17, 9, 9, 1.
RM c.203.h.3. 1 fasc. in 1 vol. 25.5 cm.
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Philological Studies
Shijing wenzi tongzhengshu. 1797. RM 66.
A dictionary of homophonic borrowings in the Ten Classics (The Book of Changes, The Book of Documents, The
Book of Songs, the three Books of Rites, the three commentaries to the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Analects
of Confucius). Compiled by Qian Dian in 1776.
RM C.712.S.1. 3 fascs. in 1 vol. 28.5 cm.
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Chongjiao wujingjizi. n.d. (1794+). RM.
Pronunciation glosses for all the different characters found in the Five Classics (excluding those also found in the
Four Books, which are included in a previous work), with the characters given in the order in which they first occur.
Compiled by Wu Zhaosong. This edition revised and edited by Li Zhang in 1794.
ff. 2,2,2, 6,35.
RM c.500.t3 (3). 1 fasc. [in 1 vol.]. 16.5 cm.
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THE BOOK OF CHANGES
Annotated Editions
Zhouyi. 1808. RM 87.
The Book of Changes. With commentary by Zhu Xi (1130-1200), and marginal pronunciation glosses,
ff. 1,1,4,2, 9,74, 69,30, 9.
RM C.12.L1. 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 24.5 cm.
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Chongdaotang yijing daquan huijie. n.d. (1719+). RM.
An annotated edition of the Book of Changes with commentary by Zhu Xi (1130-1200). With comprehensive
notes and commentary compiled by Lai Ersheng in 1681. Edited by Zhu Caizhi and Zhu Zhicheng in 1681.
ff. 2,3,3,2, [1]4, 9, 2, 74, 69, 30, 9.
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THE BOOK OF DOCUMENTS
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Shujing tizhu. 1815. RM.
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notes and commentary edited by Gu Baowen and Fan Xiang,
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THE BOOK OF SONGS
Annotated Editions
Zengbu shijing tizhuyanyi hecan. n.d. (1687+). RM 126.
An annotated edition of the Book of Songs with commentaiy by Zhu Xi (1130-1200). With comprehensive notes
and commentary compiled by Jiang Jinyun. Edited by Huang Kunwu circa 1687.
ff. 4, 5,18, 3,19,44, 65,20, 82,40,29, 35.
RM C.12.W.10 (fascs. 1-4). 4 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 26.5 cm.
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Treatises
Maoshi mingwuliie. 1802. RM 270.
Explanatory notes on terms in the Book of Songs, arranged according to vocabulary classes. Compiled by Zhu
Huan (C.1697-C.1763) in 1763.
ff. 3,2,2,74,174, 2,74,2, 84.
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RITES AND CEREMONIES
The Book of Rites
Annotated Editions
LijL 1805-1806. RM179.
A facsimile reprint by Zhang Dunren (1754-1834) of an edition of the Book of Rites published in 1177, comprising
the text with notes by Zheng Xuan (127-200)and a separate volume of prommciation glosses by Lu Deming (556-
627). Together with textual notes on the Song edition by Zhang Dunren.
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Quanben liji tizhu. n.d. (1766+). RM.
An annotated edition of the Book of Rites with commentary by Chen Hao (1261-1341). With comprehensive notes
and commentary edited by Fan Xiang and Xu Dan. This edition revised by Xu Xuan in 1766.
ff. 3,4, 12, 63, 87, 83, 69, 75, 92, 84, 76, 7172.
RM C.12.W.10 (fascs. 11-20). 10 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 26.5 cm.
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General Explication of the Rites
Lishu gangmu. 1810. RM 372.
An annotated treatise on the rites and ceremonies. Compiled by Jiang Yong (1681-1762) in 1721.
RM c.207.1.2, 28 fascs. in 5 vols. 26 cm.
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Official Rites and Ceremonies
Duli tongkao. n.d. (1696). RM 44.
A guide to mourning and fimerary rites as expounded in the various works on rites and ceremony. Compiled by
Xu Qianxue (1631-1694) in 1677.
RM c*12.t.6. 30 fascs. in 4 vols. 28.5 cm.
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Wuli tongkao. n.d. (1753). RM 47.
An encyclopaedic collection of sources pertaining to the rites and ceremonies. Compiled by Qin Huitian circa
1753.
RM C.207.W.3. 75 fascs. in 15 vols, and 14 fascs. in 3 cases. 28.5 cm.
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Daqing tongli. n.d. (1756). RM 190.
The rites and ceremonies of the Qing dynasty. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Lai Bao (1681-1764) et
al. by order of the Qianlong emperor, and completed in 1756.
RM c.207.t.2. 8 fascs. in 2 vols. 28.5 cm.
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Miscellaneous Rites and Ceremonies 13
Wengong jiali zhengheng. 1762. RM432.
The domestic rites as attributed to Zhu Xi 1130-1200). This edition revised and edited by Peng Bin.
ff. 2, 5, 25,16, 22, 20, 22, 3120, 26.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
The Pitch Sytem
Genghelu. 1762. RM187.
A collected edition of three works on the pitch system used in ancient Chinese music. Compiled by He Mengyao,
and edited by Fu Zengge in 1762. The third work is an abridgment of an earlier work by Cao Tingdong.
ff. 4, 3, 1711,33, 23, 2, 35, 2.
RM c.550.k.l. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 25 cm.
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THE SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS
The Zuo Commentary
Annotated Editions
Zuozhuan. 1793. RM 199.
The Zuo commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals, with notes by Du Yu (222-284) and Lin Yaosou. Edited
by Jiang Xizhe in 1676. This edition with additional notes by Han Fan.
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General Explication
Annotated Editions
Chunqiu tizhu daquan hecan. n.d. (1711+). RM.
An annotated edition of the Spring and Autumn Annals with commentary by Hu Anguo (1074-1138). With
comprehensive notes and commentary compiled by Zhou Chi in 1711. Edited by Fan Xiang,
ff. 4, [1]59, 57, 77, 58.
RM C.12.W.10 (fascs.21-24). 4 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 26.5 cm.
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Excerpts
Chunqiu jingzhuan leiqiu. n.d. (1760). RM 789.
The events of the Spring and Autumn Annals ordered according to subject classification rather than chronologically.
Compiled by Sun Congtian and Guo Linfen circa 1757.
ff. 3, 2, 2,2, 8, 12, 6,48, 98, 104,113, 96, 104,49, 83, 38, 115, 67, 93.
RM C.12.C.21, 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 30 cm.
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THE FOUR CONFUCIAN BOOKS
The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean
General Explication
Daxue gangmu jueyizhang and Zhongyong zhizhi. n.d. RM 662/758.
Explicatory discourses on the Greater Learning, together with a commentary on the Doctrine of the Mean. Written
by Deqing (1546-1623).
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Tongban sishu jianben. 1814. RM 97.
A collected edition of the Four Books with notes by Zhu Xi (1130-1200). Ako with marginal pronunciation
glosses.
ff. 3, 15; 31; 15, 15,20, 17, 16, 20, 22, 15, 14, 9; 33, 32, 3133, 30, 3135.
RMc.l3.s.l, 6 fascs. in 2 vols. 24 cm.
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A collected edition of the Foxir Books with notes by Zhu Xi (1130-1200). With comprehensive notes and
commentary compiled by Shufangxuan and edited by Fan Xiang in 1692.
ff. 2, 3, 15; 4, 32; 5,15, 15, 20, 17, 16,20,22, 15, 14, 9; 5,33, 32, 3133, 30,3135.
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A collected edition of the Four Books with annotation by Zhu Xi (1130-1200), together with additional notes by
later authors supporting or opposing Zhu XVs position, and critical discussions of their relative merits. Edited by
Li Peilin and Li Zhen in 1702.
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A collected edition of the Four Books with notes by Zhu Xi (1130-1200). Edited with detailed additional notes and
commentary by Weng Fu in 1730.
ff. 4,2,16, 3, 15; 4,38; 4,15, 15,20,17,14,20,22,15, 14, 9; 5, 33, 32, 3133, 30,3135.
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Sishujie. 1814. RM268.
Explanatory notes to the Four Books. Compiled by Su Er (fl. 1723-1735). This copy only comprises the notes for
the Analects of Confucius.
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Explanatory notes to the Four Books. Compiled by Wang Lixiang in 1744.
ff. 8, 3, [1L 5, 36; 103; 15, 15,16, 14, 17,16,23, 15, 20, 15; 18,20,19,24, 22, 13, 17, 10, 12, 6; 2224, 33,18,26,
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A collected edition of the Four Books with notes by Zhu Xi (1130-1200). With detailed notes and critical
discourses compiled by Wang Buqing (1672-1751) in 1745. Edited for use as a textbook in the Dunfixtang clan
school by Wang Buqing5s son Wang Shi9ao (cf. Shuke fenbian zhushi).
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A collected edition of the Four Books with notes by Zhu Xi (1130-1200). Edited with additional notes by Wu
Changzong in 1780.
ff. 13,19, 3,12, 51; 9, 98; 18, 56, 63, 86, 68, 84,58,94, 56, 5126; 17,110, 82, 105,104,90, 85, 91.
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Yuzhi fanyi sishu. n.d. (1756+). RM 167.
A bilingual Manchu-Chinese edition of the Four Books. Manchu translation made by order of the Qianlong
emperor. Cf. Simon & Nelson, Manchu Books in London II.50.D.
ff. 3, 6, 18,7, 32, 8, 52, 67,108,135.
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A study of the vocabulary of Han and pre-Han China, listing the synonym forms used in different parts of the
country. Compiled by Yang Xiong (58 B.C.-18 A.D.), and annotated by Guo Pu (276-324). This edition, which
is based on a text preserved in the Yongle dadian, has supplementary notes by Dai Zhen (1723-1777). This edition
is a woodblock reprint of an edition printed by the imperial printing house (Wuyingdian) using moveable type in
1779.
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Compiled by Xu Shen (c.58-c.l47) in 121. This edition revised and edited
by Xu Xuan (916-991) et al. in 986 by order of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty. With pronunciation
readings based on the Tawgyww compiled by Sun Mian in 751.
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Compiled by Xu Shen (c.58-c.l47) in 121. This edition with various
supplements compiled by Xu Kai (920-974), and with pronunciation readings by Zhu Ao.
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Originally compiled by Gu Yewang 519-581) in 543, this edition
expanded by Sun Qiang in 674, and revised into its final form during the Song dynasty by Chen Pengnian
(961-1017) et ah This is a facsimile reprint made by Zhang Shijun of a Song edition (cf. Dasong chongxiu
guangyun).
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A dictionary of Chinese characters, with radicals arranged by phonetic groups. Originally compiled by Han
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number of Ming dynasty reprints of an edition first published between 1467 and 1471.
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Santaiguan Yangzhizi kaogu xiangding zunyun haipian zhengzong. n.d. RM 189.
A dictionary of Chinese characterswith radicals arranged according to vocabulary classes. Includes various
miscellaneous prefatory material relating to the writing and pronunciation of Chinese, including a Ryukyuan
vocabulary list in Chinese transliteration. An upper register above the main dictionary includes a list of characters
with multiple readings, readings for difficult characters found in the classics, a dictionary of Qiinese characters
arranged by rhyme, and a dictionary of Chinese characters arranged according to the hundred characters of the
Hundred Family Names. Compiled by Yu Xiangdou and Li Tingji circa 1598.
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Compiled by Mei Yingzuo (c.1570-?) in 1615. This edition edited by Han
Tan in 1705. Preceded by an index of characters and other prefatory material, as well as a list of Manehu syllables
arranged according to the twelve finals. Appended are two tables by Mei Yingzuo of the possible phonetic
combinations in Chineseone arranged by rhyme and the other by alliteration, as well as a guide to differentiating
graphically similar characters.
ff. 8, 5, 19, 5, 16,42, [1]69, [1]63, [1]64, [1], 58, [1]65, [1]67, [1]84, [1]80, [1]72, [1}81[1]66, [1]65,
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Compiled by Mei
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the seal script form and a phonetic reading in the
Manchu script for most characters. Appended are two
tables by Mei Yingzuo of the possible phonetic
combinations in Chinese, one arranged by rhyme and
the other by alliteration. Cf. Simon & Nelson,
Manchu Books in London 11.14.
ff. 3, 3, 6, 29, 54, 51, 50, 51, 52, 53, 69, 66, 61, 71, 55,
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Although it is entitled Zhengzi tong, this book is in fact an augmented edition
of Mei Yingzuo^ Zihui, compiled by Wang Fen in 1719. Includes two appendices listing omitted characters and
dubious characters.
ff. 4,4,16,42,1100,190, 191188,190,192,1110,1106,1106,1114,1117,194; 83,48; 64.
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Originally compiled by Mei Yingzuo (c.1570-?) in 1615. This is an abridged
edition, willi greatly simplified definitions and explanations, edited by Qien Haozi in 1676.
ff. 2, 8, 84, [1]87, [1]102, [1]107.
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Compiled by Zhang Zilie (fl.1627), although sometimes attributed to Liao
Wenying (fl.1670). This copy originally lacked the final volume, which was supplemented from a different edition,
together with prefatory material and a list of the Manchu syllables deriving from Mei Yingzuo5s Zihui.
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A dictionary of Chinese characters. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Zhang Yushu (1642-1711) and
Chen Tingjing (1639-1712) by order of the Kangxi emperor, and completed in 1716. This copy with Morrisons
marginal reading notes. Morrison notes at the end of the dictionary: Finished April 9th 1822, Tues. Canton.
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Chen Pengnian (961-1017) et aL, and completed in 1008. This work is a revision and expansion of a Tang dynasty
dictionary, Tangyun compiled by Sun Mian MM in 751, which itself was based on a Sui dynasty dictionary
of pronunciation, Qieyun WM, compiled by Lu Fayan et al. in 601. This is a facsimile reprint made by
Zhang Shijun of a Song edition (cf. Dagwa/igyzAwzw/wot).
ff. 3, 615153, 54, 53, 1.
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A rhyming dictionary, intended to aid in the composition of poetry. Compiled by Pan En. This edition revised
and edited by Liang Yingqi in 1636.
ff. 4, 5,4, 12, 1156, 616177, 70.
RM C.709.S.7. 1 fasc. in 1 vol. 26 cm.
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Tongyin zijian. 1811. RM 77.
A combined edition of two dictionaries of Oiinese characters arranged by homophone groups. The first dictionary,
which was compiled by Zhu Zi in 1701, has the homophone groups arranged in order of the thousand characters of
The Thousand Characters Classic. The second dictionary, which was compiled by Zhu Zi in 1708, has the
homophone groups arranged in order of the thousand characters of The Thousand Characters Classic Sequel (a text
which Zhu Zi wrote specifically in order to include those characters omitted in the original Thousand Character
Classic). Includes indexes by page-number for each thousand key characters. This combined edition edited by
Qian Shi in 1811.
ff. [2]3, 3, [1]3, 5, 6,424, [1]; 6, 3, 4, 9, 317.
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Ancient Characters
Yiwen beilan. n.d. (1806). RM 40.
A dictionary of Chinese characters, with epigraphic examples of flieir ancient graphic forms. Compiled by Sha Mu
in 1787, and edited by Wu Xiqi (1746-1818) in 1802. Appended is a supplement comprising those characters
omitted in the main dictionary but found in Xu Shen?s Shuowen iiezi.
Dictionaries of Graphic Forms
Various Graphic Forms
Tongwen qianziwen. n.d. RM 71.
The Thousand Character Classic, with each character written out in a variety of different script forms. With
annotation explaining the pronunciation, meaning and formation of each character. Composed by Wang Yicheng
in 1582.
ff. 1, 72, 82, 1.
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A dictionary of archaic form characters (arranged by vocabulary). Compiled during the Song dynasty by Dai Tong.
This edition edited by Li Dingyuan in 1784.
RM c.FFB.114. 24 fascs. in 4 vols. 26 cm.
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Zhongding ziyuan. n.d. (1716). RM 76.
A dictionary of archaic form characters inscribed on pre-Han bronze bells and vessels (arranged by rhyme), giving
various epigraphic examples for each character. Compiled by Wang Liming in 1716.
ff. 4, 10, 27, 20, 27,20,18.
RM c.FFB.185. 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 27 cm.
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Zhuanzihui. n.d. (1691+). RM 69.
A dictionary of seal script characters (arranged by radical). Compiled by Tong Shinan circa 1691.
ff. 7,4, 94, 94, 95,118, 114,98.
RM c.FFB.206. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 24 cm.
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A dictionary of the variant forms of seal script characters (arranged by rhyme), giving epigraphic examples of the
variant graphic forms under a unified entry. Compiled by Min Qiji in 1661. This edition prepared for publication
from a previously unpublished manuscript by Bi Hongshu in 1720.
ff. 4,4, 3, 2, 12, 3, [1]62, 47,44, 68, 5150, 6147, 52, 36.
RM c.FFB.115, 6 fascs. in 1 vol. 29.5 cm.
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Libian. n.d. (1743). RM 175.
A study of the official script characters found in Han dynasty inscriptions. Comprises a dictionary of official script
characters (arranged by rhyme), giving various epigraphic examples for each character; an analysis of the five
hundred and forty radicals; notes on the Han dynasty stone tablets and other epigraphic sources utilised in the study;
and essays on the history and calligraphy of official script. Compiled by Gu Aiji circa 1718.
ff. [1]2, 85, 77, 76, 80, 78, 86, 78, 83.
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Caoyun huibian. n.d. (1755+). RM 75.
A dictionary of grass script characters (arranged by rhyme), giving various calligraphic examples for each character.
Compiled by Tao Nanwang in 1750. This edition supplemented by Lu Zuyan.
RM c.FFH.203. 5 fascs. in 1 vol. 28.5 cm.
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Caozihui. 1788. RM 70.
A dictionary of grass script characters (arranged by radical), giving various calligraphic examples for each character.
Compiled by Shi Liang in 1787.
ff. 3,4,4,2,3,3, 37,28,32,34,28,27,30,35,23,44,28,18,4.
RMc.FFB.116. 6 fascs. in 1 vol. 25 cm.
RMc.FFH.194. 6 fascs. in 1 case. 24.5 cm.
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Zilin gujin zhengsu yitong tongkao. 1797. RM 629.
A dictionary of the correct forms of Chinese characters (arranged by radical), showing both variant and vulgar forms.
Together with a guide to distinguishing between graphically similar characters. Compiled by Tang Rongwei circa
1793.
ff. 3,4, 3, 18,26, 32,26, 28; 33,26, 3.
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Yinxue wushu, n.d. RM207.
A collected edition of five works on historical phonology by Gu Yanwu (1613-1682).
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A work on phonology, comprising a general treatise, phonetic tables, and a dictionary of Chinese characters
arranged by rhyme. Composed by Pan Lei (1646-1708). This copy incomplete, lacking the first three chapters,
ff... 97,4140, 5153, 43.
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Vocabulary Lists for Foreign Languages
Geguo yiyu. 1549. RM 128.
Vocabulary lists in Chinese transliteration for Korean, Dai (Dehong dialect), Uighur, Malay, Cham, Persian,
Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, and Ryukyuan. This is one of a number of extant manuscript copies of a set of
thirteen phonetic vocabulary lists that are believed to have been compiled by the Interpreters Institute ()
during the mid-Ming (between about 1492 and 1549). Some of the other extant copies derive from a copy of the
thirteen Interpreters Institute vocabulary lists made by Mao Ruizheng during the late Ming, but as the
Morrison manuscript includes colophons dated at 1549 that are not found in the Mao Ruizheng copies, it is probable
that it is an earlier manuscript copy of the Interpreters Institute vocabulary lists independent of the Mao Ruizheng
manuscript tradition. The Morrison copy is incomplete, lacking the vocabulary lists for the Tartar (i.e. Mongolian),
Tibetan and Jurchen languages,
ff. [3119,23, 14,17, 19, 20,15,16, 16].
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A Tibetan vocabulary list in Tibetan dbumed script, with Chinese translations and transliterations. This edition is
identical in both content and format to the Tibetan vocabulary list given in Longwei mishu collection 9 fascs.4-5.
This and the Thai vocabulary list Xianluo yiyu are probably members of the set often vocabulary lists for languages
written in non-Chinese scripts that were compiled by the Translators Institute (during the early Ming (1407
onwards), of which two manuscript copies are known,
ff. 103.
RM c.712.h.7 (fascs.l & 3). 2 fascs. [in 1 vol.]. 26.5 cm.
RM c.712.h.7 (fascs.5 & 6). 2 fascs. [in 1 vol.]. 26.5 cm.
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A Thai vocabulary list in Thai script, with Chinese translations and transliterations. This is a companion edition to
the Tibetan vocabulary listXifan yiyu.
ff. 83.
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Daqing quanshu. 1683. RM 161.
A Manchu-Chinese dictionary (arranged by Manchu syUabary). Compiled by Shen Qiliang in 1683. Cf. Simon
& Nelson, Manchu Books in London II. 1.A.
RM CK494.15 82061 (fascs.2-20). 19 fascs. [in 2 vols.]. 31 cm.
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A Manchu-Chinese dictionary (arranged by vocabulary). Compiled by Dunggiya Mingdo in 1735. Cf. Simon &
Nelson, Manchu Books in London H.5.B.
ff. 2, 13, 3, 3, 3, 250.
RM CK494.13 82545. 10 fascs. in2 vols. 22.5 cm.
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Yinhan qingwenjian. 1757. RM 169.
A Manchu-Chinese dictionary (arranged by vocabulary). Compiled by Dunggiya Mingdo in 1735. Cf. Simon &
Nelson, Manchu Books in London H.5.E.
ff. 2, 13, 3, 3, 3,250.
RM CK494.13 291746. 8 fascs. in 1 vol. 23.5 cm.
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Qingwen huishu. 1751. RM 162.
A Manchu-Chinese dictionary (arranged by Manchu syllabary). Cf. Simon & Nelson, Manchu Books in London
II.6.C.
ff. 3, 5158, 38,32, 36, 30, 35, 37, 30, 30,35, 31.
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Qingshu zhinan. 1682. RM 161.
A guide to the Manchu language. Compiled by Shen Qiliang. Comprises a list of the Manclm syllables arranged
according to the twelve finals; uThe Forty Rules^ (an elementary Manchu text), with Chinese translation; colloquial
Manchu dialogues; and a discourse on the translation of Chinese non-substantives. Cf. Simon & Nelson, Manchu
Books in London II. 1.A.
ff. 1,6, 6, 8, 14,4.
RM CK494.15 82061 (fasc.l). 1 fasc. [in 2 vols.]. 31cm.
Manjubitheijinan
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Man-Hart zi qingwen qimeng. n.d. (1730+). RM 163.
A Manchu grammar. Compiled by Wuge. This copy incomplete, comprising only the second of four juan. Cf.
Simon & Nelson, Manchu Books in London II.18.F.
ff. 60.
RM c.500,t.2 (2). 2 fascs. [in 1 vol.]. 23 cm.
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Man-Han hebijiyao. n.d. (1764). RM 165.
A Manchu primer, comprising Manchu dialogues and Chinese translations. Cf. Simon & Nelson, Manchu Books in
London II.28.A and B.
ff. 40.
RM CK495.13 82085. 1 fasc. 28.5 cm.
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General Collections
Model Essays for Students
Chwcue rumen. n.d. (1691+). RM 330.
A collection of model examination essays. With commentary and notes compiled by Wu Kuifu. Edited for
publication by Wu KuifUs son Wu Zhang c/rca 1691. Preceded by classified list of vocabulary appropriate for
use in essay-writing,
ff. 20, 66.
RM C.60.C.19. 1 fasc. in 1 vol. 21.5 cm.
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Chuxue mingjing. n.d. (1703+). RM 331.
A collection of model examination essays. Compiled with commentary by Wang Fen in 1703.
ff. 2, 4, 4, 50.
RMc.60x.20, 1 fasc. in 1 vol. 21 cm.
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Shukefenbian zhushi. n.d. (1740+). RM 93.
A collection of model examination essays. With introductory essays and commentary written by Wang Buqing
(1672-1751) in 1740. Edited for use as a textbook in the DunfUtang clan school by Wang Buqings son Wang
Shi^o (cf. Sishu Zhuzi benyi huican). This edition with additional notes by Yu Xingjie.
RM C.60.C.17. 20 fascs. in 4 vols. 23 cm.
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Chuxue yulinglong. 1804. RM273.
A collection of model examination essays. Compiled with commentary by Xu Xuan in 1750.
ff. 2, 55, 39,40,47.
RM C.60.C.18, 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 23.5 cm.
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Chuxue denglong. 1809. RM 345.
A collection of model examination essays. Compiled with commentary and notes by Tang Qingsun in 1773.
ff. 2,1, 64, 1, 64,1, 58, 1, 62.
RM c.60.c21. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 21.5 cm.
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Zhushi shiwen beifa. n.d. (1781+). RM 332.
A collection of model examination essays, arranged according to compositional structure. Compiled with
commentary by Shi Mengqi in 1781. This edition with additional notes by Chen Hanliu.
ff. 4,2, 57, 63,79, 76,74, 64.
RM C.60.W.4 (9). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Collections Arranged According to the Text of the Four Books
Mingwen xiaotijie. n.d. (1731+). RM 274.
A collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary and notes
by Zhang Zheng in 1731.
ff. 4, 9, 56, 74, 25, 78, 53.
RM c.60.m.l. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 23 cm.
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Yingxuezhai shicao. 1811. RM 332.
A collection of examination essays by Li Xigong and his brothers and cousins at the Yingxuezhai dan school
arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled area 1788.
f£ 3, 5, 8, 10.
RM c.60.w.4 (6). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Bamingtang shuchao chuji. 1799. RM 332.
A first collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary by
Wu Maozheng in 1784 for use as a textbook in the Bamingtang clan school. This edition edited and annotated by
Li Bingkun in 1793.
ff. 2, [11]4, 5, [1]33, 62, 67, ...84, 86.
RM C.60.W.4 (7). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Bamingtang shuchao erji. 1799. RM 332.
A second collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary by
Wu Maozheng in 1784 for use as a textbook in the Bamingtang clan school. This edition edited and annotated by
Li Bingkun in 1793.
ff. 2,4, 5,26,,63, 93, 82, 74.
RM C.60.W.4 (8). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Xiangzhu chuxue wenfan. n.d. (1799). RM 269.
A collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary and notes
by Wu Xiaoyuan in 1797.
ff. 3, 8, 69, 80, 6160.
RM c.60.w.5. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 23 cm.
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Kaojuan jieda fenti wenyue. 1797. RM332.
A collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary by Wu
Xiaoyuan.
ff. 2,13,48,125, 102,86.
RM C.60.W.4 (4). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Kaojuan yuexuan. n.d. (1810). RM 332.
A collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary by Li
Xizan in 1803 for use in the Yingxuezhai clan school.
ff.3, 10, 22, 32, 136, 145.
RM C.60.W.4 (1). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.].1 22.5 cm.
1 The nine collections of examination essays Kaojuan yuexuan, Kaojuan yuexuan erjU Kaojuan yuexuan sanji,
Kaojuan jieda fenti wenyue, Dianzhi wenye, Yingxuezhai shicao, Bamingtang shuchao chujU Bamingtang shuchao
erji and Zhushi shiwen beifa are interleafed together as 26 fascicles bound in five volumes. The first fascicle
comprises the title-pages and prefatory material for each work, and the remaining twenty-five fascicles comprise the
essays from the various collections, arranged according to the order of the Four Books. One additional fascicle
covering essays on the latter part of the Doctrine of the Mean appears to be missing. There are also interleafed
some pages of essays from the following additional collections: TzOTywflw zAwsAz/j
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Kaojuan yuexuan erji. 1810. RM 332.
A second collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary by
Li Xizan in 1806 for use in the Yingxuezhai clan school,
ff. 19, 24, 26, 150, 96.
RM C.60.W.4 (2). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Kaojuan yuexuan sanji. 1810. RM 332.
A third collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary by Li
Xizan in 1809 for use in the Yingxuezhai clan school. Appended are examples of examination poems,
ff. [1], 3, 68, 8.
RM C.60.W.4 (3). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Dianzhi wenye. 1811. RM332.
A collection of examination essays, arranged according to the Four Books. Compiled with commentary and notes
by Wang Jiong and Wang Yuanwang circa 1807.
ff.3,4, 12, 136".116.
RM C.60.W.4 (5). 26 fascs. [in 5 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Collections Arranged by Examination
Guochao like yuanmo zhengzong. n.d. (1795). RM 401.
A collection of Qing dynasty examination essays, arranged chronologically by examination date. Compiled with
commentary by Hu Xianlang. Comprises eight volumes covering the years 1645 through 1790, with a
supplementary volume and a fiirther supplement covering the years 1792 through 1795.
ff. 4,4, 1, 3, 90, 3, 95, 4, 103, 3, 94, 3, 88, 3, 95, 5, 154, 8, 273, 5, 106, 49.
RM c.60.y.4 (fascs.1-14). 14 fascs. [in 3 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Guochao like yuanmo zhengzong erbian. n.d. (1802). RM 401.
A second collection of Qing dynasty examination essays, arranged chronologically by examination date. Compiled
with commentary by Hu Xianlang in 1799. Comprises one volume covering the years 1796 through 1802.
ff. 3, 3, 6, 189.
RM c.60.y.4 (fascs. 15-16). 2 fascs. [in 3 vols.]. 22.5 cm.
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Huishi quanchang weimo. n.d. (1820). RM 464.
A collection of examination essays by successful candidates in the metropolitan examination of 1820.
the chief examiner,
ff. 50.
RM c.500.t.2 (13). 2 fascs. [in 1 vdl.]. 20 cm.
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Individual Collections
Complete Collections
Caizhen huigao. 1801. RM211.
A collection of examination essays by Tan Cui. Edited with commentary by Zhou Fenpei and with notes by Zeng
Lixing in 1777.
ff. [2], 2, 3, 6, 5, 59, 93, 66, 64.
RM c.80.t.4. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 24 cm.
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Dunhuatang xinke canggao. n.d. (1787). RM 346.
The collected examination essays of Xiang Yu, arranged according to the Four Books. Edited by Xiang Yinghong
in 1787.
ff. [12]10,(no foliation).
RM c.501.h.l. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 23.5 cm.
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Gu dazongshi wengao. n.d. (1811+). RM 105.
A collection of examination essays and examination poems by Gu Yuanxi. Includes poems dated between 1806
and 1811, and essays from the 1808 provincial examination and the 1809 metropolitan examination,
ff. 3, 92.
RM c356.k.l. 1 fasc. in 1 vol. 23.5 cm.
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Individual Essays
Guangdongxiangshi zhujuan. n.d. (1821). RM 463.
Three examination essays and an examination poem composed by Li Chichang (1800-?) for the Guangdong
provincial examination of 1821. Preceded by the genealogy of Li Chichang.
ff. 6, 17.
RM c.502.p.l (3). 1 fasc. [in 1 vol.]. 24 cm.
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HISTORY
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORIES
Collected Editions
The Seventeen Histories
ShiqishL 1628-1656 (1797+ reprint). RM 1.
A collected edition of the Seventeen Dynastic Histories (up to and including the History of the Five Dynasties).
Edited and first published by Mao Jin (1599-1659) between 1628 and 1644, and revised and rq>ublished by Mao Jin
between 1648 and 1656. This is a later printing, issued together with a set of unofficial histories covering the Song,
Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties (see Song Liao Jin Yuan bieshi).
RM c.254.s.l (vols. 1-40). 246 fascs. [in 46 vols.]. 25.5 cm.
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Han Dynasty and Earlier
Shiji lunwen. n.d. (1687). RM 197.
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TheRecords of a Historian by Sima Qian With commentary written by Wu Jiansi circa 1686.
RM C.253.S.9. 16 fascs. in 3 vols. 25.5 cm.
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Ming Dynasty
Mingshigao. n.d. (1723). RM445.
A draft history of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Compiled by order of the Kangxi emperor by Wang Hongxu
(1645-1723) et al, and completed in 1723.
RM c.269.m.3. 60 fascs. in 10 vols. 24 cm.
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CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORIES
Collected Editions
Tongjian gangmu. 1803. RM 19.
A collected edition of critical annotated chronicles of Chinese history. Comprises Zhu XiJs (1130-1200) critical
revision of Sima Guangs chrionicle of Chinese history covering the period 403 B.C. to 959 A.D.; a supplement
covering the earliest history of China (up to 403 B.C.) compiled by Nan Xuan (c.1515-c.1575); a supplement
covering the history of the Khitan tribes during the late Tang and Five Dynasties period (901-959), extracted from a
chronicle compiled by Chen Cheng during the Yuan dynasty; and a supplement covering the Song and Yuan
dynasties (960-1367) compiled by order of the Chenghua en^eror by Shang Lu (1414-1486) et al. With marginal
commentary by Chen Renxi (1579-1634).
RM c.253.t.9. 100 fascs. in 22 vols. 26 cm.
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Chronicles Covering More than One Dynasty
Chongding Wang Fengzhou xiansheng gangjian huizuan. n.d. RM ?
An annotated chronicle of Chinese history from earliest times up to the end of the Five Dynasties period (up to 959),
with a supplement covering the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1367). Compiled by Wang Shizhen (1526-1590),
based on Thu Xi?s earlier critical chronicle of Chinese history and its supplements. With marginal commentary by
Chen Renxi (1579-1634).
RM c254.k.2. 6 fascs. in 3 vols, and 24 fascs. loose. 17.5 cm.
13.9x10.21020
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Fuwentang gangjian yizhilu. n.d. (1711+). RM 62.
A concise annotated chronicle of Chinese history from earliest times up to the end of the Yuan dynasty (up to 1367).
Compiled by Wu Chengquan etal. in 1711 based on earlier complete chronicles.
RM c.254.k.8. 35 fascs. in 7 vols. 18.5 cm.
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Yushanlou gangjian yizhilu. n.d. (1711). RM 62.
A concise annotated chronicle of Chinese history from earliest times up to the end of the Yuan dynasty (up to 1367),
with a supplement covering the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Compiled by Wu Chengquan et al. in 1711 based on
earlier complete chronicles.
RM c.254.k.9. 36 fascs. in 6 vols. 18.5 cm.
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Chronicles Covering a Single Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Yuzhuan zizhi tongjian gangmu sanbian. n.d. (1746). RM 62.
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An historical chronicle of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Compiled by order of the Qianlong emperor by Zhang
Tingyu (1672-1755) et al., and completed in 1746.
RM c*269.t.6. 5 fascs. in 1 vol. 18.5 cm.
RM c.269.t.7. 4 fascs. 18 cm.
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HISTORICAL RECORDS
Records of Events Covering a Single Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Huangchao wugongjisheng. n.d. (1792). RM 418.
An account of the military suppression of various border tribes during the reigns of the Kangxi and Qianlong
emperors (1662-1722). CompUed by Zhao Yi (1727-1814) in 1792.
ff. 3, 3, 26, 24, 15, 26, 5.
RM c.270.h.5, 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 17 cm.
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Qindingpingmiaojiliie. n.d. (1797+). RM218.
An account of the military suppression of the rebellion of the Miao tribes between 1795 and 1797. Prefixed by a
collection of poems on the Miao rebellion composed by the Qianlong emperor (1711-1799). This edition was
printed at the imperial printing house (Wuyingdian) using wooden moveable typeface.
RM c,272.p.l. 24 fascs. in 4 vols. 25.5 cm.
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Jingniji. n.d. (1817+). RM 61.
An account of the suppression of the Tianlijiao uprising of 1813. Written by Sheng Dashi in 1817.
ff. 12, 12, 18, 22, 7, 23, 9.
RM C.267.C.4, 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 24 cm.
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MISCELLANEOUS HISTORIES
Factual Histories
Collected Editions
Song Liao Jin Yuan bieshi. 1795-1797. RM 1.
A collected edition of five unofficial histories covering the Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties. This copy was
issued as a supplement to Mao Jin^ edition of the Seventeen Dynastic Histories (see Shiqishi).
RM c,254.s.l (vols.41-46). 36 fascs. [in 46 vols.]. 25 cm.
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The Khitan, Jurchen and Mongol Dynasties
Dajin guozhi, 1797. RM 78.
A history of the Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Compiled by Yuwen Maozhao in 1234. This is the same edition as that
included in Song Liao Jin Yuan bieshi, but lacking most of the prefatory material.
RM c.266.t.2. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 29 cm.
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Tables Covering More than One Dynasty
Lidai tongjibiao. 1817. RM49(?).
Chronological tables showing reign periods and main events from the earliest times through to the end of the Ming
dynasty. Compiled by Duan Changji in 1813. This is one of a set of three related reference works compiled by
Duan Changji (cf. Lidai jiangyubiao and Lidai yangebiao).
RM c.252.1.6. 12 fascs. in 4 vols. 30 cm.
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Elementary Overviews of History
Xishan Du Yunchuan xiansheng dushi lunliie. n.d. (1730+). RM 292.
An annotated outline of Chinese history from the first unification of China under the Qin dynasty down to the end of
the Ming dynasty. Compiled by Du Zhao in 1730. This edition with an appended chronological table of reigns
compiled by Gao Jun and Gao Qishou. A copy of Du Zhao?s 1730 preface for this work is mistakenly bound at the
front of Ailou shenglan (RM c.367.a.5).
ff. [1], 42, 36.
RM c.500.t3 (5). 2 fascs. [in 1 vol.]. 16.5 cm.
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Historical Research
Shiqishi shangque. 1787. RM 156.
Critical notes and discourses on the seventeen dynastic histories (up to and including the Five Dynasties). Written
by Wang Mingsheng (1722-1797) in 1787.
RMc.251.s.l. 14 fascs. in 3 vols. 29 cm.
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BIOGRAPHY
Collected Biographies
Biographies of People from All Periods of History
Lidai mingxian lienii shixingpu. 1792. RM 11.
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A general biographical dictionary, with family names arranged according to rh5nne. Compiled by Xiao Zhihan in
1793.
RM C.9.S.6. 120 fascs. in 24 vols. 24.5 cm.
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Gupin jielu. 1799. RM 154.
Biographies of eminent men from the Han through Yuan dynasties. Compiled by Song Yun (1754-1835) in 1797.
ff. 4, 2, 33, 37, 56, 54, 42,45.
RM c.9.k.5. 5 fascs. in 1 vol. 30 cm.
RM c.9.k6. 6 fascs. in 1 case. 31 cm.
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Biographies of Officials
Lidai mingchen yanxinglu. 1797. RM 50.
Biographical records of eminent officials from the Warring States period down to the Ming dynasty. Compiled by
Zhu Huan (c.1697-c.1763) in 1758.
RM c.9.1.1. 34 fascs. in 6 vols. 25 cm.
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Biographies of Intellectuals
Xuetong. n.d. (1688+). RM 150.
Biographies of the major figures of the various schools of philosophy, from earliest times through to the Ming
dynasty. Compiled by Xiong Cilii (1635-1709) in 1685.
RM c.60.h.4. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 27 cm.
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Mingru xue 'an. n.d. (1639+). RM 437.
Biographical accounts of the various Ming dynasty schools of philosophy. Compiled by Huang Zongxi (1610-
1695) in 1676. This edition edited by Wan Yan and Zheng Xing in 1739.
RM c.752.m3. 22 fascs. in 4 vols. 26 cm.
17.8x13.51120
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Chourenzhuan. n.d. (1799+). RM ?
Biographies of two hundred and eighty astronomers and mathematicians, including thirty-seven Western thinkers
and scientists. Compiled by Ruan Yuan (1764-1849) circa 1799.
RM c.905.c.ll. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 26.5 cm.
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Guochao hanxue shichengji. 1818. RM 441.
Biographical accounts of Qing dynasty scholars versed in the Han dynasty school of textual criticism of the classics.
Appended is a bibliography of works composed by such scholars. Compiled by Jiang Fan (1761-1831) circa 1811.
ff. 2, 3, 23,27, 19, 33, 22,22,2116,16, 2.
RM c.9.k.9. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 26.5 cm.
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Biographies of Women j
Xinkan gu lienuzhuan. n.d. (1825). Not RM.
Biographies of notable women. Compiled during the Han dynasty by Liu Xiang (c.77-6 B.C.), with a later
anonymous supplement. This edition is a facsimile reprint of a Southern Song Fujian edition with supratextual
illustrations attributed to Gu Kaizhi (c.345-c.406).
ff. 7, 2, 2, 2, 7, 15, 15, 16, 14, 16,18,16,18.
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Biographies of Virtuous People
Niansixiao tuzan. n.d. (1783+). RM.
Illustrated accounts of twenty-four paragons of filial piety. Composed by Zheng Ting in 1783. Cf. also the
illustrations of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety included in Sanjiao zelu, Zengbu yutang zhushi zazi daquan
and some of the astrological almanacs (e.g. Daqing Jiaqing ershiyinian tongshu).
ff. 5, [1], 48.
RM c.9.e.2, 1 fasc. in 1 vol. 23 cm.
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Biographies of Buddhists and Daoists
Zhiyuelu. 1745. RM 705.
Biographical accounts of masters of the Chan sect up until 1163. Compiled by Qu Ruji (1548-1610).
RMc.801.c.ll2. 10 fascs. in 2 vols, (vol.1 missing). 26 cm.
1745 )
21.4x15.51121
Zimen chongxinglu. 1808. RM 689.
Records of worthy monks and nuns. Compiled by Zhuhong (1535-1615) in 1585.
ff. 3, 5, 57.
RM c.801.t.82. 1 fasc. in 1 case. 24.5 cm.
RM c.801 83. 1 fasc. in 1 case. 24.5 cm.
RM c.801.p.l (3). 1 fasc. [in 1 vol.]. 24 cm.
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Jiaohuji. n.d. (1770+). RM 780.
Biographies of eminent Buddhists. Compiled by Jineng in 1770.
ff. 2, 2, 68, 62.
RM C.9.C.2. 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 27 cm.
RM C.801.C.42, 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 28 cm.
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Jingtu shengxianlu. n.d. (1810). RM 728.
Biographical accounts of adherents of the Pure-land sect. Compiled by Peng Shaosheng (1740-1796) in 1783.
ff. 2,2, 3,2, 8,2133, 30,28, 25, 27,2330, 29.
RM C.801.C.35. 3 fascs. in 1 vol. 24 cm.
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Notices of Officials
Daqingjinshen quanshu. 1822. RM 226.
A handbook for officials, giving details of all positions in local government service, including the names and brief
biographical details of the present incumbents. Divided into nineteen administrative regions. With a prefatory
section providing general information for officials. This edition issued in the Spring of 1822.
ff. 2, 22, 85, 105, 103, 75, [2].
RM c.200.t.l8 (fascs.l, 3, 5-6). 4 fascs. [in 1 vol.]. 16 cm.
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Daqingjinshen quanshu. 1829. Not RM.
A handbook for officials, giving details of all positions in local government service, including the names and brief
biographical details of the present incumbents. This edition issued in the Summer of 1829. This copy incomplete,
preserving only the third volume,
ff. 104.
RMc.200.U9. 1 fasc. 16 cm.
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Daqingjinshen quanshu. 1840. Not RM.
A handbook for officials, giving details of all positions in local government service, including the names and brief
biographical details of the present incumbents. With a prefatory section providing general information for officials.
This edition issued in the Winter of 1840. This copy incomplete, preserving only the first volume,
ff. 2, 22, 87.
RM c.200.t.20. 1 fasc. 16.5 cm.
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Daqing jinshen quanshu. 1841. Not RM.
A handbook for officials, giving details of all positions in local government service, including the names and brief
biographical details of the present incumbents. This edition issued in the Spring of 1841. This copy incomplete,
preserving only the third volume,
ff. 104.
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Daqingjinshen quanshu. 1841. Not RM.
A handbook for officials, giving details of all positions in local government service, including the names and brief
biographical details of the present incumbents. This edition issued in the Summer of 1841. This copy incomplete,
preserving only the third and fourth volumes,
ff. 104, 76, 12.
RMc.200.t.21 (fascs.3-4). 2 fascs. 16.5 cm0
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Daqingjinshen quanshu. n.d. Not RM.
A handbook for officials, giving details of all positions in local government service, including the names and brief
biographical details of the present incumbents. This copy incomplete, preserving the only third volume,
ff. 104.
RM c.200.t.21 (fasc.2). 1 fasc. 16.5 cm.
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Daqing zhongshu beilan. 1822. RM 226.
A handbook for officials, giving details of all positions appointed by the central government, including the names
and brief biographical details of the present incumbents. Divided into eighteen administrative regions. With a
prefatory section providing general information for officials. This edition issued in the Spring of 1822.
ff. 117, 151.
RM c.200.t.l8 (fascs.2 and 4). 2 fascs. [in 1 vol.]. 16 cm.
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WORKS ON GOVERNMENT
Political Institutions
Wenxian tongkao zhengxu hezuan. n.d. (1664+). RM 90.
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A combined edition of two encyclopaedic studies of the history of political and social institutions of China. The
first covering the period up to the reign of the Song Emperor Ningzong (r. 1195-1224), compiled by Ma Duanlin
(c.1254-1323); the second covering the period from the end of Emperor Ningzong^ reign through to the beginning
of the Ming Wanli emperor?s reign (r. 1573-1620), compiled by Wang Qi (fl.1565-1614). Both works are severely
abridged in this edition.
RM C.253.W.4, 18 fascs. in 4 vols. 24 cm.
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18.8x11.5922
Qinding Daqing huidian. n.d. (1764+). RM 132.
The administrative statutes of the Qing dynasty. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Prince Yintao (1686-
1763) et al. by order of the Qianlong emperor, and completed in 1764.
RM c.200.t.2. 40 fascs. in 6 vols. 19 cm.
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Ceremonial
Official Ceremonies
Wanshou shengdian chuji. n.d. (1715-1716). RM 23.
A collection <^f materials relating to the celebrations of the sixtieth birthday of the Kangxi emperor in 1713.
Compiled 17l|-1716 by Wang Shan (1645-1728) et al under the editorial supervision of Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715)
and Wang Yiqing (?-c.l736). This copy is lacking the three volumes of illustrations.
RM C.9.W.5. 56 fascs. in 10 vols, (originally 60 fascs., fascs. 18-21 now missing). 29.5 cm.
(
1715-1716 )
Ox 16.8919
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Nanxun shengdian. n.d. (1771). RM 24.
A compilation of materials relating to the Qianlong emperor5s tours of the Yangtze valley region in 1751, 1757,
1762 and 1765. Compiled by order of the Qianlong emperor by Gao Jin (1707-1779) et al., and completed 1771.
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I National Economy
I
/ Taxation
I Guangdong fuyi quanshu. n.d. (1808+). RM 12.
! Details of the taxation of Guangdong province, arranged according to the various administrative regions.
I RM c.230.k.4. 104 fascs. in 14 vols. 26 cm.
*
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Yue haiguan zhengshou gexiang guigong yinliang gengding zeli. n.d. (1760). RM 171.
The rules and regulations for custom duties and taxes in Guangdong province, arranged by port. This is a revised
edition of circa 1760. This copy missing last few pages,
ff. 280+ (missing last few pages).
RM c.230.y.l. 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 25 cm.
1760 )
19.2x11.9830
Yue haiguan zhengshou gexiang guigong yinliang gengding zeli. n.d. RM 172.
The rules and regulations for custom duties and taxes in Guangdong province, arranged by port. This is a
manuscript copy of the main body of the printed edition (cf. previous item),
ff. [158].
RM c.500.t.3 (2). 1 fasc. [in 1 vol.]. 16.5 cm.
I
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Grain Transport
Jiangsu haiyun quanan. n.d. (1826). Not RM.
A collection of documents pertaining to the transport by sea of rice from Jiangsu province to the capital. Edited by
He Changling et al. under the editorial supervision of Qishan (d.1854) and Tao Shu (1779-1839) in 1826.
Appended is an account by Li Jingyi of the transport of rice by sea in 1826.
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ff. 3, 3,12, 72, 82, 8177,58, 56,49, 59,62,73,9176, 3, 6.
RM c.206.c.l. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 27.5 cm.
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The Salt Industry
\ Liangguangyanfazhi. n.d. (1763). RM 129.
! An account of the salt industry in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, including a brief account of the iron-smelting
I industry. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Li Shiyao et a/, in 1762.
RM c.230.1.2 (fascs. 1-18). 18 fascs. [in 3 vols.]. 26 cm.
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Liangguangyanfa waizhi. n.d. (1763). RM 129.
A supplementary account of the salt industry in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces. Compiled under the editorial
supervision of Li Shiyao et al. in 1762.
ff. 4, 7, 13, 30, 60, 55, 52, 29, 37.
RM c.230.1.2 (fascs. 19-24). 6 fascs. [in 3 vols.]. 26 cm.
1763 )
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Water Conservancy
Xingshui jinjian. n.d. (1721). RM 525.
An historical survey of the river and canal systems of China. Compiled by Fu Zehong in 1721. This copy is
lacking the prefatory material.
RM c.l56.h.5. 35 fascs. in 5 vols, (originally 36 fascs., fasc.l now missing). 25.5 cm.
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Haitang lanyao. n.d. (1809). RM 183.
A survey of the coastal seawalls of Zhejiang province. Compiled by Yang Heng in 1809.
ff. 5,2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2,4146,43, 34, 7154,74, 7184, 93, 63,43, 81.
RM c.l54.h.l. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 29 cm.
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18.3x13.81020
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Military Affairs
Civil Defence
Chixing zhuozeng baojia tiaokuan shigao. n.d. RM228.
A draft announcement on new regulations concerning the Community Self-defence System.
ff.9.
RM c.500.y.2 (15). 1 fasc. [in 1 vol.]. 20 cm.
16.3x11.4919
Coastal and River Defences
Chouhai tubian. n.d. (1624). RM 67.
An illustrated account of the coastal defences against the Japanese. Compiled by Hu Zongxian (?-1565) in 1562.
Includes maps of the Chinese coast from the border with Vietnam to the border with Korea, an account of Japan
with maps, an account of the regional defences by province, and descriptions of naval vessels and weaponry.
RM c*450.c.5. 8 fascs. in 1 vol. 30 cm.
1624 )
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Chouhai tubian. n.d. (1644+ reprint of 1624 edition). RM 67.
An illustrated account of the coastal defences against the Japanese. Compiled by Hu Zongxian (7-1565) in 1562.
Includes maps of the Chinese coast from the border with Vietnam to the border with Korea, an account of Japan
with maps, an account of the regional defences by province, and descriptions of naval vessels and weapoiuy.
RM C.450.C.8. 22 fascs. in 4 vols. 26.5 cm.
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Jurisprudence
Laws
Daqing liili huitong xinzuan. 1823. RM 52.
The complete laws of the Chinese Empire. Originally annotated by Shen Tianyi in 1715. This edition revised and
expanded by Jin Ruifeng based on the laws promulgated by the Ministry of Justice in 1821 and amended in 1822.
Included are supplementary sections on equivalent crimes, arrest procedures and forensic pathology.
RM c.203.t.4, 26 fascs. in 5 vols. 26 cm.
1823 )
20.0x13.11641617918
Daqing Mi tongzuan jicheng. 1842. Not RM.
The complete laws of the Chinese Empire. Originally annotated by Shen Tianyi in 1715. This edition revised and
expanded by Yao Run based on the laws promulgated by the Ministry of Justice in 1840. Appended are a section
on forensic pathology, and a section on arrest procedures.
RM c.203.t.8. 24 fascs. in 3 vols. 24 cm.
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1842 )
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Daqing liili. n.d. RM 216.
A manuscript copy of the Qing penal code,
ff. [5, 60].
MS 81967 (fasc.l). 1 fasc. [in 1 vol.]. 23 cm.
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Forensic Investigation
1777. RM 429.
A guide to forensic pathology. Compiled by Song Ci (1186-1249) during the Song dynasty. This edition edited
byJinTinglieinl764.
ff.2, 3,1,40,1,32, 2, 29, 1,23.
RM c.203.h.2. 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 18 cm.
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Legal Cases
Zizhixinshu. n.d. (1663). RM243.
A classified collection of legal decisions, intended to be of use to officials as examples of correct judicial procedure.
Compiled by Li Yu (1611-1680) circa 1663. Preceded by various essays by Li Yu on crime and punishment.
RM c.200.t.ll. 7 fascs. in 1 vol. 19 cm.
1663 )
12.6x9.71020
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2
Zizhi xinshu erji. n.d. (1667). RM 244.
A second classified collection of legal decisions. Compiled by Li Yu (1611-1680) circa 1667.
RM c.200.t.l2. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 19 cm.
1667 )
12.7x9.41020
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Xinzeng zhengxu boan xinbian. n.d. (1812). RM 55.
A collection of appeal cases dating from between 1736 and 1812. Compiled by Quan Shichao et al. This is an
expanded version of an earlier edition covering appeal cases dating from between 1736 and 1782.
RM c.203.p.l. 48 fascs. in 9 vols. 21 cm.
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Xinzuan bogai bizhao cheng*an suojianjizongbian. 1807. RM 58.
A collection of appeal cases dating from between 1736 and 1806. Compiled by Hu Zhaokai and Wang Youhuai in
1806.
RM C.203.C.1. 32 fascs. in 5 vols. 22.5 cm.
1807 )
14.7x10.7922
Dusheng gong'an. 1783. RM 260.
A collection of legal cases. Compiled by Qiaobin qishierfeng zhuren.
ff. 3,4, 43, 44,46.
RM c.203.t.l2. 3 fascs. in 1 vol. 19 cm.
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An. n.d. RM216.
A collection of legal cases dating from the Qianlong period (1736-1795). Manuscript copy in various hands.
No foliation.
MS 81967 (fascs.2-4). 3 fascs. [in 1 vol.]. 23 cm.
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Governmental Regulations
Qinding libu zeli. n.d. (1742). RM 278.
The rules and regulations of the Ministry of Personnel. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Prince
Hongzhou (1712-1770) by order of the Qianlong emperor, and completed in 1742.
ff. 6,2,2, 27,2, 14,18,2,19,2,27.
RM c.203.1.1. 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 27 cm.
1742 )
22.4x16.81020J
Qinding libu chufen zeli. 1805. RM 170.
The disciplinary regulations of the Ministry of Personnel. Compiled order of the Qianlong emperor. This edition
revised and edited by Qiu Yunpo and Chen Xiaoting in 1810. This is the first part of a set of disciplinary
regulations covering all six ministries.
RM c.203.1.3. 32 fascs. in 4 vols. 20 cm.
1805 )
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Xianqijilan. 1793. RM 457.
Tables showing the prescribed times allowed for the completion of various official duties. Compiled by Shen
Zhanlin czrca 1793. Appended are the rules and regulations pertaining to the tattooing of criminals.
ff.3, [3, 82,1,15, 1].
RM c.203.t.l3, 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 25 cm.
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The Examination System
Qinding kechang tiaoli. n.d. (1816). RM223.
The rules and regulations for the state examination system, compiled under the editorial supervision of Cai
Luanyang by order of the Jiaqing emperor, and completed in 1816.
RM c.60.k.l. 18 fascs. in 3 vols. 25.5 cm.
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EDICTS AND MEMORIALS
Imperial Edicts
Moral Instructions
Daqing Taizu... Gao huangdi shengxun. n.d. (1739). RM 444.
Instructions on moral edification issued by Emperor Taizu (Nurhaci, 1559-1626).
ff. 2, 3,2,16,17, 17,16.
RM c.l00.t.l (fasc.l). 1 fasc. [in 2 vols.]. 29.5 cm.
H39 )
24.2x17.0918
Daqing Taizong... Wen huangdi shengxun. n.d. (1739). RM 444.
Instructions on moral edification issued by Emperor Taizong (Abahai, 1592-1643).
ff. 3, 3, 2,17, 23, 14,2119,16.
RM c.l00.t.l (fasc.2). 1 fasc. [in 2 vols.]. 29.5 cm.
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Daqing Shizu... Zhang huangdi shengxun. n.d. (1739). RM 444.
Instructions on moral edification issued by the Shunzhi emperor (1638-1661).
ff. 3, 3, 3, 17, 17, 14, 14, 13, 12.
RM c.l00.t.l (fasc.3). 1 fasc. [in 2 vols.]. 29.5 cm.
Illo
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24.0x17.0,918
Daqing Shengzu... Ren huangdi shengxun. n.d. (1741). RM 444.
Instructions on moral edification issued by the Kangxi emperor (1654-1722). This copy incomplete, comprising
only the first twenty-five of sixty juan.
RMc.l00.t.l (fascs.4-10). 7 fascs. [in 2 vols.]. 29.5 cm.
1741 )
24.1x16.9918
Shengyu guangxun. n.d. (1670+). RM 631.
The sixteen moral maxims of the Kangxi emperor (1654-1722), further elaborated by the Yongzheng emperor
(1678-1735). With vernacular paraphrases by Wang Youpu (1681-1760+).
ff. 2, 3, 34.
RM C.100.S.10. 4 fascs. in 1 vol. 19.5 cm.
13.8 x10.9;919
Shengyu yanyi sanzige sujie. n.d. (1816+). RM 458.
The sixteen moral maxims of the Kangxi emperor (1654-1722). With three-character verse elaborations and
vernacular explanations written by Li Laizhang in 1816.
ff. 1, 38.
RM c.502.p.4 (2). 1 fasc. [in 1 vol.]. 18 cm.
12.8x10.5918
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iS/iengyw sflwzRM c.502.p.4 (2)): first folio of text.
wills mm
Daxing huangdi yizhao. n.d. (1820). RM.
The last will and testament of the Jiaqing emperor (1760-1820), who died on the 2nd of September 1820. This
edition prepared for publication by Ruan Yuan (1764-1849) and Kang Shaoyong (1770-1834).
ff.6.
RM c.202.t.l. 1 fasc. in 1 vol. 29.5 cm.
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THE CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
Yuelingjiyao. n.d. (1716). RM 142.
An encyclopaedic calendar of festivals, customs and agricultural activities. Compiled under the editorial
supervision of Li Guangdi (1642-1718) and Wang Shan (1645-1728) by order of the Kangxi emperor, and
completed in 1715.
RM c.41.y.l. 16 fascs. in 3 vols. 24.5 cm.
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Yueling cuibian. 1812. RM 453.
A calendar of festivals, customs and agricultural activities. Compiled by Qin Jiamo circa 1812.
RM c.41.y.2. 8 fascs. in 1 vol. 25 cm.
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1812 )
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GEOGRAHY
General Descriptions of China
Historical Geography
Lidai jiangyubiao 1817. RM49(?).
Tables showing the administrative divisions of China from earliest times through to the Ming dynasty (arranged in
chronological order). Compiled by Duan Changji in 1813. This is one of a set of three related reference works
compiled by Duan Changji (cf. Lidai tongjibiao and Lidai yangebiao).
ff. 4, 3, 3, [12]11125, 184, 169, 6, 71111.
RMc.151.L3. 6 fascs. in 1 vol. 30 cm.
1817 )
23.3x18.6
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Lidai yangebiao. 1815. RM 49 or 68.
Tables showing the changes in the administrative divisions of China from earliest times through to the Ming d}^nasty
(arranged geographically). Compiled by Duan Changji in 1814. This is one of a set of three related reference
works compiled by Duan Changji (cf. Lidai tongjibiao and Lidai jiangyubiao).
ff. 3, 16, 113, 11411113, 59.
RM c.151.1.7. 6 fascs. in 1 vol. 30.5 cm.
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Song Dynasty Geogrpahy
Taiping huanyuji. n.d. (1803). RM 17.
A geographical description of China. Compiled during the Northern Song by Yue Shi (930-1007). This edition
edited and emended by Wan Tinglan in 1793. Appended are a list of omissions in the original work, a table of tiie
reign periods from the Han througli Ming dynastiesand a table of the administrative divisions of China from the
Qin through Ming d)masties taken from the Daqing yitongzhi.
RM c.l51.t.2. 60 fascs. in 8 vols. 25.5 cm.
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Ming Dynasty Geogrpahy
Tianxia yitongzhi. n.d. RM 20.
The national gazetteer of the Ming empire. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Li Xian (1408-1467) et al.
by order of the Tianshun emperor, and completed 1461. This is a Qing reprint of a Ming edition {Darning
yitongzhi), but with the words uGreat Ming?, excised from the title.
RM c.l51.m.l. 80 fascs. in 14 vols. 25.5 cm.
((
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Guangyuji. 1802. RM 191.
A geographical description of China. Compiled during the Ming by Lu Yingyang. This edition revised and
expanded by Cai Fangbing in 1686.
RM c.l51.k.l copy a. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 25 cm.
RM c.l51.k.l copy b. 15 fascs. in 4 cases. 26 cm.
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Qing Dynasty Geogrpahy
Fangyu leizuan. 1808. RM 45.
A geographical description of China. Compiled by Wen Runeng in 1808.
RM c.l50.f.l. 30 fascs. in 4 vols. 24.5 cm.
fg
1808 )
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13
Tianxia lucheng. n.d. (1738+). RM ?
Itineraries for road and water travel between various parts of China. Compiled by Miaoyin jushi in 1738, and
edited by Qiufangxin zhai.
ff. 2, 13, 2, 67, 2, 65.
RM c.l56.t.2. 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 17 cm.
13.3x9.5617
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Zhouxing beilan. n.d. (1738+). RM ?
Itineraries for road and water travel between various parts of China. Compiled by Miaoyin jushi in 1738, and
edited by Qiufangxin zhai.
ff. 2, 8,32, 35, 33, 35,33, 30.
RM c.l56.t.l, 2 fascs. in 1 vol. 14.5 cm.
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Regional Gazetteers
Provincial Gazetteers
Guangdong tongzhi. n.d. (1731). RM 30? 119.
A gazetteer of Guangdong province. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Hao Yulin (?-1745) et al. in
1731.
RM c.l53.k.5. 42 fascs. in 9 vols. 26 cm
RMc.l58.k.3. 2 fascs. in 1 vols. 27.5 cm.
1731 )
22.4 x 16.21121
Fujian tongzhi. n.d. (1737). RM 32.
A gazetteer of Fujian province. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Hao Yulin (7-1745) et al. in 1737.
RM c.l53.f.l. 46 fascs. in 8 vols. 26.5 cm.
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Prefectural Gazetteers
Wanli Hangzhou fuzhi. n.d. (1579). RM 35.
A gazetteer of Hangzhou prefecture. Compiled by Qien Shan in 1579.
RM c.l54.h.2. 40 fascs. in 9 vols. 27 cm.
1579 )
20.6 x 14.71020
County Gazetteers
Nanhai xianzhi. n.d. (1741). RM 79.
A gazetteer of Nanhai county in Guangdong province. Compiled by Wei Wan and Chen Zhangyi in 1741.
RM c.l54.n.l. 12 fascs. in 2 vols. 26 cm.
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1741 )
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Panyu xianzhi. n.d. (1774). RM 80.
A gazetteer of Panyu county in Guangdong province. Compiled by Tan Cui and Ling Yu under the editorial
supervision of Ren Guo and Chang De in 1774.
RM c.l54.p.6. 13 fascs. in 3 vols. 26.5 cm0
1774 )
19.8x14.61022
Chenghai xianzhi. n.d. (1814). RM 184.
A gazetteer of Chenghai county in Guangdong province. Compiled by Li Shuji and Wang Kai in 1814.
RMc.l54.c.l6. 8 fascs. in 2 vols. 26 cm.
1814 )
19.3 x 13.91020
Yuqian xianzhi. n.d. (1812). RM 84.
A gazetteer of Yuqian county in Zhejiang province. Compiled by Li Jiang and Zhang Xie under the editorial
supervision of He Taiqing in 1812. At the front is appended a reprint of the Kangxi emperors poems on
agriculture and weavingwith new illustrations drawn by He Taiqing (cf. ZwzA/
RM c.l54.y.4, 8 fascs. in 1 vol. 25 cm.
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Miscellaneous Topographic Descriptions
Beijing
Chenyuan zhiliie. 1788. RM298.
A description of the capital Beijing. Compiled by Wu Changyuan circa 1788.
RM C.154.C3. 8 fascs. in 2 vols. 18 cm.
RMc.154.cA 8 fascs. in 1 case. 18.5 cm.
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