The Birth of "Chinese Printing History"

The study of the history of printing and books in China, from Ye Dehui's Shulin Qinghua ( 1911 ) to nname w:st="on" productid="Zhang Xiumin"> Mr. Zhang Xiumin’s “The History of Chinese Printing” ( 1989 ), the publication of Dacheng, and the publication of the updated version in 2006 , have a history of nearly one hundred years. The birth of this monumental history of printing is not only a history of Chinese culture, but also an important chapter in the history of Chinese science and technology civilization.

Nname w:st="on" productid="Zhang"> In 1927 , Mr. Zhang was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University. During his studies, he established a solid foundation of literature and history. At that time, I read the bibliographies written by the British people and had a keen interest in the Western version of the catalogue. When I was in the same position as nname w:st="on" productid="and when I was under the guidance of the teacher, I studied systematically." Han Shu's Yi Wenzhi has extensively involved books in the version catalog. At the same time, he began to compile the “Song Catalog Chronicle Problem Catalogue”. The Song edition book, which was recorded in the catalog, was sorted by the year and month of the engraved book, and was compiled into a catalog. It contained detailed descriptions of each book in order to solve the problem and the time and place of the book. Problems and published many academic papers. Due to the influence of Carter's "Invention of Chinese Printing Technology and the Westward Pass" ( 1925 ), I feel that printing is a great invention of our country, and that the history of printing has been overshadowed by Westerners and I am deeply ashamed that I am determined to write. A history of Chinese printing, graduation thesis and the "Song-style copy test" as the title. In 1931 , he was invited by the director of Yuan Tongli to work at the Beijing Library. At that time, the library had a group of scholars with expertise, and they were extremely talented. In this strong academic atmosphere, Mr. Zhang was also deeply consulted.

During the Beijing Library, he paid special attention to the history of printing when he was reading the book. He spent more than two years reading the 355 books of the entire Song edition of the collection one by one to become the second volume of Song Edition. "Song Engraving Directory" two volumes. After reading Ming Jiajing’s reprint of more than 200 copies of the “Yongle Grand Ceremony” , thousands of local chronicles, poetry collections, and essay fictions, as well as Japanese and Western editions of textbooks of the large library have been read for decades and become the history of Chinese printing. Study the source of widely available data. October 1952, in line with Chinese copies of books exhibition, the author of "China's invention of printing and its impact on Asian countries," a paper, published in the "Guangming Daily", won the praise of academia, so to be invited to this article The book was expanded and written as "The invention and influence of Chinese printing", published by the People's Publishing House in 1958 and translated into Japanese by Guang Shan Xiuzhi in 1960 . This book has many inventive ideas in the invention of engraving and printing, movable type printing, and the dissemination of Chinese printing. It has been widely quoted in academic circles. After the book was published, nname w:st="on" productid="Zhang"> Mr. Zhang also published more than 30 papers and conducted a systematic study of the history of printing. In 1985 , he completed the "Chinese Printing History" and published it in 1989 . After its inception, the book received extensive attention from the academic community and won a number of awards. It has been hailed as an epoch-making masterpiece in the study of the history of Chinese printing. After the publication of the book, the gentleman, despite his old age, was still unwilling to write. He added a large number of eyebrows to the book and added a lot of new content to make the book perfect. In the fall of 2006 , an updated version of "Chinese Printing History" was published by Zhejiang Ancient Books Publishing House and many precious pictures were added. Although Mr. Sau Min has passed away, then this great book will flow into the world. (Guangming Daily)