Abstract:

In the Ming Dynasty, Shen Jin compiled a series of books, Xinshang Bian, with the theme of appreciation and recreation. The series of books have the version of Shen Jin in the Zhengde Period, the version of Wang Yuncheng in thirty years to the Jiajing (1551), and the version of Mao Yixiang in eight years to the Wanli (1580). The version of Mao Yixiang was based on the version of Shen Jin. The woodblocks engraved by Mao Yixiang underwent multiple modifications and thus the appearances of printed versions from different periods are distinct. Mao Yixiang compiled Xinshang Xubian, collecting the works of the Ming Dynasty. The compiler of the Newly-organized Shuofu in the late Ming Dynasty chose some of the books of Xinshang Bian and Xinshang Xubian as base text. Booksellers used the woodblocks of the Newly-organized Shuofu to compile a new series, which was known as Chongding Xinshang Bian. And they profited by pretending that Mao Yixiang was the compiler of the series