Abstract: In the thirty-third year of the Republic of China, The Early Compilation of the Catalog of
Antique Editions in the Ming Dynasty authored by Gu Tinglong and Pan Jingzheng got published. For the
first time, this book was known as a catalog, including two hundred and three kinds of high-quality books
in the Ming Dynasty, and each book contained one or two photocopies of its texts inside and version
information. It not only initiated a new paradigm of edition bibliography research, but also had a specific
influence on the later Chinese Engraving Catalog and Catalog of Antique Editions in the Qing Dynasty.
During the time of editing and publishing this Catalog, Gu Tinglong participated in establishing the
United Library in Shanghai at the invitation of Ye Jingkui and Zhang Yuanji. Deeply studying the library
construction in a special historical period and the arrangement mode of the catalog of ancient editions
tends to be beneficial to further exploration of published historical materials and current research.