Abstract:

Shanghai Public Library collects abundant Chinese record collection resources. In thesecollections, there are a large number of Pathe records with various versions. they have high value inversion research. This article analyzed and compared about 2000 kinds of Pathe Chinese records inShanghai Library, as well as referred to the relevant contents of newspapers and other literature such asShun Pao and Xinwen Bao. The main research object of this article is the nine versions of Tan Xinpei’sSilang Visits His Mother. Aim to investigate the reissues of this record since its initial release in 1915and the characteristics of those records in different periods. At the same time, it also analyzed the versionchanges of the record in the 40-year history of Pathe.

Key words: Pathe, Tan Xinpei, Silang Visits His Mother