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A Study of Quanshi Waiji ’s Edition

Sun Haiqiao   

  • Online:2016-10-15 Published:2016-10-25

Abstract:

Complementary Collection of Quanshi, 10 volumes, collects poems and commentaries by Shi Zongle, a monk poet in the early Ming Dynasty. The most popular edition is in the Siku Quanshu, besides,there are Yongle block-printed edition, Japan Five Mountains version, Japan Kanbun version, and other
several editions. According to the textual research, the author finds that there is still a supplemented carved edition in the Jiajing Period (1522-1566) which plays an important role in the course of spreading of Complementary Collection of Quanshi. Codex Quanshi Gao, newly discovered in Ryousokuin of Kenninji
Temple, Japan, preserved an overall perspective of the poems of Zongle more comprehensive than that of Complementary Collection of Quanshi. Therefore, it is possible that the latter is the revised edition of Quanshi Gao. Moreover, Poetry Anthology of Zhenbaizhai, collected in Taibei National Library, is also
copied from Complementary Collection of Quanshi. Through analysis among the different editions of Complementary Collection of Quanshi, such as Yongle edtion, Jiajing supplemented carved edition, Four Treasures edition, Five Mountains version, Kanbun version, Fu Simian library reserves codex, and Quanshi
Gao version, the author establishes a systematic edition origins of Complementary Collection of Quanshi,aiming to highlight the different values of each edition.