Abstract:

The article compares the different usages of characters in different eight-column editions of Song edition of Zhoulishu (The Explanations of the Rites of the Zhou Dynasty). It indicates that the earlier edition in Peking University Library possesses more original features and engravers’ mistakes by accident.
The later editions in the National Library and the Palace Museum in Taipei possess revisions and changes by mistake. The article also discusses the copied edition by Dong Kang and the original edition of eight-column edition of Zhoulishu, and the resources of writing variants in the edition revised by Hui Dong quotated in Zhouli Zhushu Jiaokanji (The Collation Notes and Commentaries on The Explanations of the Rites of the Zhou Dynasty) by Ruan Yuan. It can provide references for the use of eight-column edition of Zhoulishu.

Key words:

Eight-column edition, Zhoulishu (The Explanations of the Rites of the Zhou Dynasty), Dong Kang, The edition revised by Hui Dong