Abstract:

It had been a long-term process to compile MINGSHI YIWENZHI, during the period of which, many relevant achievements were made. Although scholars have been studied the difference and relationship between these achievements since then, there still some issues need a further study. In this essay, under the help of the newly found MINGSHI YIWENZHIGAO(written by Huang Yuji, an scholar in early Qing Dynasty) and the emended YIWENZHI from History of Ming Dynasty(the 416th volume, collected in the National Library), the author discussed the changes between two successive books, MINGSHI YIWENZHIGAO and MINGSHI YIWENZHI in three aspects: deletion of bibliographical of four dynasties (attached to MINGSHI YIWENZHIGAO), modification and adjustment of entries in bibliographical of four dynasties, deletion of notes and entries in bibliographical of four dynasties.

Key words: MINGSHI YIWENZHI, Deletion, Bibliography