A Study of the Hand-copied Manuscript of Du Gong Bu Ji with Postscript by Lu Zhuan in the Fu Ssu-nien Library—Focusing on the Wu Ruo Ben

Abstract

The Lu Zhuan (陸僎) Ba (跋) Du Gong Bu Ji (杜工部集) chao ben (鈔本) in Fu Ssu-nien Library (傅斯年圖書館) is a rare book. Comparison with Qian Zhu Du Shi (錢注杜詩), engraved by Ji Zhen-Yi (季振宜) in the sixth year of the Kangxi(康熙) reign (1667), reveals obvious similarities and differences between the two books, and leads to the speculation that this book was an intermediate draft before the finalization of Qian Jian (錢箋). It preserves important information about the bian ci (編次) and jiao yu (校語) of “Wu Ruo Ben” Du Gong Bu Ji (“吳若本”杜工部集), and is the closest edition of Wu Ruo Ben. Wu Ruo Ben is the second most important Du ji (杜集) after the zu ben (祖本) Er Wang Ben (二王本), but it has been lost. The question of the appearance of the Wu Ruo Ben is the key to the study for early Du ji. The introduction of Fu Tu Ben (傅圖本) can provide new material for solving this problem. Combining Fu Tu Ben and the related Du ji can make general conjectures about Wu Ruo Ben’s bian ci, inclusion of poems and articles, annotations, texts and jiao yu. The examination of Fu Tu Ben can advance the study of the Wu Ruo Ben, and is also of great significance to the study of early Du ji such as Er Wang Ben. (Article content in Chinese with English extended abstract)

Keywords

• wu ruo ben du gong bu ji
• er wang ben du gong bu ji
• qian zhu du shi
• bian ci
• yi wen jiao yu