臺南市德化堂典藏雕版印刷文物的整理

Sort-Out of Woodblock Print Collections in Tainan Dehua Hall

臺南市德化堂是目前臺灣保存明清以降典藏相關宣教揚善有關木刻雕版印刷文物頗為豐富的龍華齋堂。2017年12月，筆者擔任該堂普查登錄計畫協同主持人，進行為期一年的考察。2020年1、2月間，又經眼遺存珍貴經書紙本甚夥，爰針對此批文化資產詳加梳理，略有積澱，謹呈心得並就教方家。本文嘗試釐清臺灣8個出版單位和46種出版品，加上來自中國5省、30個出版單位和64種出版品的出版時間及版次，展現堂方歷年收藏，舉例運用遺存雕版文物進行驗證，並建議與世界各國同類典藏品促成比對，勾稽其間布施與傳播的立體脈絡；從堂方保留舊帳簿摘抄與出版相關訊息，導讀蔡胡夢麟《岳帝廟前》小說的背景軼聞，同時援引群書附錄中捐款人士背景，但願還原臺灣出版史局部的真實。

Dehua Hall in Tainan is a private temple in which a great number of woodblock prints made during the Ming and Qing Dynasties are currently preserved. In December 2017, the author worked as the co-principal investigator of its census and registration program. During January and February 2020 the author examined a large number of valuable Buddhist texts that are also preserved in this place. This article describes some of the results of this work. The first priority was categorization of eight Taiwanese publishing companies and 46 printed works, plus an additional 30 publishing companies and 64 printed works from five provinces in China. These works document the collecting priorities of Dehua Hall over the years. Not only does the collection give examples of the use of engraved cultural heritage documents but it allows researchers to compare the collections with similar collections in other countries around the world for scholarly research and verification. The old account books kept by the temple were also examined, together with relevant background anecdotes from novel“Yue Di Miao Qian”(Yue Di Temple Front) by Meng-Lin Tsai Hu. Finally, by citing background documents concerning different peoples’donations it is hoped to restore the true history of Taiwan’s publishing.