明清文人裝潢書籍動機之探討

The Motivation and Connotations of Bookbinding and Book Adornment among the Ming and Qing Literati

明清時期文人藏書家熱中於書籍裝幀，本文內容主要在探究此一風尚形成之歷史背景，並試圖整理明清時期重要藏書家對古籍採取裝潢之動機，分析其背後之多元意義。為探究此一現象的根源，本文試圖由中國近世書籍形制的鑑賞與發展切入，先就隋唐乃至宋元之間文獻形制轉變的大時代脈絡來觀察，再透過分析個案，據以整理明清藏書家裝潢古籍之動機，包括整齊文獻外觀、延長文獻保存、識別遞藏出處、新收書籍之慣例、歷史情感因素、享受製書之趣、對於舊裝不滿、復原古本裝幀、展現考據成果。

Prior to the Song dynasty, Chinese books were predominantly in the form of bound scrolls (juan), and by the time of the Ming dynasty, thread or stitched bindings (xian zhuang) were gradually being adopted. Within this historical shift, a number of other transitional forms emerged, such as whirlwind binding (xuanfeng zhuang) and butterfly binding (hudie zhuang). These new forms of published materials foreshadowed the collection and identification of books and other documents by the literati of the Ming and Qing dynasties and inspired the trend for later book collecting communities to alter the bindings or decorative elements of their materials. The Rare Books Collection at the National Central Library provides an opportunity for patrons to observe how notable book collectors drove the evolution of the binding, and other physical features, of rare texts. This article highlights the motivations driving such efforts and analyzes the underlying personal and/or cultural connotations behind them. Book collectors came up with different binding styles or transformed other physical features of rare texts for various reasons, such as extending the lifespan of materials, marking the origin of a text, applying new decorative elements that had become customary, restoring ancient bindings, and exhibiting the results of their textual research; they may also do so for sentimental reasons, a love for book production or binding for its own sake, or a dissatisfaction with older book forms.