英文摘要 |
Miscellaneous writings are hereby defined as works that offer verifying accounts on more than one occurrence, one individual, one thing or any one book which fall into the categories of tsa-hsueh 雜學, tsa-chu 雜著, tsa-shuo 雜說, and tsa-ping 雜品 in the tsu-pu 子部, or philosophy class of traditional Chinese book classification .Existing miscellaneous writings of the Sung Dynasty exceed more than one hundred titles, and quantities of works are cited in these titles. To the bibliography - and documentation- minded, the authentication, lost works, printing and woodblock carving, bibliographic verification, social institution and historical biographies are source materials of great importance. To scholars, other disciplines, books that address stone inscriptions, gold wares, architecture, objets d'art, work of painting and calligraphy, and folk customs are certainly indispensable.This paper covers twenty one lost titles cited in the miscellaneous writings of the Sung Dynasty. The value of these lost titles comprises three-fold: (1) augmenting the ”Art and Literature” sections in the official histories and all existing catalogs of rare imprints, (2) providing a glimpse of the content of the lost works, and (3) the information on individuals may supplement biographical materials found in official histories . In addition, the social institution, local products of different regions, east-west communication, geography and folk customs are materials with great referential value. |