Chen Kui
Chen Kui
Chen Kui (1780-1825)), a famous book collector and collation scholar in Qing Dynasty. He is from Changshu, Jiangsu Province. Zu Yongfu and Fu Ying are all born for all.
Life of the characters
Zu Yongfu and Fu Ying are all born for all. In the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), Chen Kui passed the examination of Zhusheng. The provincial government's strategy was rejected because it exceeded the standard. He was fond of ancient books and devoted his whole life to collecting, sorting and studying ancient documents. Together with Zhang Jinwu in Tongyi, they are called "two friends of book collection". His house is located near jiuwanwei Zengyuan in the South Gate of the county. His family is all Confucian, and he has an old book collection. He concentrates on collecting ancient books and works of the country. His book collection is becoming more and more rich. "Since the song and Yuan Dynasties, there have been more than 400 kinds of works in every city.". Famous people from all over the world, carrying different books, searching secret books, and putting them under his door, came in an endless stream. No effort has been spared to build the library "juehu Pavilion" at the foot of Poshan temple. Later, due to the purchase of the book Jirui by Liu Geng of Tang Dynasty, the library was changed into "Jirui building". At that time, the collections of Zhou xizan, yuan Tingtao, Gu Zhikui, and Huang pilei, the four great book collectors in the south of the Yangtze River, continued to spread. He and Zhang Jinwu boasted of their merits. His wife Zhang Zhaorong is Zhang Jinwu's younger sister. They collected many books scattered by Qian and Mao, so there were many rare books. Zhang Haipeng is willing to borrow books from the public, while he keeps them forever and carefully. Zhang Haipeng liked to collect works of song and Yuan Dynasties, but he mostly collected historical records and the stories of yechengjia. He has collected more than 100000 volumes and is good at collation. He collects every ancient book and collates it by himself. Pan Zuyin published a bibliography of jiruilou for him, and wrote a preface for the bibliography. Huang Tingjian, a scholar, wrote a book collection of two friends. He and Zhang Haipeng recorded their collection of books, saying: "there are no less than 100000 volumes in the collection of the two families. To the end of the world, there are books that have nothing to do with secrets. Scholars can collect the old inscriptions and new and old copies of the song and Yuan Dynasties, and can get 10000 or 20000 volumes after selecting them. Among them, most of the old things of Wuyi and Mao families." There are 13 kinds of handwritten books with high value. There are more than 220 rare books in jiruilou bibliography, including 10000 or 20000 volumes. Among them, there are more than 500 kinds of song and Yuan editions, transcripts and proofs. There are more than 400 local records, including 270 before Ming Dynasty and 140 in Qing Dynasty. Dozens of books have been recorded in the bibliography of rare Chinese ancient books. Chen Kui's collection is printed with "Ji Rui Lou", "Ji Rui Lou Zang", "Wen Xiang Ru Zi", "Zi Jun", "Kui", "Kui Yin", etc. In June 1825, Premier Chen died at the age of 46. The tomb is located at tangshiqiao, Bailonggang, Changshu. After his death, his adopted son didn't know how to collect books and lost them. Weng Xincun and Qu bought most of them, and the rest went to bookstores. His works include Qinchuan Zhi Zhu Cao, Yu Yi Yi Yi Yi Wen Lu, Yu Yi Yi Yi Yi Wen Lu supplement, Shuidao Shu of Six Dynasties and Ji ruilou Wen Cao. Good friends sun Yuanxiang and Zhang Jinwu wrote biography of Chen Junzi and biography of Chen zizhun respectively.
Book collection features
Chen Kui's book collection has the following four characteristics: (1) he is specialized in historical records and is fond of the Department of history. According to Ji ruilou bibliography, there are many kinds of local chronicles collected by Chen Kui, including provincial chronicles, Fu chronicles, Zhou chronicles, county chronicles and Li chronicles, with a total of 417. (2) local literature is abundant. Sun Yuanxiang also said: Chen Kui's works in all the cities have been searched all over the world since the song and Yuan Dynasties, and there are no less than 400 kinds of Jiuhu Pavilion in the Po Shan Temple. (3) keep old books. According to jiruilou bibliography, Chen Kui's collection of old books. As follows: there are 33 kinds of inscriptions of Song Dynasty, 21 kinds of inscriptions of Yuan Dynasty, 2 kinds of inscriptions of Jin Dynasty, 2 kinds of inscriptions of Korea and 176 kinds of old ones; there are 2 kinds of inscriptions of Yuan Dynasty, 19 kinds of inscriptions of Song Dynasty, 3 kinds of inscriptions of Yuan Dynasty, 1 kind of inscriptions of Jin Dynasty and 169 kinds of old ones. There are more than 130 kinds of school books. Many of them have been selected into the bibliography of rare Chinese ancient books.
Contribution Summary
Collation of ancient books: 15 volumes of (Baoyou) revision of Qinchuan annals, 9 volumes of yieyuan bibliography, 30 volumes of Xu's collection of official documents, 20 volumes of Mr. Tang Fuli's collection, 1 volume of Hanlin's collection and 1 volume of Xiangzhe's collection. All the above ancient books have been entered into the bibliography of rare Chinese ancient books. Edited by: 12 volumes of Qinchuan Zhi Zhu Cao, 10 volumes of Xu Zhi Cao, 2 volumes of Xu Zhi Cao Bu, 1 volume of Ji ruilou Wen Cao, 4 volumes of Ji ruilou bibliography, miscellaneous manuscripts of Ji ruilou (manuscript), 10 volumes of Yu Yi Yi Yi Wen Lu, 6 volumes of Yu Yi Yi Yi Wen Lu Bu Ji. In addition, there are three books: "the waterway of the Six Dynasties", "the jinshilu of Yuyang", "the series of jiruilou" and "the precision of cross checking, but I regret that it has not been finished".
Anecdotes and allusions
Chen Kui's library is called Jirui. The name of the building is related to its secret collection. The title of the book, Ji Rui, was written by Liu Geng of Tang Dynasty. Wu Xing's book was published in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. It was unique, that is, it was named its library.
Historical evaluation
Chen Kui's rich collection of books has a special position and great influence in the history of Changshu's collection of books. Zhang Jinwu said: "in the past hundred and sixty years since the collection of ancient Mao's and Qian's, there has been no successor. Zhijun (i.e. premier Chen) and Jinwu, and the wind has revived." Under their influence, Changshu's big and small book collectors are constantly emerging, the most famous of which is Qu's Tieqin Tongjian building. His contribution is embodied in the following aspects: first, Chen Kui devoted all his life to collecting and protecting books, so that his precious cultural heritage could not be robbed by soldiers and bandits, rotten and burned, and eaten by beetles. Later, it was collected by other book collectors and preserved to this day. This is a great contribution to the cultural cause of our country. Secondly, Chen Kui devoted himself to the study and careful collation of the ancient books, which made these ancient documents of higher academic value. Thirdly, Chen Kui's rigorous writing has important reference value for future generations to conduct in-depth academic research. Therefore, Premier Chen is a great book collector who has made great contributions to the cultural cause of our country.
Chinese PinYin : Chen Kui
Chen Kui
