Qu Yong
Qu Yong
Qu Yong (1794-1846) was a famous book collector in Qing Dynasty. Zi Yong, a native of Guli, Changshu, Jiangsu Province. Gongsheng, who was once in charge of Baoshan (now in Shanghai) County school, left after a few years.
Qu Yong
His father, Qu Shaoji, was very rich in books and collected many rare books of song and Yuan Dynasties. He inherited his father's ambition and devoted himself to the search. After Qian Qianyi, Mao Jin, Zhang Haipeng and Chen Kui, the book collection in Changshu is most famous for Qu family. It has accumulated for several generations to more than 100000 volumes. The library of "tianyuzhai" was created and renamed "dunyuzhai" to avoid Emperor Guangxu's taboo. He acquired Huang pilei and Wang Shizhong successively, and scattered rare books, which were accumulated by several generations to more than 100000 volumes. He became one of the four major book collectors in Daoguang and Xianfeng. Later, due to the acquisition of ancient iron Qin and bronze sword, the library was named "iron Qin and bronze sword building". The collection is all the old copies of the song and Yuan Dynasties. No one at that time surpassed him in the number of books and the essence of the collection. The book collection of yangyizeng in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, is opposite to that of Haiyuan Pavilion, which is sometimes called "South Qu North Yang". Duzhi's collection of books is not affected by fame and wealth. Guangxu wanted to get one of his rare secret books. He rewarded Qu's three grades of imperial court officials and paid 300000 Liang to change his books. He abided by the instructions of his ancestors, but did not obey the imperial edict. The collection of books is managed by a specially assigned person and must be disclosed once a year. Every scholar who wants to read his collection is also allowed to read in the study, but not to lend out. A special reading room is set up for readers, and tea and meals are provided. His sons Qu Bingyuan and Qu Bingjun were all born. They also kept the books of their forefathers and increased a lot. In the 10th year of Xianfeng, in order to avoid the disaster of the army, the books of Zai family were properly stored everywhere, and some of them were lost in the middle, so they were transported back to Jiangbei.
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Qu Yong's sons, Qu Bingyuan (Jingzhi) and Qu Bingqing (ningjunzhi), also adhered to their family tradition. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising, the war approaching Changshu, and the Qing army retreated. In order to prevent the damage of the books, they went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and moved the books to Jiangbei and other places, and then transported them back to Jiangnan. Rare and secret books are preserved. The Qu brothers painted the picture of the return of the rainbow moon to celebrate their happiness. The catalogue of tianyuzhai collection, compiled by Huang Tingjian, Wang Zhensheng, Wang Songwei, Guan Ligeng and ye Changchi in 1898, has more than 1300 books. It is one of the most famous works of the contemporary book collection. It has high academic value. Sun Qu Qijia has compiled the catalogue of the collection of Tieqin and tongjianlou. After liberation, most of the books were collected by Beijing Library. Also like to collect inscriptions, ancient pottery and so on. His works include Xu Hai Yu Wen Yuan Shi Yuan draft, Xu Jin Shi Cui Bian draft, tie Qin Tong Jian Lou CI draft, etc. He also compiled the catalogue of Tianyu Zhai collection. In addition, his collection of hundreds of seals from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Jin and Yuan Ming Dynasties was arranged according to the times and compiled into a collection of ancient seals.
Chinese PinYin : Qu Yong
Qu Yong
