However, the damage to the collection of books in Song Li Palace naturally makes the world sigh and grieve. Its theft and the Dunhuang suicide note are called the two major blows to China culture, which makes all China people lament.
Song Li Lou, the library of Lu Xinyuan in the late Qing Dynasty, was highly praised by collectors for its rich collection of books, precious documents and atmospheric library buildings. Unfortunately, however, in the thirty-third year of Guangxu (1907), the library was ransacked by the Japanese and kept in the Jingjiatang Library of Mitsubishi Group in Japan.
During the Tongzhi period, Lu Xinyuan, who was fond of books, bought some books of Yi Jia Tang, as well as the cheats of famous artists such as Yan Guan, Wang Zhiyun Bookstore, Fujian Chen Dynasty Classics Museum and Wucheng Zhuan Qin Shan Museum.
In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), the collection of Lu Xinyuan reached 150000 volumes. He classified his books into categories and kept them in the Song Li Building, the Hundred Thousand Volume Building and the Shouxian Pavilion, which he managed all his life.
Lu Xinyuan's last words were "exhorting philosophers to study hard, not to owe the country, and to cherish unfinished works" and "exhorting philosophers to take good care of books and not to let them be lost".
Lu Xinyuan's son, Lu, was in decline when he was appointed as an alternate road in Suzhou. He lacked funds and energy to manage books and receive students who went to Xiange for information. However, in order to comply with his father's instructions, he managed to preserve Lu's books.
From seeking help from the Qing government to seeking preservation from the local government, Lu did not get the answer. Disappointed, he had to declare in the newspaper that if a Tibetan family could build a new building, he would give away his private library, but there was still no reply.
In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), after selling some properties in Shanghai to pay off debts, Lu still owed money and had to consider the way out for collection.
When Japanese scholars traveled in Jiangnan, they learned about Lu's situation and decided to buy books in Japan. He colluded with the Japanese bibliophile Iwasaki, urging Lu to resell books in Japan, trying to contact Japanese buyers, and finally the Mitsubishi consortium came forward to solve it.
In April of Guangxu's thirty-third year (1907), he bought all three books from Lu for 1 18000 yuan, transported them to Japan, and stored them in Jingjiatang Library of Tokyo Junhetai.
When Zhang Yuanji, who has been committed to purchasing the Song Li Building Library, came to Huzhou with 654.38 million yuan raised by all parties, all he saw was empty bookshelves and waste paper labels all over the floor.
Afterwards, Zhang Yuanji wrote that "every memory hurts me", and many years later, he also said in his letter to Liang Qichao: "It's a pity that the collection of books in Song Lou has been scattered over the years, and my brother just entered the business and failed to catch it, which led to his exile overseas."
The return of the national treasure has naturally become a big problem. ...
When the news that the Dasonglou Library was sold to the Gyeonggi Hall Library of Mitsubishi Group in Japan spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, angry young scholars hated it: "Returning to a foreign land is not as good as the torch in Taicheng, and the soul is still in the homeland."
In Japan's past books, the paper money of the Tang Dynasty was valued, but the Song and Yuan Dynasties were ignored. Of the four books, only the Classic and Zi are concerned, especially the collection of Song and Yuan editions, which is even more lacking. So far, the collection of ancient China block prints can be described as complete.
Japanese scholars were overjoyed when they got the library of Yi Song Palace. Han said that he was satisfied with what he got today, but he lost twice as much as in the past, although it is said that this is the glory of the country.
Recently, some scholars have analyzed and studied the nature of Japan's acquisition of Song Lilou's books, and think that this is a kind of cultural plunder under special circumstances.
According to the relevant regulations formulated by UNESCO, precious manuscripts and ancient books, ancient books, documents and publications with special significance (history, art, science, literature, etc. ), both individually and intact, are prohibited from importing and exporting cultural property, and countries should take all appropriate measures to prohibit and prevent the illegal import and export of cultural property and the illegal transfer of its ownership in these territories.
Our government has also promulgated relevant laws and regulations, which fully proves that under the special historical background and international relations at that time, the Japanese Iwasaki family's nominal purchase of Dai Song Mansion was actually a cultural plunder.
Look at these national treasures. ...
Engraving printing in China began in the Tang Dynasty, but it spread from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties. Engraving printing in Song Dynasty was quite developed, with fine knife work, vigorous fonts and high academic value. The Song edition inherited the legacy of the Song and Jin Dynasties, and there were many fine engravings handed down from generation to generation: the Ming engravings were not well collated and there were many mistakes and omissions. Therefore, the Song and Yuan engravings, especially the Song engravings, have always been regarded as treasures by collectors.
In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), Lu Xinyuan collected 120 volumes and150,000 volumes, including more than 200 kinds of Song periodicals and more than 400 kinds of Yuan periodicals. The collection of books is very extensive, with more than 0/00 volumes of old books/kloc, covering almost all book collectors in the south of the Yangtze River at that time, and most of them were obtained from tossing and turning, which shows that Lu Xinyuan spared no effort in the collection of ancient books.
A major feature of Song Li's library is that it has a number of local chronicles, series and genealogy of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The bookstore has more than 4,000 kinds of China local chronicles, series and genealogy, covering almost all the important counties in China at that time, and its research value is immeasurable.
Today, Japan's Jingjiatang Library is still the most famous library in Japan with the richest collection of ancient books in China's Song and Yuan Dynasties, and the addition of books in the Song Building has become a key factor.
1992, Japan published the Song and Yuan Catalogue of Jingjiatang Library, which was formed by excluding the misjudgment at that time. In this catalogue, books in Song Dynasty account for about 88%, and books in Yuan Dynasty account for about 8 1%.
Based on this, it can be inferred that the soul of Jingjiatang Library, the ancient headquarters of Song and Yuan Dynasties, is the essence of Yisonglou's collection. A national treasure that we didn't pay much attention to at that time didn't know its value until it was regarded as a treasure in other countries. It's too late to regret.
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