China's ancient book "Taiping Magnolia". Song Taizong ordered Liu Yun and others to edit 14, which began in the second year of Taiping Xingguo (977) and ended in the eighth year of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (983). Originally a Taiping general, Taizong read it by the day and renamed it. The book 1000 volume is divided into 55 parts, and each part is divided into several sub-items, ***4558 categories. Famous for its numerous quotations. According to the previous Compendium of Books, there are 1690 kinds of books cited, plus miscellaneous books, poems, poems, inscriptions, proverbs and so on. , and there are 2579 kinds of practical cited books (according to the textual research of Ma Nianzu, a close neighbor, see "Eight Bibliography of Ancient Books Cited by Zhu"). Seven or eight kinds of ancient books cited have been lost, which is one of the richest books preserved in ancient times. The style of this book is to write the title of the book first, and then record the original text in chronological order. No problem. Most of them are the words of hundreds of stories, and few novels and miscellaneous books are attracted. The text is written in big letters, and the notes are written in small double lines, which are attached to the back of this sentence, which is clearer than other books. The best book of this book is four series and three editions, reprinted by Zhonghua Book Company, 1960.

This book is one of the "four great books" edited by officials in the early Northern Song Dynasty. The Summary of the General Contents of Sikuquanshu says: "It was written by Song Liyun and others. In the second year of peaceful rejuvenation, it was written in eight years. Originally named "Taiping Leibian", it was later renamed "Taiping Lan Yu". Song Dynasty's "Records of Hermitage in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Ming Dynasty" said that after the book was written, Taizong read three volumes a day and read Zhou at the age of one, so it was named. "

This book is divided into 50 branches, and each branch is divided into several subheadings, ***4558 subheadings. The materials in each subtitle are arranged according to the times, with the title in front and the original text in the back. From the perspective of studying the history of the Tang Dynasty, the value of this book mainly includes: (1) It can be used to collect long-lost historical materials of the Tang Dynasty, such as Records of Xuanzong, Records of Kaiyuan, Miscellanies of Tang People, Orders of Tang Officials, and New Records of Two Beijing. , available to all readers, compiled by the Qing Dynasty. There are many articles titled Old Tang Shu and Tang Shu. Liu Wenqi once compiled these articles into Wen Yi 12 volume of Old Tang Shu, which Cen considered to be the history of the old country, a true record and so on, which was precious. (2) Because this book has a complete range and a lot of information, it can be used to study the costumes, diets and utensils of the Tang Dynasty, and it is often found at once.

Version of this book: (1) The remnants of Shu carvings in the Southern Song Dynasty are hidden in the Imperial Palace of Japan and the Dongfu Temple in Kyoto, while other remnants of Shu carvings in the Southern Song Dynasty are hidden in the Jingjiatang Library in Japan. (2) Ming Wanli Zhoutang movable type edition, Qing Jiaqing Bao engraving edition, are not good. Jiaqing Zhang Haipeng's seal cutting is good, but the printed version is extremely rare. Japanese Wen Jiu (Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty) is a movable-type book of Xiduo, which was printed in the Southern Song Dynasty and was relatively good. (3) The "Four Series and Three Editions" photocopies the Japanese Southern Song Dynasty book engraving, which is accompanied by the Southern Song Dynasty engraving of Jingjiatang Library and Xiduo movable type. 1960 Zhonghua book company reduced printing, which is the most convenient to use. (4) The Introduction to Taiping Magnolia, published by the former Harvard Yanjing Society, is an introduction to articles and names, which is very convenient for readers to look up information.

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Volume 1000, edited by Li Fang, etc. There are copies of Zhonghua Book Company 1960 and recent years.

The book is divided into 55 parts and subdivided into 4558 subheadings. Covering a wide range, it is one of the best preserved documents before the Five Dynasties in the existing books. The disadvantage is that the categories are repeated and there are many mistakes. Can be used in combination with the introduction of "Taiping Magnolia".

19 19 After the May 4th Movement broke out, Cai Yuanpei resigned as the president of Peking University. There was a notice saying that "the person who killed your horse was on the side of the road", and people at that time were puzzled. Mr. Liu found the answer to the question according to the 897-volume Taiping Yu Lan Ma. The information provided in the ninety-third volume of Selected Works is: "The spectators are famous for galloping their horses, and the riders are exhausted because of constant urging."