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The study of A Dream of Red Mansions began in the early 1920s. 1920 When Lu Xun wrote A Brief History of Chinese Fiction, he quoted A Dream of Red Mansions based on the preface of Biography of Qi State and the movable type of Biography of Gao Mu. It can be seen that Lu Xun paid more attention to paper money than to high currency. 1927, Hu Shi bought a copy of JOE, and published the article Textual Research on New Data of A Dream of Red Mansions in February of the following year. This is the first monograph in the history of a dream of red mansions, and it is also the beginning of the study of a dream of red mansions. Around this time, the banknotes of A Dream of Red Mansions were discovered one after another, and so far there are the following twelve kinds. (in order of discovery):
First, the preface of The Stone of Qi State is called Xu Ben of Qi State, which consists of 80 chapters. 19 12 There were lithographs printed by Shanghai Zhengshu Company, and the first 40 chapters were found, which are now in Shanghai Library.
Second, "Re-evaluation of the Stone Story in Hongyan Zhai" (Jiaxuben) is referred to as Jiaxuben, and the remaining 16 chapters. 1927 was collected by Hu Shi, originally collected by Liu Quanfu in Daxing. This book is in the Cornell University Library (2).
Third, "Red Yanzhai Re-evaluating the Story of the Stone" (lost version) is referred to as the lost version, with 38 chapters, then three chapters and two and a half, and now it is 4 1 chapter two and a half. It was first collected by Dong Kang, then by Tao Zhu, and now it is in Beijing Library. The newly discovered three times and two and a half times are still collected by the historical museum of the original discovery unit.
4. Re-evaluation of the Stone in Hongyan Zhai (Chen Geng Edition) is called Chen Geng Edition for short, with seventy-eight chapters. It was purchased by Xu Xingshu in 1932 and is now in Peking University Library.
5. Biography of the State of Qi The Story of the Stone (collected in Nanjing Library), referred to as the Book of Qi Ning for short, is an old collection of Nanjing Library.
6. The Preface to a Dream of Red Mansions, referred to as eighty chapters for short, was discovered in Shanxi in 1953 and is now in Beijing Library.
Seven, Qianlong codex 120 back "A Dream of Red Mansions Manuscript" referred to as dream manuscript, 120 back, 1959 spring discovery, now in the library of the Institute of Literature, China Academy of Sciences.
8. The Story of the Stone, referred to as "Mongolian Palace Collection", was originally eighty times, and paper money was made into one hundred and twenty times. It was discovered in 1960 and is now in Beijing Library.
Nine, Shu preface "Dream of Red Mansions" is referred to as Shu, with 40 existing collections, Zhu Nanxi's copy, and Jingku.
Ten, Zheng Zhenduo banknote "A Dream of Red Mansions" referred to as Zheng Ben, there are twenty-three or twenty-four copies, collected in Zheng Zhenduo, and now in Beijing Library.
Eleven, Yangzhou Jing Ke Tibetan banknotes "Stone" referred to as Jing Ke Tibetan, eighty times, Jing Ke old collection has been lost.
12. The notes collected by the Institute of Orientalism in Leningrad are referred to as "The Story of the Stone" for eighty times, missing five or six times, and seventy-eight times, and the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Orientalism of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In addition, A Dream of Red Mansions, a Xiu Xiang block-printed movable-type edition published in191,is internationally known as Cheng Jiaben, and its original edition is also an early banknote based on fat. There are thirteen different early notes of A Dream of Red Mansions. Except that the scriptures have been lost and only the fat has been preserved and discarded, the other 12 kinds, whether Ji Guang Pian Yu or Zhao Biwan Coin, are precious materials for studying the banknotes of A Dream of Red Mansions. I have studied all the notes in A Dream of Red Mansions in isolation, and I have never studied these notes in parallel. This is because on the one hand, these books are scattered in everyone's hands or in the library, and it is impossible for one person or several people to study them together; On the other hand, it was also because the research on the versions was still very preliminary at that time, and the internal relationship between these versions had not been found. 1July, 977, I wrote a book "On Chen Geng" and began to compare two books of Jimao and Chen Geng. Many new discoveries have been made. When I was studying these two notes, what I actually broke through was the comparison between these two notes, but I looked up all kinds of books I could look up except Jing Ben and Li Cang Ben, especially Cheng Jiaben and Cheng Yiben of the wooden movable type system. Practice has inspired me that when studying the early versions of A Dream of Red Mansions, we must link them together, conduct a detailed parallel investigation, reveal their internal relations, and conduct a separate in-depth study to determine the uniqueness of each version. Only in this way can we make a comprehensive investigation from macro to micro or from micro to macro, and it is possible to make a scientific and correct judgment close to objective truth.
Two years before I wrote Geng, my colleagues and I began to proofread A Dream of Red Mansions in order to proofread the text. We also carefully consulted different versions of each book, which also made me realize the importance and urgency of carefully comparing and sorting out the annotations of A Dream of Red Mansions.
1In July, 977, my "On Geng" came out, that is, I completed the research on the early manuscripts, bazaars and Geng of A Dream of Red Mansions. In the process of this research, I really realized the incomparable preciousness and importance of these two bills. I removed the dust and dirt from these two bills. What "Chen Geng Edition" is made up of four notebooks, and what inscriptions such as "Autumn Moon Edition in Chen Geng" and "Winter Moon Edition in Bazaars" are dirty, what do they mean, and so on, are not good for these two banknotes. At the end of On Geng, I pointed out that "Geng" should be fully evaluated. Geng Chen Ben is the last book of Cao Xueqin's life, second only to the author's manuscript. My main conclusion about "Geng" has been widely valued by academic circles at home and abroad.
Based on this, we decided to launch this arduous collating work with Geng Chen Ben as the background. After full preparation, the project finally started in 1979.
In view of the fact that there were eleven books at that time (including Cheng Jia's, including Zheng Zhenduo's, which was received only twice), except the Classic, Liezangben has not been seen (according to the fact that Liezangben has been incorporated into this book). If the old collation method is adopted, it is necessary to list a series of proofreading notes in a sentence or word in different languages. If there are more books in different languages, the list will be longer, which is very inconvenient and easy to make mistakes for those who use these proofreading notes. In order to overcome this defect, after repeated research and consideration, we decided to use the arrangement method for proofreading, so we made a special manuscript paper for proofreading with this table format. Each line represents a kind of book. The first line is the original line of Chen Geng Ben, which is cut and pasted with photocopies. Other books are arranged in order, which are compared with the first line horizontally. All the same words are represented by symbols, and all different languages are marked by words. Please refer to the general rules for details. After this arrangement, each version is a different language. At a glance, the relationship between each book can also be clearly revealed. Among them, different articles are recorded in another attached page. The colleagues we recruited in this way were well received by both sides, so we decided to stick to this format. Steal to create a test for this or one of the proofreading jobs. Throughout the book, it is not only clear in different texts of each book, but also can be used as a reference book. Anyone who wants to look up the variation of a sentence in a book can do it at once, and it doesn't need to be so complicated. This book has five hardcover volumes and an appendix, all of which are about10 million words. The whole book is handed in to the school and handed over to Feng Yijun. The style is set and can be omitted at any time. Remembering that I haven't reached that far, I'm easy to be hot and cold, and the years don't live, and the four seasons are flowing, and the bitterness is already ready to taste. This book is voluminous and difficult to publish. Fortunately, the leaders of Culture and Art Publishing House generously helped to make this book come out, which not only made the collator grateful, but also made Qin Xue know the underground.
1July, 987, Cao Xueqin died for 224 years, at the Dream of Red Mansions Institute of the Chinese Academy of Art..
19851February, Comrade Zhou, Zhou and I visited Moscow and Leningrad at the invitation of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and signed a publishing agreement with the Soviet side. Now this book has been photocopied and published by Zhonghua Book Company and incorporated into this book. So far, all the existing dry notes "The Story of the Stone" have been included in this book. 1June 987 10 night 12 o'clock, which is a postscript.
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(1) There is a printed version of A Dream of Red Mansions at the Beginning of the People's Republic of China. The first printed version is a "big printed version", with nine lines on one side and two crosses on each page. Later, a small book was printed, with 15 lines on each side and three crosses, totaling 12 volumes. These two kinds of prints are not easy to get now. 1975, People's Literature Publishing House republished the book in large print.
(2) This book was first photocopied and published by Taiwan Province Central Printing House in May 196 1. It and Hu Shi's preface are packed into two volumes. The title page is written by Hu Shi, "Every word is like blood, ten years of hard work is extraordinary", signed by Cao Xueqin's self-titled poem, and stamped with "Hu Shizhi Seal". At the end of the book is Hu Shi's postscript. 1June, 962, the book was reprinted. 1975 1 1 month, the book was reprinted for the second time, and a hardcover volume was attached to the front of the book, which contained the library map of "Spring Rain House" painted by Liu Kuanfu by Zhuang Shaofu in Wujin and the inscription of Hu Shishu. 1in June, 962, the Shanghai editorial department of Zhonghua Book Company photocopied and installed two volumes according to the original printed version of Taiwan Province Province. 1972, Shanghai People's Publishing House reprinted it according to 1962 edition, deleting Hu Shi's words, seals and Zhuang Shaofu's drawings. 1985 1 month, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House reprinted this book, and restored the original appearance of Hu Yinben, and restored Hu Shi's preface, postscript and seal.
(3)1June, 980, the precursor silk was photocopied and published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, arranged by Feng Qiyong and prefaced by Feng Qiyong. 198 1 in July, the book published 32 hardcover and paperback editions, corrected the mistakes in the first printed edition, printed the postscript of Feng Qiyong, and attached several pages of the original Tao Zhu banknotes.
(4) This book was photocopied by Literature Ancient Books Publishing House in 1955, and reprinted by People's Literature Publishing House in 1974, which was divided into two versions, one with eight volumes and one with the original style, and the other with four volumes of paperback.
⑤ 1963, this book was photocopied, published and mounted by Shanghai editorial department of Zhonghua Book Company. 1984, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House photocopied the new edition, changed it to 16 page hardcover, and bound it into a book.
⑥ This book has been included in the Ancient Novel Series published by Zhonghua Book Company.
⑦ This book was co-edited by Dream of Red Mansions Institute of Chinese Academy of Art and Institute of Oriental Studies of Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1986, and was photocopied and published by Zhonghua Book Company.