Some Observations about Book Collecting in the 18th Century China
Bd.2,Nr.2(2011)
The formation of book collections in Chinawas regarded as analogical to the collecting of arts and enjoyed high respect, no matter whether it had been initiated by scholarly research, by amassing of fine books, or business. Important book collections had been at the imperial court, where the Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature was compiled, in the years 1772 to 1784; this project made use of private book collections from all over the empire. The private book collections were by far the most important at the time and overshadowed the libraries of state academies, too. Private book collectors sponsored relevant projects: construction of library buildings, cataloguing of collections, publishing of new editions or collectanea (multi-voluminous series based on the library funds). The lay out of the libraries inChina was uneven though; the most valuable ones were located at Jiangnan. The access to the libraries also had limits and if the owners opened them to scholars who were not themselves able to buy books, it was in exchange of research or in the aim of increasing their own social prestige.
China; 18th century; book collections; private collectors; Siku quanshu; book culture in Jiangnan
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