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96; 94; 101; 84 folding leaves. Four vols. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [Guangzhou]: Guangya shuju ????, 1895. Early possibly the first printed edition of a work on the state rites of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, probably written in the late 12th century. The Jurchens ruled northern China under the name of Jin from 1115 to 1234. They were a people from present-day northeast China who spoke a Tungusic language related to Manchu. The Jurchen had their own institutions but also adopted many aspects of Chinese rulership. This book outlines ceremonies and events at the Jurchen Jin court. The book is of unknown authorship and date. Qing scholar Weng Fanggang ??? (1733-1818) wrote that "the book contains mentions of events dated Dading 7 [1167], 11 [1171], 19 [1179], and 27 [1187]…the book was [thus] probably completed toward the end of the Dading reign period [i.e., before 1190]" (Weng, Weng Fanggang zuan Siku tiyao gao, 409). One theory holds that the book is in fact what Minister of the Board of Rites Zhang Wei ?? presented to the Jin throne in 1195 under the title Da Jin liyi ???? [Rites of the Great Jin], a title that is no longer extant (Lao, Zhonghua yeshi cidian, 376). Our edition (WorldCat 123342086) is preceded by the bibliographical summary written for its inclusion in Complete Books of the Four Repositories [Siku quanshu ????] in the early 1780s. The publisher of our edition, Guangya shuju, was founded in Guangzhou in 1887 by Zhang Zhidong ??? (1837-1909), a prominent late-Qing conservative official and promoter of education, largely through fundraising among fellow officials and local gentry. It had a sister institution in Guangya xueyuan ????, the "Academy for Expanding What Is Good and Proper." The vast majority of the titles put out by the publisher were historiographical works, like our book. The publisher was extremely exacting and precise in its collation of books. Every title was without exception collated three times, and at the end of every juan, the names of the three collators were listed, in order to demonstrate this careful and strict approach. Furthermore, at the end of some books, the editors added a colophon explaining the book s provenance, extant editions and their circulation, the collation process, and any lacunae, with great benefit for the reader. (Li, Qingdai Guangdong buxue yanjiu, 119.) Our book has one of these colophons, written by Liao Tingxiang (1842-97), a professor at the academy and a classical scholar, who was one of the collators. Liao explains that the editors had worked from manuscript versions. A record of textual variants has been added by Miao Quansun ??? (1844-1919), who had been a member of Zhang Zhidong s secretarial staff and worked at the publishing house. Our copy has a seal saying that the book was "donated by Guangdong Commissioner of Education Shen Zengtong ??? [1850-1921]." Shen was a late Qing official who served both at court and in the staff of Li Hongzhang ??? (1853-1901), one of the leading statesmen of the era. Fine and fresh set, preserved in a hantao. We find no earlier printed edition in WorldCat. References Lao Tie ?? Zhonghua yeshi cidian ?????? Zhengzhou: Daxiang chubanshe, 1998. Li Xubo ??? Qingdai Guangdong buxue yanjiu ???????? Guangzhou: Guangdong sheng tushuguan chubanshe, 2001. Weng Fanggang ??? Weng Fanggang zuan Siku tiyao gao ????????? Shanghai: Shanghai kexue jishu wenxian chubanshe, 2005.
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