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Summary
Wenxue ji gathers 44 papers, notes, prefaces, and postscripts written before 1962 and was published by Zhonghua Book Company in 1966.
For the present edition of The Collected Works of Zhou Zumo, we have used the Zhonghua edition as the base text, converted vertical setting to horizontal, added book-title marks, and corrected some errors. A General Index of Terms, Names, and Works has been compiled.
The original pieces “Preface to the Collated Edition of Guangyun,” “Two Postscripts to Guangyun,” “Preface to the Collated Edition of Fangyan,” “After Reading Liu Xi’s Shiming,” “The Author of Erya and the Date of Its Completion,” “Postscript to the Old Edition of Guo Pu’s Commentary on Erya,” “Guo Pu’s Commentary on Erya and the Erya yinyi,” “After Reading Zheng Qiao’s Commentary on Erya,” and “Postscript to the Reprinted Yaxue kao” have already been included in Volume 3 (Collated Edition of Guangyun), Volume 4 (Collated Edition of Fangyan, with the Collated Edition of Shiming), and Volume 5 (Collated Edition of Erya) of the collected works; they are therefore not reprinted in this volume and are listed by title only.
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Students, teachers, and researchers in Chinese linguistics, phonology, philology, and classical bibliography, as core reference material
- Readers of literature and history with a serious interest in classical Chinese texts who need to learn traditional philological methods systematically
- Readers interested in traditional Chinese scholarly methods and research ethos who wish to improve their critical and evidential skills
- Those with some classical Chinese foundation who want to understand the historical evolution of Chinese and the principles behind textual criticism
Not a good fit for
- General readers seeking light entertainment or superficial cultural introductions; the content is highly specialized and academic
- Complete beginners with no background in traditional Chinese language and philology, who may face barriers to comprehension
Reading tips
- Read selectively according to one's research direction; linear reading is unnecessary. Begin with autobiographical essays such as "My Experience in Scholarship" to understand the author's scholarly trajectory before turning to the specialized papers
- Read alongside the original classical texts or relevant research history to better grasp the problem consciousness and scholarly contributions of the arguments
- For complex phonological papers, keep a basic phonology textbook or reference work at hand, and try to trace the author's line of argument
About the publisher
Zhonghua Book Company is a publisher known for collating ancient texts and academic publishing, with its output centered on Eastern philosophy, culture, classic works, art, and historical reading. Its library contains 532 titles, including Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms, Guo Qingfan's Collected Commentaries on Zhuangzi, the four-volume Chinese Literature: Four Great Classical Novels, and the two-volume Table of Seal and Clerical Script Forms from Qin, Han, Wei, and Jin. These titles span historical classics, commentaries on the philosophers, classical novels, and philological reference works. Representative authors include Chen Shou, Guo Qingfan, Wu Cheng'en, Shi Nai'an, Cao Xueqin, Luo Guanzhong, Xu Wenwu, and the Hanyu Dazidian character-form group, reflecting a focus on primary sources and scholarly editors. Its publishing character lies in combining authoritative editions and annotated texts with both accessible classics and specialized research. Public information on its fuller catalog is limited; this note describes only the directions evident in the library's holdings.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 《周祖謨文集》出版説明
- 本卷出版説明
- 序
- 漢字的産生和發展
- 漢字與漢語的關係
- 兩漢韻部略説
- 古音有無上去二聲辨
- 四聲别義釋例
- 審母古音考
- 禪母古音考
- 唐本《毛詩音》撰人考
- 騫公《楚辭音》之協韻説與楚音
- 論《文選音》殘卷之作者及其方音
- 校讀玄應《一切經音義》後記
- 吳棫的古韻學
- 《詩經》韻字表
- 《萬象名義》中之《原本玉篇》音系
- 《顔氏家訓·音辭》篇注補
- 《切韻》的性質和它的音系基礎
- 《切韻》與吳音
- 王仁昫《切韻》著作年代釋疑
- 關於唐代方言中四聲讀法的一些資料
- 讀《守温韻學殘卷》後記
- 宋人等韻圖中“轉”字的來源
- 鄒漢勳《五均論》辨惑
- 陳澧《切韻考》辨誤
- 宋代汴洛語音考
- 宋代方音
- 射字法與音韻
- 許慎及其《説文解字》
- 唐本《説文》與《説文》舊音
- 《説文解字》之宋刻本
- 李陽冰篆書考
- 徐鍇的《説文》學
- 論段氏《説文解字注》
- 讀王氏《廣雅疏證》手稿後記
- 論《篆隸萬象名義》
- 《干禄字書》之湖本與蜀本
- 主要術語、人名、論著索引
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About the author
Zhou Zumo was a scholar in the field of Chinese language and philology. Public information about him is limited, and no systematic record of his dates, birthplace, or academic training is available. Judging from the eight works held in the collection, his writings focus on the collation of ancient texts and the history of the Chinese language. His representative works include the Annotated Edition of Guangyun, Collation and Commentary on Erya, Collation and Commentary on Fangyan, and Collation and Commentary on the Luoyang Qielan Ji, most of which are critical editions reflecting solid textual scholarship, phonology, and exegesis. The two volumes of Wenxue Ji, Studies on the Evolution of Rhyme Categories in the Han, Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Lecture Notes on Chinese Vocabulary concern scholarly notes, rhyme evolution, and vocabulary teaching. His style is rigorous and plain, emphasizing evidence and source materials; his critical editions serve as important references for the study of ancient dictionaries and rhyme books and contribute to both Chinese philology and historical textual research.
