Research on Quoting Shuo Yuan in Qunshu Zhiyao and Discussing the Significance of Collation and Compilation in the Path of National Governance
Liu Xiang compiled the Shuo Yuan,with the aim of discussing the successes and failures of politics,and using past events as a warning.The book consists of twenty chapters,the first two being titled Jun Dao and Chen Shu,which clearly indicate its relevance to state governance.Lu Wenchao's Preface states:"This book's discussion of governance is somewhat complete,and a ruler can use this for governance."The theme of the book aligns with the Qunshu Zhiyao compiled by Wei Zheng and others during the Tang Dynasty,which also emphasizes governing the country with virtue.The Shuo Yuan comprises 845 chapters,of which Qunshu Zhiyao cites 38 chapters,accounting for 4.5％of the entire book.This article takes the quoting Shuo Yuan in Qunshu Zhiyao as the theme,first discussing from the perspective of bibliography how to use various versions of Qunshu Zhiyao to proofread the current version of Shuo Yuan,then ana-lyzing the text cited by Qunshu Zhiyao to explore the reasons for its selection of Shuo Yuan,and discussing the relationship between the chapters of Shuo Yuan quoted by Qunshu Zhiyao and the great way of governing the country.
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