Restrictions on the Outflow of Ancient Chinese Private Book Collections from the Perspective of Family Concepts——Centered on the Book-Collecting Family Discipline
Restriction of books outflow based on the invocation of family concept is a major feature of ancient Chinese private book collections.Using family discipline as an entry point for the study of the restriction on the out-flow of ancient Chinese private collections,the article combs through the historical text of family discipline,summari-zes the relevance in three categories:lending restrictions,trafficking restrictions and protecting testaments.By analy-zing the relationship between family concepts and outflow restriction,it argues that the protection of private property and transmission of"book seeds"are two deep-rooted motivations for the restriction.Family discipline under the auspices of the authority of the elders is the form in which that restriction is realized.Means of enforcing book collec-tion restrictions with family concepts include:role modeling,responsibility assignment and punishment deterrence.However,looseness had been observed in the Ming and Qing dynasties,manifesting itself in the critical thinking and practice of bibliophiles.The development of modern libraries further provided a new direction for the return of collec-tors'treasures to the public,epitomizing the introduction of geographic ties into the blood-dominated system of pri-vate book collections.
Ancient Chinese private book collectionsBook-collecting family disciplineBook collection outflowFamily concept
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