The Biography of Mu Tianzi belongs to different categories in different catalogue books,which is related to the different classification concepts and different classification standards of catalogue books.Before the Qing Dynasty,the Biography of Mu Tianzi was classified into the History Department.In the History Department,it was divided into daily notes,biographies,miscellanies,biographies,other histories and miscellaneous histories,which reflects the judgment of different catalogers on the nature of Mu Zhuan text from different angles.Biographies tend to be character-centered records,while historiography and miscellaneous history are to meet the needs of the evolution of classified catalogue.The Biography of Mu Tianzi in Siku General Head of Qing Dynasty was classified as the novelist of the sub-department,which was actually the result of the influence of the style of textual research in Qing Dynasty.The evolution of the classification of the Biography of Mu Tianzi in the catalogue books of the past dynasties has cer-tain reference value for us to understand the classification thoughts of ancient catalogue.
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