Review of the Completion and Publishing of Emendation and Annotation of Man Shu
Man Shu is an important monograph on the southwest history in the Tang Dynasty of China.Mr.Hsiang Da made emendation and annotation of this book through previous editions,emendation by ancient philologists and also with bronze and stone inscription,which took him twenty-three years to finish the book.He used geography,ethnic and language knowledge to make emendation and annotation.The paper starts from the information recorded in the manuscript,final proof and official publication,and analyzes the reason for Xiangda to collate Man Shu as well as the writing and publishing process of Emendation and Annotation of Man Shu,which were divided into four stages.In the end,the paper compared the differences between the manuscript and official edition in content,different editions,and also the critical text from other books.
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