Family Book Collecting and Carving Activities of the Kong Family in Nanhai,Guangdong Province
The Kong family in Nanhai,Guangdong province had the dual identity of descendants of Confucius and salt merchants.The favorable cultural atmosphere and economic foundation helped them to carry out cultural activities such as book collecting and engraving for generations.The paper utilizes genealogies,diaries,catalogs,and other documents to outline the book collecting and engraving activities from the sixty-eighth grandson Kong Chuan-yan,to the seventy-first grandson Kong Zhaoyun.The collection and engraving activities of the Kong family in Nan-hai area of Guangdong Province have enriched the collections of modern libraries and museums at home and abroad,provided contemporary people and present-day people with reading texts of better quality and economy,and contribu-ted to the academic research of modern scholars at home and abroad.In general,the collecting and carving activities of the Kong family in Nanhai are representatives of Lingnan culture,which manifested the characteristics of attaching importance to the family and combining both scholar and merchant,producing a far-reaching influence on later gener-ations.
YuexuelouSanshiyousanwanjuangtangKong family in Nanhai area of Guangdong ProvinceBook collecting and carving activities