On the Examination of Cai Qing's A Comprehensive Study of the History of the Four Books and Illustrations
The book A Comprehensive Study of the History of the Four Books and Illustrations signed by Cai Qing was written in the late Ming Dynasty.Its content is based on the examination and interpretation of his-torical figures and objects in the Four Books,and its style is mainly based on traditional annotations and commentaries,supplemented by illustrations and comments,with the characteristics of a composite text.From the summary of relevant records,the academic purpose of Cai Qing's Four Books'work,the high simi-larity between the Jin Chang Yongwan Tang edition of A Study of the History of the Book of Songs and A Study of the History of the Four Books,as well as the commercial motives for publishing books on commen-tary and textual research in the late Ming Dynasty,it can be seen that A Study of the History of the Four Books was a book recommended by Ming Dynasty booksellers under the name of Cai Qing,and its initiator is likely to be Jin Chang Yongwan Tang.This book incorporates some entries and explanations from Chen Yumo's A Study of the Famous Things in the Four Books,but there are many gains and intentions,which are superior to the general miscellaneous editions of the book and have certain informational value.
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