Book/Printed Material Xin ke jing zuan xiang zhu shi tu xian jing : ba juan 新刻精纂詳註仕途懸鏡 : 八卷 / / Title on title page: Shi tu xian jing / Shi tu xian jing
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Title
- Xin ke jing zuan xiang zhu shi tu xian jing : ba juan
Other Title
- 新刻精纂詳註仕途懸鏡 : 八卷 /
- Title on title page: Shi tu xian jing
- Shi tu xian jing
Summary
- Chapters 1-7 include essays on the administration of officials; chapter 8 records judgment rendered in unusual cases.
- Xin ke jing zuan xiang zhu shi tu xuan jing (Newly annotated, compiled, and printed guide for officials pursuing their careers), printed during the Tianqi reign (1621-27), is a work compiled by Wang Shimao (1536-88), a native of Yuzhang, Jiangxi Province, and edited and printed by Jiang Shiji. Not much is known about these two men, but they were known to have also cooperated in the compiling and printing of another work. Based on Wang Shimao's preface, written in 1626, and some historical records on publishing and printing, it can be assumed that Wang Shimao was probably the owner of one of the better-known printing shops in Nanjing, named Cheshulou (House for Carriages of Books). The work was a practical guide for people who were pursuing an official career. The heading for each of the eight juan refers to subject matter important for officials, such as the practice of divination for an official appointment; official notices and formats of official notices; dispatch of official documents; inspections; selfless, careful, and diligent handling of official business; important principles of government; and important legal matters. Under each section the author quotes various examples taken mostly from Wujiang in Suzhou and Tongcheng in Anhui. World Digital Library.
Names
- Wang, Shimao, zuan ji, xu
- Jiang, Shiji, jiao ding
- Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [China : s.n.], Ming Tianqi 6 [1626]
Notes
- - Caption title.
- - In case.
- - Also available in digital form.
- - 下欄十行二十字 小字雙行同 上欄十行八字. Lower column: ten lines, with twenty characters per line, and small characters in paired lines of twenty characters per line; upper column: ten lines, with eight characters per line.
- - 原題：「豫章王世茂爾培甫纂輯，華陽蔣時機道化甫較訂」。世茂時機曾為車書樓合校四六爭奇，因疑世茂為車書樓主人，時機為編輯，徵之此書，殆可致信。世茂自序云：「世有明鏡臺，必須有霹靂手；使不有扛鼎筆，何以濟照天燭？」則是書輯刻於霹靂手照天燭之後。該二書並江西人作，故多引江西故事；世茂豫章人，乃多用吳江桐城二縣事，何耶？殆以其雜揉群書而成，所因之書霹靂手照天燭之外，更有吳江人或桐城人所纂述者耶？全書八卷，卷一筮仕始末，卷二告示，卷三公移指掌，卷四告示活套，卷五巡方總約，卷六居官清事、勤事等錄，卷七政府集要、呂公政訓、牧民九要、牧民四慎，卷八法家要覽。眉端載四六判語。卷八眉端為奇案公斷傳，則入於小說家「公案」之域矣。世茂自序題于車書樓，而書封面題：「梅墅石渠閣梓」，車書樓與石渠閣之關係待考。自序，天啟六年 (一六二六).
- - 明天啟間刻本. Ming woodblock print, pref. dated 1626.
Medium
- 4 v.
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012402124
Online Format
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