Book/Printed Material Bailu Dong shu yuan xin zhi : ba juan 白鹿洞書院新志 : 八卷 /
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Title
- Bailu Dong shu yuan xin zhi : ba juan
Other Title
- 白鹿洞書院新志 : 八卷 /
Summary
- Originally written in 1510 by Li Mengyang when he was associate official in charge of education in Jiangxi Province, the text was revised by Zhou Guang and others between that time and the year 1541.
- The White Deer Grotto Academy, located at the foot of Wulou Peak in Lushan (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province), was one of the four great academies of China and flourished for eight centuries. It can be traced to Li Bo around 785-804, during the Tang dynasty, who founded the academy as a place for the pursuit of learning. The name originated from the founder's pet, a white deer. In 940, during the Southern Tang, an official school, called Lushan guo xue, was established, but later it changed its name to the White Deer Grotto Academy. It was Zhu Xi (1130-1200), the Neo-Confucian, who rebuilt and expanded the academy in 1179. The academy's functions were instruction, collection and preservation of books, religious sacrifices, the development of curricula, and lectures by famous scholars. Over the centuries, more than ten versions of the history of the academy were composed, up to the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). This presentation is of a Jiajing edition (1522-66) issued by Zhou Guang, based on the version written by Li Mengyang (1472-1530), a Chinese poet and official, who was well known for his literary achievements and was an influential leading member of the so-called Seven Earlier Poets. One of Li Mengyang's achievements was the restoration of the White Deer Grotto Academy and the compilation of a new history of the institution. This copy has added pages of some other writing, possibly by Zhou Guang, in a different typeface. One of the additions describes events happening after the 20th year of the Jiajing (1541), after the death of Li and probably also that of Zhou. The first preface, dated 1511, was written by Li Mengyang, with an additional note, dated 1513, and the second one was by Zhou Guang, dated 1525, in which he gives the names of persons who participated in the reissue of this work. World Digital Library.
Names
- Li, Mengyang, 1472-1529, zhuan
- Zhou, Guang, jin shi 1505, xu
- Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [China : s.n., Ming Jiajing jian, i.e. between 1541 and 1566]
Headings
- - Bai lu dong shu yuan--History
- - 白鹿洞书院--History
Notes
- - In case.
- - Also available in digital form.
- - 八行十八字 小字雙行同. Eight lines, with eighteen characters per line; small characters in paired lines of eighteen characters per line.
- - 明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1541-1566.
- - 明李夢陽撰。按正德六年，夢陽為江西提學副使，出試南康，詣書院，進諸生講明經學，因纂為是志，而田租等數缺焉；次年再臨試，例造圖籍，遂為補入，改稱新志，均有刻版。按是書卷八書籍志，稱：「新志板八十七片，提學副使李夢陽刻；重修新志板一百零三片，提學副使周廣刻」，則此本為廣所刻。然書內間有補葉，字跡不甚一律，且記事有在嘉靖二十年以後者，則更為廣以後人所增矣。周廣序後題：「南康府知府張愈嚴重刊，南康府儒學訓導金華李大年督刻，南康府學生余士??寫」。各卷書題後又題：「南康府學生劉峻，星子縣學生胡雲校勘，南康府學生繆建和、上高縣學生黃美續校」。四庫存目卷七十七，載廖文英毛德琦兩志，不及是書，當由未見。卷內無印記，或謂此本為天一閣舊藏，檢阮元所編天一閣書目正有之，惟八卷誤為七卷耳。自序 正德六年 (1511)，又記 正德八年 (1513)，周廣(序)嘉靖四年 (1525).
Medium
- 6 v. : map
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012402126
Online Format
- image