Book/Printed Material Si zhong zheng qi : shi er juan 四種爭奇 : 十二卷 /

Title

• Si zhong zheng qi : shi er juan

Other Title

• 四種爭奇 : 十二卷 /

Summary

• During the Ming dynasty, the production of block-printed novels in workshops flourished and the earliest professional community of novelists was born. Deng Zhimo, who lived in the late 16th century-early 17th century, the main author of this work, was known for a series of Daoist novels with themes such as the immortals, and for his novels in a genre called Zheng qi xiao shuo (Novels vying for glamor). The distinguishing themes of these novels, which Deng's works epitomized, included birds and flowers, mountains and waters, wind and the moon, young boys and pretty girls, vegetables, plums and snow, and tea and wine. The stories often had two objects contesting each other. The format of these novels can be traced back to the Sui and Tang periods, as well as to story-telling performances of folk literature. Also known by his style name Baizhuosheng (Student of Great Modesty), Deng Zhimo was a tutor at the school founded by the Yu family of printers in Jianyang, Fujian Province. They printed a great number of popular reading materials and published and republished many of Deng's writings. The earliest three-juan edition of Deng's Si zhong zheng qi (Four novels vying for glamor), which is on birds and flowers, was printed at the workshop of Cuiqing Tang, belonging to the Yu family. This expanded edition was printed by Chunyu Tang, during the Tianqi reign (1621-27), when Deng was about 65 years old. It has 12 juan, in 12 volumes. The original three juan on birds and flowers are followed by three juan on young boys and pretty girls, three juan on wind and the moon, and three juan on vegetables. The work is a collection of poetry, prose, and short stories, in various forms, such as ci (a form of classical Chinese poetry), fu (prose poems), and lian ju (quatrains), often with names of song tunes attached to the verses. These are mostly Deng's own compositions, which are in a lively and popular style, although he also quoted poems and songs by some famous authors. One preface was written by Zhang Tianzuo, a fellow member of a society to which Deng belonged. World Digital Library.

Names

• Deng, Zhimo, active 16th century-17th century, zhuan
• Zuizhongsou, active 1624, xu
• Yu, Yingqiu, active 17th century, xu
• Zhang, Tianzuo, xu
• Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• [China : publisher not identified, Ming Tianqi 4 nian, 1624]

Notes

• -  Also available in digital form.
• -  六行二十字. Six lines, with twenty characters per line.
• -  十二冊二函. Twelve volumes in two cases.
• -  明鄧志謨撰。志謨字景南，號百拙，亦號竹溪風月主人。約生於嘉靖三十九年前後，據張大佐序。四庫提要則謂志謨古事苑成於康熙丙寅，上距生年百二十餘歲，定無此理，提要誤。輯刻是書時年已六十五歲左右。蓋志謨以撰舉子小類書起家，生活稍裕，乃漸流浪為「明季文人」，故老而始撰此類小說。是書凡花鳥爭奇三卷，童婉爭奇三卷，風月爭奇三卷，蔬果爭奇三卷，封回題曰:「四種爭奇饒安鄧百拙編，春語堂梓。」考北平圖書館藏本尚有山水茶酒梅雪爭奇各三卷，則爭奇不止四種也。茶酒爭奇或本於敦煌本茶酒論，風月爭奇題:「百拙生鄧志謨重編」，是其多本諸前人。童婉爭奇述元末事，乃有用掛枝兒相罵之文，顯係志謨所撰矣。書內詩文，間附已作，通俗靈活，誠不愧書林中好手筆。志謨所撰小類書，已略述於藝林尋到源頭下;其所撰小說，別有許仙鐵樹記呂仙飛劍記薩仙呪棗記各二卷，並余氏萃慶堂刻本。余應虬(序)「花鳥爭奇」，醉中叟(序)天啟四年(1624)「童婉爭奇」，張天佐(序)「風月爭奇」，醉中浪叟(序)天啟四年(1624)「蔬果爭奇」.
• -  頁768-769. 提要320字; 金鑲玉本, 紙張稍黃, 中縫稍狹. 第5冊有大刀闊斧之墨書評語.

Medium

• 12 volumes : illustrations

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2014514153

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