Types of corruption

The types of errors in ancient books include translation errors, lettering errors, pronunciation errors and sentence reading errors.

Translation errors refer to errors that the translator may make in the process of translation, which leads to misinterpretation or misinformation of the original meaning, because cultural background, language differences and other factors are often considered in the translation of ancient books. Engraving error means that in ancient times, books were usually copied by hand, and there may be omissions and dislocations of words, sentences or paragraphs.

An explanation of a mistake.

Misrefer to the text errors in ancient books; Omission and mistakes of words. From Ren Fang's Preface to Emperor Qi Xie of the Southern Dynasties: "However, years ago, the article was wrong and corrupt, so I saw the fake former Shu."

Citation interpretation

Also known as "false". Also called "false". Mistake. More refers to words and records.

In the Southern Dynasty, "The Emperor's Entry and Preface": "However, the years are far away, the text is incorrect, and the rot is simple. See the fake before. " ?

Lu Songtao's "Epitaph of Shangshu Langzhong Changgong" said: "Public examination vouchers, distinguish mistakes in detail." ?

Ying Ning, Qing Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "But I want to call menstruation, and I'm afraid I'm wrong."

Zhang's Poem on the Balance of National Heritage: "This is a change of Qin tune, not a mistake."

Collation terms: For example, Zuo hoped to meet the Empress Dowager in Zhao Ce IV of Warring States Policy. The word "Zhu", Zhao's historical records and the silk book "Warring States Policy" unearthed from the No.3 Han Tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha are all "dragon characters". Then the word "Mao" is caused by the wrong combination of the above two words. Others, such as "Yu Lu" and "Jian Hai", are mistaken because of their similar forms, and mistaken because of their similar sounds, which means that one word is mistaken for two words and mistaken because of overlapping sentences. Correcting mistakes is one of the contents of collating.