Second, the diary introduction
Third, diary display
Fourth, personal experience.
First of all, the author himself
Ye Chichang (1849— 19 17), whose real name is Lan Shang, also known as Ju Shang and Ju Chang, was appointed as the host of Dulu that night. Originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was naturalized in Changzhou, Jiangsu (now Suzhou). Epistemologists, philologists and collectors in the late Qing Dynasty. Guangxu Jinshi once worked as an assistant, editor and editor-in-chief in imperial academy and Jishi Shu, the National History Museum, and participated in the compilation of Qing history. Later, he joined the Canon Museum, compiled The Book of War, moved to imperial academy to study politics, and studied politics in Gansu, which led to illness. There are 500 lecture halls and 30,000 books. He is the author of Yu Shi (the author has traveled for more than 20 years and collected more than 8,000 steles). On this basis, he has written monographs on stele studies, poems on collecting books and Lu Diary.
Second, the diary introduction
From October 13th, tongzhi nine years to September 15th, six years of the Republic of China, Lu's diary has about two million words. Rich in content, its academic rise and fall, political gains and losses, and customs changes over the past decades all include the academic value of historical materials and the value of calligraphy appreciation. The Diary of Du Yuanlu originally had 43 volumes and was rich in content. Later, Wang Jilie copied the fourth of the ten drafts and published the Transcript of Lu Diary on 1933. 1990, Jiangsu Ancient Books Publishing House published 48 volumes of paper-bound edition as a complete diary. In 2002, the book was photocopied and published 12 hardcover edition, which is the most convenient version for readers to read and learn.
There are several characteristics in Lu's Diary:
First of all, Ye got to know famous bibliophiles such as Jiang Fengzao, Miao, Tong Jianlou, Qu brothers, Pan Zuyin and Wu Dalun. He saw many precious Song engravings, such as Tao Yuanming's Collection, Guan Zi, Lin Yi, Lao Zi and Wen Zhong. And lamented that "Song version is so precious", which can correct many mistakes.
Second, during Ye Guan's tour, he collected and inspected ancient stone carvings everywhere, such as * * * Eight Immortals in the Tang Dynasty (page 3405) and "Three-year Record of Jinglou in Tianning Temple in Huichang" (page 34 1 1).
Third, Ye writes beautifully, describing the scenery in the journey, no less than Xu Xiake's travel notes. There is a reason for this. Wang Jilie pointed out that when Ye was young, he "determined to manage words and sentences, pursued the literary power of Han and Wei, and despised the learning after the Tang Dynasty" (preface to the diary of copying the land), and made a hard practice for the way of writing.
Third, diary display
Because Mr. Ye loves inscriptions, he has also searched from all over the world. From the diary, we can see some details of the Buddhist scriptures in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes:
Ye probably received a report on the Buddhist scriptures in the Mogao Grottoes shortly after he took office, so he asked for some inscriptions and inscriptions in the Buddhist scriptures unearthed in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes as Quotations, and successively obtained the rubbings of the Confession Monument in the Five Years of Dazhong (85 1), the Shuiyue Guanyin Statue in the Sixth Year of Song Gande (968) and silk books. Then I suggested to Pantai in Gansu that all these ancient documents and cultural relics should be transported to Lanzhou, the provincial capital, for preservation. However, Dunhuang is far from Lanzhou. Ye estimated that the light freight of these things would cost five or six thousand two hundred pieces of silver, and at that time, there was nowhere to implement the funds, so he ordered Wang Daochang to temporarily put the found cultural relics back into the cave for sealing. Zonghan Wang executed this order on May 1904.
On November 12th in the 29th year of Guangxu (1903,65438+ February 30th) and August 20th in the 30th year (65438+September 29th), it was recorded that:
Wang Lian ordered the Tang and Yuan rubbings to be sent from Dunhuang. ..... Li An * * * Tuoba: Tang Suo Gong Bei, whose yin is Yang Gong Bei; "Li Dabin Statue", its yin "Gan Ning Rebuilds Merit"; Through the big monument in the middle of the cave. All six points. There are four points in the Mogao Grottoes, two points in the Huang Qing Temple Monument in the Yuan Dynasty, which have been collected before ... and an old Buddha statue, which is a map of the land and water Dojo. ..... and wrote four volumes, all Mahayana Sutra. ..... Dunhuang is a secluded place in the west and an ancient temple in the mountains, so there are still some relics left. I heard that this story was told in the stone chamber of the Thousand Buddha Cave, and the door was poured with molten iron. It was never opened in ancient times. It originated several years ago, and there are several stone beds in it. According to the report, hundreds of volumes of Tibetan scriptures were provided, that is, things. At that time, monks and customs didn't know their value, and everyone shared it ... "Dazhong Monument" was also opened from the cave.
Wang Lian came for public and private. ..... And in the Song Dynasty, there was a silk book painted with a statue of Guanyin in Shuiyue, under which there was a record of the merits of painting Guanyin Bodhisattva, and on the right was a running script entitled "Inscription by Ding You on May 15th, the 6th year of Kangdi". ..... write down thirty-one leaves. ..... Sanskrit. The above scripture, like Ang Lee, comes from the Thousand-Buddha Cave.
In these two diaries, Wang Lian is Zonghan Wang, and Zonghan Wang, besides being fascinated by some Dunhuang cultural relics, also reported the discovery of the Tibetan Sutra Cave, but it was very inaccurate. Ye Chichang was only impressed by hundreds of pieces of paper, and they have been divided up by everyone. This shows that Zonghan Wang didn't know the truth about the Buddhist scriptures in Mogao Grottoes at that time. He probably just listened to Taoist Wang's lies and didn't go to the grottoes. In addition, Ye also got some Dunhuang cultural relics and documents from Dunhuang scholars. Ye's Diary of Du Yuan was recorded in the 30th year of Guangxu (1904, 10, 13) on September 5th:
Wang Guangwen of Dunhuang lived in the sea, and with the friendship of the same spectrum, he gave it to the soil outside the Great Wall, but refused to accept it. There are two volumes of Tang scriptures and one portrait, both of which are in the Mogao Grottoes. The first book is11volume of the Mahayana Sutra, and the other book is the remnant volume of Yi Kai Sutra. This portrait shows an ancient painting left by Ang Lee. There is a Beduro tree on the Buddha statue. On the top right, the first line is titled "Southern Bodhisattva", and the next line is titled "Five Generals", which is called by the figure of a person standing up as a soldier. In the line entitled "Monks in Ming Dow", there is a monk. Below is a picture of a woman with flowers, with a line next to it: "Therefore, the great dynasty is greater than the support of Princess Li in the jade country." In the early Yuan Dynasty, the monument was often called "Dachao" instead of Li. This was in the Tang Dynasty, and the princess was an imperial maiden. Why did she fall? It is possible to test new and old Tang books.
Fourth, personal experience.
From the diary, we can feel Mr. Ye's love for China culture, whether it is the collection of ancient books (30,000 volumes) or the seal cutting of stone tablets. Among them, Mr. Ye has been focusing on the collection of inscriptions for more than 20 years. At that time, the traffic conditions, trips and traffic were extremely problematic, requiring a lot of manpower and material resources. Mr. Ye did not fear difficulties and made it (more than 8,000 monuments). This spirit of integrating life into one thing and continuously focusing on it is worth learning by yourself.