Zhang Ruiji was not as famous as other bibliophiles in Shanxi at that time. However, he should be a well-deserved bibliophile in modern Shanxi in terms of the quantity and quality of his books.
Zhang Ruiqi's library, self-reported about "one hundred and fifty thousand volumes". When I came back from Shaanxi, "100 cases of books" had begun to take shape.
Yuan Shikai sent Lu Yongxiang to attack Shaanxi rebels. G Niangziguan, occupied Taiyuan, then attacked south, trapped in Zhao Cheng, and soldiers burned and looted. Zhao Cheng and Zhang Ruigan's family were burned and robbed. "There is no city in the city, no smoke in the neighborhood, no chickens and dogs at home, no doors and windows at home, and no shadow of books ..." Some of Zhang Ruigan's collections should have been destroyed at this time.
The atrocities committed against Lu Yongxiang and his army were so abhorrent to the people of Zhao Cheng and Zhang Ruigan that later, the gentry in Zhao Cheng imitated the iron statue of Qin Gui kneeling in front of Yuefei Temple in the West Lake and cast the iron statue of Lu Yongxiang kneeling in the south gate of Zhao Cheng. On the back of the iron statue, Zhang Ruigan wrote the inscription: Han thief, slave of Manchu Dynasty, and surname Yongxiang, surname Lu, Shandong giant thief, and lackeys of Yuan greedy for money. This iron man kneeling statue has been outside the south gate for several years, and it has been spurned by thousands of people after being weathered by the wind and the sun. Lu Yongxiang pleaded to remove the iron statue, but Zhang Ruiji didn't destroy it. Later, Lu Yongxiang sent someone to destroy it at night. From this incident, we can feel the degree of sadness of book collectors about Lu Yongxiang's looting and destruction of books.
Later, Zhang Ruiqi bought books in succession. In his later years, he claimed to have "another 100,000 volumes for storage" and warned his son: So, it's enough for you. /kloc-died in 0/928, and this rich legacy was inherited by his only son Zhang (Er Gong). After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the war of liberation, wars and ups and downs, it is difficult to be easily preserved.
After Zhang donated to the library, the predecessors of the original unit had made a preliminary arrangement at that time, leaving a precious bibliography. From the bibliography, we can feel that Zhang Ruiji collected a large number of ancient books in his life, not indiscriminately, but consciously used his knowledge to collect them selectively in the process of book collection, including many rare books and fine works; He is not a bookworm. Some of his books are paperbacks that record modern knowledge and technology.
According to incomplete statistics, there are about 92 kinds of classics in his library, with 5542 volumes, 1604 volumes; There are about 272 kinds of history departments, 13522, 3428; There are about 105 species, 1929 volumes and 1297 volumes (there are also 137 species and 703 volumes in paperback); There are about 465 kinds of collections, 12506 volumes and 4475 volumes (and 105 paperbacks, 606 volumes); There are about 84 species of plexuses, 14464, 3894; There are about 53 kinds of Buddhist scriptures, 159 volume; There is also a box of calligraphy and painting of steles (variety and quantity unknown).
Among his rare books, there are two volumes of Tao Te Ching, three volumes of Zhuangzi, eight volumes of Liezi and eight volumes of Guangsheng Temple. There are also 40 volumes and 80 chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions, which have high historical value and academic research value. After the whole batch of books were donated and sorted out, this Dream of Red Mansions was taken to Beijing by a vice governor at that time and disappeared. According to my analysis, this book may be the first edition of A Dream of Red Mansions hidden in the National Library. There are not many reasons: reading the bibliography of national maps, it seems that this version entered Tibet at the same time as Zhang donated it. Later, I didn't get home, and the information retrieval was not enough, so I didn't investigate it carefully. Recently, Wei Hongping's persistent research shows that this Dream of Red Mansions is Gan Long Chen Jia's Dream Preface! From 65438 to 0953, Wang Shiying, vice chairman of Shanxi provincial government in charge of culture and education, personally brought Chen Jiaban to Beijing, sent it to the highest administrative organ of national cultural relics, gave it to Zheng Zhenduo, and then deposited it in Beijing Library. This confirms Zhang Ruiji's collection vision, the identification vision of our predecessors, and the vision of Wang Shiying who was in charge of cultural work at that time!
1978, after the national survey of rare books of ancient books began, in the Bibliography of Rare Books of Ancient Books in Shanxi Province compiled by 198 1, there were six kinds of religious and Buddhist books in the collection of Shanxi Provincial Museum, three of which were collected by Zhang Ruiqi, namely, Zhao Chengji's Volume (Gold Edition) and Miaomiao. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 1 19 kinds of classics in his collection, and there are about 5756 kinds of other rare books.
His book collection also has practical parts. For example, the county records of Xingping County, Xianning County, Longmen County, Yangxian County, Chang 'an County, dongxiang county and other counties around Shaanxi where he once worked; There are also county records of Hongdong County in Linfen, Shanxi Province, and local chronicles of Gypsum Mountain and Huoshan Mountain. And some county records of other areas in Shanxi and other provinces in China that he is interested in. In addition, there are some books on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, tea ceremony medicine, yin and yang and five elements, which shows that his personal interests are extensive.
It is worth noting that there are a number of modern military books in his collection, such as Four Torpedoes, Military Course, Military Common Sense, Military Education Plan, Martial Arts, Detailed Training Exercise, Army Textbook, Detailed Strategy and Tactics, Detailed Shooting, Detailed Field Matters, etc.
1952 books donated to the people's government. The provincial government entrusted the then representative of Zhao Hong County Committee to receive it and then shipped it back to Taiyuan. The Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Education, the cultural authority, handed these books to the then Shanxi Provincial Book Museum and stored them in the warehouse. 65438+ In February of the same year, the relevant personnel of Shanxi Provincial Library and Museum preliminarily sorted out this set of books and compiled Whose Garden Bibliography.
1953 In July, Shanxi Book Museum merged with Taiyuan Cultural Relics Museum, and 10 was renamed Shanxi Provincial Museum in June. The original collection of thread-bound books is still kept by the Museum Book Unit. From 65438 to 0957, the Shanxi Provincial Government decided to build the Shanxi Provincial Library based on the collections of the Museum Library Department and the Provincial Museum of Literature and History. The new Shanxi Provincial Library was completed and opened in 65438-0960. However, during the preparatory process, the museum kept some books of Zhang Ruiqi, most of which are rare and rare. Although the preparatory group of the provincial library has repeatedly negotiated and asked to accept the part reserved by the museum and keep it together, it was fruitless! Therefore, due to the level and understanding of relevant leaders at that time, it is a pity that Zhang Ruiqi's books can't be completely collected in one place so that readers can enjoy the fun of research!
Zhang Ruiqi collected books all his life; His son Zhang inherited his father's will and carefully preserved this collection of books. Zhang and his son made their own efforts to protect the cultural heritage of the motherland. The collection of books in the WHO Garden is dazzling, and the treasures are mixed. Although these collections are now divided into two places, fortunately, they have turned private into public, and finally got their own place, which has contributed to the cultural heritage of Shanxi. Tracing back to this history is conducive to the preservation and utilization of this treasure.