The latest names of ancient books in the early Tang Dynasty

Zhi Shu Ji (hereinafter referred to as Zhi) is an anthology of ancient China Zhi Shu. Wei Zhi, Yu Shinan and Chu Liang were famous remonstrators in the early Tang Dynasty. In the early years of Zhenguan, they were ordered by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin (599 -649). They compiled their predecessors' works into admonitions, which provided a warning for Tang Taizong to "restrain the military", "govern the country and ensure the country" and create "the rule of Zhenguan". Yao Zhi, based on the Six Classics and Four Histories and the contention of a hundred schools of thought, "started with the Five Emperors and ended in the Jin Dynasty", with the aim of "managing politics and keeping admonitions" and "collecting more than 14,000 volumes and more than 89,000 volumes", worked hard for several years in Zhenguan for five years (630).

In a word, "book collection" is characterized by "erudition and importance". Wei Zhi and others collected 65 kinds of classics, history and sub-classics, and based on the principle of "politics and art" and "governing the Tao", deleted the complex and simplified it, took its essence and condensed it into 50 volumes of rare books. Wei Zhi is a great statecraft, and his noble morality and excellent historical knowledge make Collection of Books a "book for the present", which is enough for reference; Passing on leaves can make Sun Mou a "classic".

However, this epic masterpiece has not been popularized because block printing has not yet been invented. In addition, the war in the late Tang Dynasty led to the loss of this book. Fortunately, Japan sent Tang envoys to copy it and brought it to Japan. After several generations of joint efforts, this book finally came out.