When Wan Sitong died, Liu Fang wrote "The Journey of Mr. Wan Jiye", saying that there were twenty-two kinds of his works. The following year, Wen Ruilin wrote "Huikao of Ancient Era" and listed sixteen kinds; the next year, Wang Shizhen wrote "Xiangzu Notes" and only listed ten kinds. As for Huang Baijia's "Mr. Wan Jiye's epitaph of Si Tong", there are twenty types. Later, Wan Jing continued to compile the "Genealogy of Wan Family in Haoliang" and named it twenty-two types. In the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, the "Ningbo Prefecture Chronicles" was compiled, which stated that there were thirty kinds. Around the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, Quan Zuwang wrote "The Biography of Mr. Wan Zhenwen" and listed only eleven types. In the 52nd year of Qianlong's reign, Jiang Xueyong wrote "Yinzhi Manuscript" and listed forty categories. In the eleventh year of Jiaqing, Qian Daxin wrote "Wan Xianshengsi Tongzhuan" and listed sixteen categories, while recent scholars Chen Xunzheng and others compiled "Yinxian General Chronicles" Called thirty-four kinds. In the 25th year of the Republic of China, Shen Changyou received the help of Mr. Feng Zhenqun and wrote the "Catalogue of Mr. Wan Jiye's Posthumous Works", which listed thirty-seven categories. How many works did Wan Sitong write from Kangxi to the Republic of China? There are different opinions and no consensus. After discussion and research with my former teacher, Mr. Chen Xunci, I concluded that there should be thirty three types. In addition to the collection in this book, there are ten other unknown works:
1. "Du Li Tong Kao". It was started in the 17th year of Kangxi. Wan Sitong wrote "Funeral Ceremony" for the funeral of Xu Qian's mother-in-law. It was completed around the 20th year of Kangxi. "Wan Family Genealogy", Liu Fang's "Xingzhuang", Jiang Xueyong's "Biography" ninety volumes, Quan Zuwang's "Mr. Wan Zhenwen's Biography" for one hundred and sixty volumes, "Sikuquanshu General Catalog" for one hundred and two volumes Ten volumes.
This book was originally drafted by Xu Qianxue when his mother died in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province in the 16th year of Kangxi. Because he was unable to do it, he asked Wan Sitong to compile it, and Wan wrote ninety volumes on his own. Xu Qianxue returned to his hometown in the 29th year of Kangxi's reign, and asked Gu Yanwu, Zhu Yizun, Yan Ruochu and others to review and revise it. It took more than ten years and three drafts were completed. Therefore, strictly speaking, Wan Sitong contributed the most to this book, but it was not written by him. There are many lines written by Ji Ye in the Shilou edition of Xu's biography, but unfortunately the original manuscript of the ninety-volume edition has been lost.
Although the contents of this book are called "reading rituals", they are actually all funeral rituals. There is a biography of the Xu family published in the Lou family in the 35th year of Kangxi's reign. There are many sentences such as "Ji Ye said" in the Shilou edition of Xu's biography. Unfortunately, the original manuscript of the ten-volume edition has been lost.
2. "Reading the Rite Supplement". That is, the "Appendix to the Du Li Tong Kao" can be found in Volume 8 of "The Diary of Duke Xiang of Lu Qing". Zhu Yizun's "Classification of Classics and Meanings" was included. Lost.
3. "Funeral Questions and Answers", four volumes. Written in the early days of compiling history in Beijing, see Quan Zuwang's "Biography of Mr. Wan Zhenwen". Lost.
4. "Temple System Compromise". Volume Two. Written in the early days of studying history in Beijing, according to Quan Zuwang's "Biography", Wan Sitong wrote "Du Li Tong Kao" for Xu Qianxue, and the rest were "Discussions on Funeral Ceremonies" and "Temple System Compromise". Lost.
5. "An Examination of the Origin of Sound and Rhyme": one volume. It was written in the late period of studying history in Beijing. According to Feng Chen's "Chronicle of Mr. Li Shugu", in October of the 40th year of Kangxi's reign, Wan Sitong and Li Kuan once discussed the rhyme, and it can be seen that this was a draft work made the year before his death. "Summary of the General Catalog of Sikuquanshu" says that this book "merely stores materials for various books, but has not yet been written." This book was stored in the "Sikuquanshu" catalogue, but it is no longer available today.
6. "The Pure Words of the Classics". According to "Surnames" in the first volume of Hang Shijun's "Collection of Records of Xu Li": "In the dynasty of the country, Wan's family was Si Tong, whose courtesy name was Jiye, and he was from Yin. He wrote "Jingshi Cuiyan"." However, no other book has mentioned it.
7. "Ming Tongjian". Liu Fang's "Xingzhuang" and "Haoliang Wan's Genealogy" are both said to have been lost. However, the Shanghai Library now has three volumes of "Ming Tongjian" titled "Ming Tongjian" written by Wan Sitong, which are manuscripts from the early Qing Dynasty and were preserved from the 12th to the 18th year of Hongzhi. There are two seals under the home page: "Wang Wan's Seal" and "Tiao Wen". At the back of the book, there is a postscript written by modern Pan Chengbi, saying that he had collected eleven fragments of Wan's "Ming Tongjian" and had to sell them between 1943 and 1944 due to lack of food and clothing. The three remaining volumes were purchased from a Suzhou bookstore after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. In addition to what Pan Chengbi said, former Central University professor Ding Shan also said in "A Letter to Friends on Elementary School" that he purchased four volumes of this book at a Suzhou bookstall in the winter of 1945 and identified it as an unpublished manuscript by Wan Sitong.
According to Chen Tingjing's "Mr. Wang Wan's Epitaph", Wang Wan wrote the history of the Ming Dynasty in the 18th year of Kangxi's reign. However, he only lived for 60 days, that is, he was ill for one year. Five articles, it seems impossible to write another masterpiece "Ming Tongjian" in mid-February. However, why did Pan and Ding determine that it was written by Wan Sitong? Why did it fall into Wang Wan's hands? It is difficult to determine the authenticity of the two Wang Wan seals in the book. All these must be further tested.
8. "History of the Ming Dynasty". Written during the period of compilation of history in the capital, thirteen volumes. Wan Jing added a collection of "Genealogy of the Wan Family in Haoliang". Zai Sitong authored thirteen volumes of "Ming Shi Biao", which is parallel to "Supplementary Li Dai Shi Biao".
Later, Zhu Yizun wrote the "Preface to the Supplementary Historical Table of Dynasties" and called Sitong the supplement to "The Historical Table of Historical Dynasties". "It is beneficial to use the thirteen chapters of the "History of the Ming Dynasty"." Chen Shoushi, a recent scholar, said in his "Textual Research on the Manuscripts of the History of the Ming Dynasty" that these thirteen chapters were later "cut" into the "History of the Ming Dynasty" by Zhang Tingyu, so they are included in the "History of the Ming Dynasty". "Biao", "must come from Ji Ye's hands". However, Zhang's "Biao" calls the emperors of the three kings of Fu, Tang and Gui in the Southern Ming Dynasty "Qianhao", and the Qing army as "Qing Dynasty" and "Wangshi". This is obviously inconsistent with Si Tong's calligraphy suggestion that Wen Ruilin write "A History of Southern Xinjiang". It is inconsistent with the Wan family's ambition to "bear with the historical situation" for twenty years and attempt to "borrow a hand to repay the previous dynasty". The thirteen "Tables" in "History of the Ming Dynasty" are by no means written by him. Therefore, the editor quoted from the "General Chronicles of Yin County·Yiwen" (Republic of China) "The History of the Ming Dynasty" was actually written for the "Manuscript of the History of the Ming Dynasty" and was not a continuation of the "Historical History Table". Because there were taboos at the time, it was not published. " said. Thirteen chapters of Sitong's "History of the Ming Dynasty" were not published and are now lost.
9. "Kangxi Ningbo Prefecture Chronicle". Written in the twelfth year of Kangxi's reign, it contains thirty volumes. Qiu, the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture, practiced it mainly, while Wan Sitong, his other brother Si Xuan, and his friend Zhao Shiyun practiced it separately. Qiu Ye said in the "Preface" of this book that after reading it in three months, it can be seen that it was repaired in a hurry. Cao Bingren and Wan Jing said in the "Preface to the Yongzheng Ningbo Prefecture Annals" that the Ningbo County Annals "were revised by the two governors of Qiu and Li, but they were all completed"①, which shows that this book is actually unfinished.
The "Xianfeng Bingchen Yin County Chronicles" mentions the origin of the county chronicles, saying that this book "has not yet been published, and its copy is owned by a book collector in the county." ② Before the 1960s of this century, this copy was privately owned in Ningbo It is still in existence, but after the catastrophe of the "Cultural Revolution", it has not been passed down.
10. "Difficulty". It is recorded in "Genealogy of Wan Family in Haoliang" and "Jia Ji Lu". Liu Fang's "Xing Zhi" says: "One volume of "Nan Nan" was lost." It can be seen that this book was lost during the Kangxi period.
In addition to this one, Sitong's friend Yang Bin said in "Wan Ji Ye Xiao Zhuan" that he "also privately wrote biographies of the Hongguang, Jianguo, Longwu, and Yongli dynasties, but he was ill before completing them. , and then died." It can be seen that it was an unfinished work and the original manuscript has been lost. According to Si Tonglian's "Stories of Southern Xinjiang Yishi" written by Wen Ruilin, a disciple of Si Tong in Beijing, Si Tonglian made a foreign history of the Southern Ming Dynasty. It is also possible that he privately wrote biographies of the four dynasties, which have been integrated into the chronicles and biographies of "Yi Shishi of Southern Xinjiang".
There are three aspects of Wan Sitong’s legacy that need to be explained or should be denied. The most controversial one is "Tongkao of Five Rites". "Wan Sitong" under "The Scholars" in Volume 12 of Jiang Xueyong's "Yinzhi Manuscript" says: "Shang Shu (Xu Qianxue) also asked everyone to write the five rites, so he abridged the first book and added the fourth, ***200 The remaining volumes were not copied, but the master died, and the manuscript was left in his old home in the capital. Recently, some of the copies were recovered. Most of the books were glued together with scraps of paper, or they had fallen out of order. Due to heavy editing, the name has been changed. It was written by Xu Qianxue in Kunshan (referring to "Du Li Tong Kao"), and people know that it was written by Mr. "Wu Li Tong Kao", but people may not know it because it is attached to it." So the author of this book was named. fight. Liang Qichao said in "China's Intellectual History in the Past Three Hundred Years" Chapter 13 "The General Achievements of Qing Dynasty Scholars in Compiling Old Learning (I) - Confucian Studies, Primary Schools and Phonology" that Qin Huitian's "Tongkao of Five Rites", "This book is Written as a continuation of "Du Li Tong Kao". I am very suspicious that a large number of Wan Ji wild players are also involved, but I don't dare to confirm that "the person named" is Qin Huitian. According to the "Du Li Tong Kao", only funeral rites (unfortunate rites) are tested, and it does not cover the four rites of auspiciousness, military, guest, and honor. It is very possible that Wan Sitong later added the fourth chapter. After his death, most of his posthumous notes were stolen by Qian Mingshi or scattered. However, there is no sufficient evidence whether he was inspected by Qin Huitian and used his own name. Jin Yufu's "History of Chinese Historiography" was very dissatisfied with the claims of Chiang and Liang, saying that he did not believe them without Zheng, and thought that they "falsely accused the ancients."
In addition, Xiao Mu's "Jing Fu Lei Manuscript" states that Wan Sitong was a major contributor to the book "Ming Dynasty History" written by his nephew Wan Yan. He had seen this manuscript in a bookstore in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. There is a "Postscript" by Hang Shijun at the back of the manuscript. In the "Postscript", Hang said that after Wan Yan returned home, "in his poor years, he established a household and compiled the book "Ming Dynasty History Ju Yao", and his death was not as good as the school's enemy. Mr. Qian Zhai, an inducted scholar (That is, Ying Juqian) took part in the editing and proofreading, and it took two years to complete the book. Later, Mr. Ji Yezhong and Mr. Jiu Sha returned to the Guiyang School to make up for the missing parts and make up for the complicated ones. It is a trustworthy history of the Ming Dynasty, but it is a pity that Qian Zhai used a red pen and Ji Ye used an ink pen, and the yellow pen is Jiusha. "Hang Shijun's "Postscript" is extremely suspicious.
According to the "Genealogy of the Wan Family in Haoliang", Wan Yan died in the 44th year of Kangxi's reign, and Ying Juqian died in the 28th year of Kangxi's reign (see the "Shinto Stele of Mr. Ying Qianzhai" in Volume 12 of Quan Zuwang's "Kunqiting Collection"). "), Wan Sitong died in the 41st year of Kangxi. They all died earlier than Wan Yan. Is it possible for those who have died to "revise and revise" or "reference and edit" their works for those who have not yet died? Therefore, it is true that Wan Sitong re-edited "Ming History Ju Yao".
Shen Changyou also added his own "Record of Posthumous Works", which mentioned that Wan family had a volume of "Xuanji Pictures", which was like a palindrome poem and was collected by Zhu Fuqing in Ningbo. Mr. Xunci, the late teacher, informed me that "Xuanji Picture" is a palindrome poem attached to "Xuanji Brocade" written by Wanshu of the Qing Dynasty. His friend Xuan Baochen once wrote to his late teacher, "Xuan Ji Broken Brocade" "is a collection of the Jiang family's Baixiangtang school journal in Yangzhou in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. The original author is Mr. Wan Hongyou of the Qing Dynasty. ... Wan Shu, a native of Yixing, courtesy name Huanong, also known as "Hongyou", served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was known for his talents. He wrote more than 20 kinds of music and poems in Yuefu, many of which were chaotic, and became a book "Ci Lv". "Xuanji Brocade", this collection is composed of palindrome poems, with more than 60 pictures." (This letter is stored in the editor's office) From this, it can be seen that "Xuanji Pictures" has nothing to do with Sitong.