Gunshochoyo

This is a 50-volume book compiled by Wei Zheng and other learned officials by imperial order of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in China. It was compiled in 631. It is a compilation of clauses extracted from over 60 types of texts, including classic histories and writings by various scholars, which served as references for rulers. It was quickly lost in China, but the copies that were brought to Japan were treasured by the imperial family and samurai. In 1616 (Genwa 2), a version printed with old movable type was printed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in Suruga, followed by the Tenmei version in the Owari Domain and the Koka version in the Kishu Domain, and became widely used. The Imperial Household Agency Archives and Mausolea Department preserves an ancient manuscript (volumes 4, 13, and 20 are missing, totaling 47 scrolls) from the Kanazawa Bunko, which was the original for the published version. This book is valued for including lost works such as "Zang Rongxu's Book of Jin" and "New Treatises of Huanzi," as well as ancient and rare commentaries such as "Comments on the Analects by Zheng Xuan" and "Comments on the Book of Han by Cai Mo."

[Atsushi Ikeda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、唐朝の太宗の勅命で魏徴(ぎちょう)ら学識ある高官たちが編纂(へんさん)した50巻の書。631年に成る。経書をはじめ正史や諸子の書六十数種から、為政者の参考となる箇条を抜き出してまとめたもの。中国では早く散逸したが、日本に伝わったものが皇室や武家に重宝され、1616年（元和2）駿河(するが)で徳川家康により古活字版が印行されたのをはじめ、尾張(おわり)藩の天明(てんめい)版、紀州藩の弘化(こうか)版と相次いで刊行され広く普及した。宮内庁書陵部には刊本の原本となった金沢文庫伝来の古写本（巻4、13、20原欠、全47軸）を伝存する。本書には『臧栄緒晋書(ぞうえいしょしんしょ)』『桓子(かんし)新論』などの逸書や『論語鄭玄(じょうげん)注』『漢書蔡謨集解(かんじょさいばくしっかい)』などの古逸注を含む点で重視される。

［池田　温］

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