Gǔ yì cóng shū (Ancient Chinese Writings)

Japanese: 古逸叢書 - こいつそうしょ（英語表記）Gǔ yì cóng shū

This is a series of books compiled by Li Shuochang (1837-97) during the Guangxu period (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty. It is a collection of books that disappeared early in mainland China and remained only in Japan. All of them were collected by Li Shuochang while he was working in Japan as a diplomat, and his attendant Yang Shoujin proofread them and reprinted and published them in Japan in their original form. Some of the books are completely complete, while others are so-called "remnants" of which only parts remain, making up a total of 26 books. The Wenguan Cilin, Taiping Huanyu Ji, and Yuanben Yupian are all remnants, and yet they were so valuable that they needed to be reprinted, but there is also a story that at least one "Tang manuscript" made by a Japanese forger was reprinted without being recognized as such.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，清の光緒年間(1875‐1908)，黎庶昌（れいしよしよう）(1837‐97)が編集した叢書。中国本土で早く滅び，日本にだけのこっていたものを集めた。いずれも黎庶昌が外交官として日本に在勤中に収集し，それを随員であった楊守敬が校正して，日本で原形そのままに復刻して刊行した。首尾完全な書物もあり，一部分だけしかのこっていないいわゆる〈残本〉もあるが，総計26種。《文館詞林》《太平寰宇記（たいへいかんうき）》《原本玉篇》等はいずれも残本であり，それでも復刻することが必要であっただけ貴重なものであったといえるが，少なくとも1種，日本人の偽造者による〈唐写本〉が，それと悟られずに復刻されたという話もある。

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