Literature Review - Bunkentsukou

It is also read as "Bunken Tsukou." It is a 348-volume work written by Ma Duanlin in the late Song and early Yuan periods in China. It was written in the early Yuan period, but was published by government order in 1322. It is known as one of the Three Tongs, along with Du You's "Tongdian" of the Tang dynasty and Zheng Qiao's "Tongzhi" of the Song dynasty. While "Tongdian" is detailed on rituals and "Tongzhi" is mostly chronicles, this book mainly deals with economics and systems. Furthermore, while the previous two only cover the period up to the Tang dynasty, this book covers the period up to the reign of Emperor Ningzong (reigned 1194-1224) of the Southern Song dynasty, and is most important in that it includes the period of change between the Tang and Song dynasties. Sequels to this work include the two works "Xu Wen Shu Tong Kao" and "Huangchao Xu Wen Shu Tong Kao" issued by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty, as well as "Xu Wen Shu Tong Kao" by Wang Qi of the Ming dynasty and "Huangchao Xu Wen Shu Tong Kao" by Liu Jinzao of the Qing dynasty. In addition, a reference book is the "Five Types of Wen Shu Tong Kao General Catalog" published by the Kyoto University Society of Oriental History.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

「ぶんけんつうこう」とも読む。中国、宋(そう)末元(げん)初の馬端臨(ばたんりん)の著で348巻。元初年に成ったが、1322年の政府命令で刊行された。唐の杜佑(とゆう)の『通典(つてん)』、宋の鄭樵(ていしょう)の『通志(つうし)』とあわせて三通と称せられる。『通典』は礼に詳しく、『通志』は紀伝が大部分を占めるに対し、この書はもっぱら経済、制度について述べ、かつ前二者が唐代までの記述であるに対し、本書は南宋の寧宗(ねいそう)（在位1194～1224）代まで記述してあり、唐・宋の変革期を含む点がもっとも重要である。この続編として、清(しん)の乾隆(けんりゅう)帝欽定(きんてい)の『続文献通考』『皇朝続文献通考』の二書、および明(みん)の王圻(おうき)の『続文献通考』、清の劉錦藻(りゅうきんそう)の『皇朝続文献通考』がある。なお、参考書に京都大学東洋史研究会発行の『文献通考五種総目録』がある。

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