类书的起源及其产生发展的原因探析

A Study on the Origin and the Course of Its Engendering and Development of Genus-book

类书是一种特殊的文献编纂形式,它的真正起源应该是《皇览》。在文献聚集、文献利用、文学创作、帝王影响、文献编纂、学术思想等因素的共同作用下,类书得以产生与发展。类书是中国传统学术、文化与思想发展到魏晋南北朝时期的必然产物。

Genus-book is a special type of literature compilation, and its true origin should derive from Huang Lan. Genus-book was engendering and developing under the effects of literature collections, literature utilization, composition, emperor＇s influence, literature compilation and academic thoughts. Genus-book is an inevitable outcome from Chinese traditional learnings, culture, and thoughts when they were compiled in Wei-Jin and Nan-Bei Dynasty.