管窥刘向、刘歆对目录学之贡献

Contributions of Liu Xiang and Liu Xin to the Bibliography

我国目录之学历史厚重,源远流长,始自西汉刘向、刘歆父子。刘氏父子受命整理皇室藏书工作,最后落实到编撰《别录》、《七略》两部目录学著作。刘氏著作的撰成开启了中国目录学之先声,对后世影响深远,具体表现为开辟校雠学、创建解题式目录、首创图书分类目录、史志目录之源流等,功绩显著。《录》、《略》是今人研究中国古典目录学和目录学史必研习之重要经典。

Chinese bibliography, originating from the great works of Liu Xiang and Liu Xin （ father and son） of the western Han Dynasty, is a subject with a profound and long history. Being committed to undertake the task of organizing royal hbrary works, they finished compiling two bibliography works named Bie Lu and Qi Lue. Chinese bibliography was advocated by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin for the first time in history, and the two bibliography works have profound influence on the bibliography study in later a- ges. Their notable achievements are manifested by the initiation of textual criticism, the establishment of catalogs of preface and postscript, the creation of classification catalogues of books and the origin of historical annals catalogue. The tow works Bie Lu and Qi Lue are important and classical literatures for the study of classical Chinese bibliography and history of bibliography today.