汪时跃及其所编文选、文话

Wang Shiyue and His Compilations

明代万历年间举人汪时跃是一位靠编书闻名和谋生的安徽士子。据《休宁西门汪氏宗谱》等材料,可以考察出汪时跃的家世生平;据他在杭州所编的《镌昭代名公四六类编》和《举业要语》等书的基本内容可以考察其所反映出的时代变化与文化含义,增进对明代社会和文人生存状态的了解。

Wang Shiyue was a Anhui scholar in later Ming Dynasty who was known for compilation and lived on it. According to Genealogy of Wang of West Gate of Xiuning, one can find out his extraction and life history. From two books he compiled, A Collection of Parallel Prose and Discourses of Composition for Imperial Examinations, one can know the society and culture, specially life of scholars, of Ming Dynasty.