清代连锁书坊的兴衰探析——以重庆善成堂书坊为例

Analysis of the Rise and Fall of the Chain Bookstore in the Qing Dynasty——Taking Chongqing Shanchengtang Bookstore as an Example

书坊对古代文献的保存和学术的传承具有重要影响,对民间文化的传播和通俗文艺的繁荣也有重要贡献。善成堂书坊在清代大型连锁书坊中历史久远,地域众多,刻书广泛,集刻版、印刷、发行于一体,具有代表性,其总号在重庆。本文通过对重庆善成堂发展始末的探索及兴衰原因的分析,可知其兴衰不仅受到社会形势的影响,也受到行业形势的影响,这有助于展现清代书坊的发展历史,研究其兴衰原因。

The bookstore has an important influence on the preservation of ancient literature and the inheritance of scholarship,and also contributes to the spread of folk culture and the prosperity of popular literature and art.Shanchengtang Bookstore has a long history in the large-scale bookstores in the Qing Dynasty. It had many geographical areas and a wide range of engraving books. It was a collection of engraving,printing and distribution. It was representative and its total number was in Chongqing. Through the analysis of the development and the reasons for the rise and fall of Chongqing Shanchengtang,we can see that it is not only affected by the social situation,but also influenced by the industry situation. This helps to show the development history of the Qing Dynasty bookstore and study the reasons for its rise and fall.