两宋时期的福州刻书业

Study on the Book Engraving Industry in Fuzhou During the two Song Dynasties

宋代福州具有安定的环境及丰富的竹木资源,为刻书事业提供了有利的条件,福州一度成为当时全国的四大刻书中心之一。其刻书机构多,形成了官刻、私刻两大刻书系统;刻书规模大、数量多、技术精,内容丰富;宗教发展盛况空前,以“三藏”为代表的寺院刻书更是达到了空前绝后的程度。两宋时期福州刻书业的繁荣,有力地推动了福州地区教育事业的发展,并为此后的出版业奠定了坚实的基础,闽版书籍的对外流通也促进了宋代先进文明的播迁。

Fuzhou in Song Dynasty had stable environment and abundant bamboo and wood resources,which provided favorable conditions for the enterprise of engraving books.Fuzhou once became one of the four major Chinese book engraving centers.There were so many institutions that two major systems—official engraving and private engraving—formed.The Fuzhou book engraving industry was large in scale,big in quantity,sophisticated in technology and rich in content.Religion went through unprecedented development,and book engraving in temples represented by"Sanzang"reached an unprecedented level.The prosperity of Fuzhou book engraving industry in two Song Dynasties strongly promoted the development of education in Fuzhou and laid a solid foundation for the subsequent publishing industry.The external circulation of books in Fujian also promoted the spread and migration of the advanced civilization in Song Dynasty.