嘉业堂藏《永乐大典》始末

The History of Yongle Grand Ceremony Collected by Jiayetang

《永乐大典》作为明代举全国之力编纂的一部集中国典籍于大成的类书,具有极高的收藏价值和学术价值。在嘉业堂所收藏的珍贵古籍中,就包含《永乐大典》这样的珍品。有赖于章一山推荐、商贾求售及友人赠送,嘉业堂所藏《永乐大典》数量颇为可观,至全部出让前达42册之多。而收集《永乐大典》的过程,亦是刘承幹对古籍学术价值重新认识的过程,最终推动了刘承幹藏书刻书事业的发展,促使其充分利用《永乐大典》来进行古籍的刊刻,为保存文献作出了积极的贡献。

The Yongle Grand Ceremony(Yongle Dadian),compiled in the Ming Dynasty with painstaking efforts of scholars of the whole country,is a grand synthesis of ancient Chinese classics.Among the precious ancient books collected by Jiayetang,there are treasures such as Yongle Grand Ceremony.Thanks to the sales and donation of ancient books and the contribution of Zhang Yishan,the Yongle Grand Ceremony consists of as many as 42 volumes before being sold and is of high academic value.In collecting parts of the book,Liu Chenggan re-examined the academic value of ancient books and invested the experience in his book collection and engraving.He engraved ancient books based on Yongle Grand Ceremony,playing an active role in ancient book preservation.