浔阳万青铨刻书事迹钩沉

A Study of Book Printing by Wan Qingquan of Xunyang

万青铨是清代刻书家,刻书堂号有“芋栗园”和“莲峰书屋”,道光至咸丰,刻书共十部30种。其所刻书多为蒙学类和家族文献,校勘严谨,注重质量,善用套印技艺。万青铨刻书在当时得到广泛传播,时人给予较高评价,亦对后世产生影响,具有重要文化意义。其子万本仪继承父亲事业,在广东刊刻书籍6种。万青铨为传统典籍文化作出积极贡献,在清代出版史上占有重要地位。

Wan Qingquan was a bookprinter of the Qing Dynasty. His publishing houses were known as Yuli Garden and Lianfeng Book Company. During the reigns of emperors Daoguang and Xianfeng, he printed a total of thirty books under ten titles, mostly children’s education books and family archives. Wan did an excellent job in proofreading and his printed works were of high quality. He was good at overprint techniques. Wan’s books spread wide and were highly praised at that time. They had an impact on later generations and bore great cultural significance. His son Wan Benyi carried on the family’s printing business and published six books in Guangdong. Wan Qingquan made positive contributions to the inheritance of traditional Chinese books and he was an important figure in the publishing business of the Qing Dynasty.