维新以传古——罗振玉与近代印刷技术

Passing Down Cultural Heritage with New Techniques:Luo Zhenyu and Modern Printing

清季以来,铅印、石印、珂罗版、金属版等印刷技术陆续传入中国,并较为广泛地运用到了出版当中。罗振玉接触这些近代印刷技术较早,出版了大批兼具美观与学术性的图录与古籍影印本。本文通过将罗氏与时人往来信札、印书序跋与所印书籍相对照,梳理罗氏在“传古”思想指导下,运用多种近代印刷技术刊行书籍的相关特点。本文认为对近代印刷技术较为熟悉、根据刊行书籍的具体情况灵活选择适合的印书技术、关注从摄影到装订的各个出版环节,是罗氏所印书籍质量较高的主要原因。罗氏虽自言看重珂罗版、轻视石印技术,但实际上他对各种近代印刷方式均有采用,且对传统雕版印刷技术仍极为看重。以罗振玉对近代各种印刷技术的去取态度为个案,可以窥见当时学者们在印刷技术新旧交替的时代环境中新潮与守旧的两种取向。

Starting from the late Qing Dynasty,printing technologies such as lead printing,lithographic printing,collotype printing and metal plate printing were introduced to China and are widely used in publishing.Luo Zhenyu came into contact with these modern printing technologies quite early and published a large number of catalogues and photocopies of ancient books,with both aesthetic and academic value,throughout his lifetime.This paper examines Luo Zhenyu's correspondences with various other people of his time and the prefaces and postscripts he wrote for the books he printed,in connection with the related books,to present the characteristics of the books printed and published by Luo Zhenyu using various modern printing techniques as a way to pass down cultural heritage from previous ages.The author believes that the high quality of the books Luo published can be attributed to his familiarity with the various modern printing techniques,flexibility in choosing printing techniques according to the specific conditions of each book to be published,and attention to all parts of the publishing process from photography to binding.Although Luo claimed to value collotype printing over lithographic printing,he never really kept any modern printing method out of his sight while traditional woodblock printing was also one of his options.In sum,this case study on Luo Zhenyu's attitude towards modern printing reveals to us that scholars of the time had two different general inclinations regarding printing techniques:some valued the new while otherswereconservative.