《守山阁丛书》及其“西学”学人考略

Collectanea of the Shoushan Studio and Scholars Engaged in Western Learning

古代刻印书籍,是书籍流通、知识传播的重要方式,刻印方式中常见的有官刻、寺院刻、坊刻、私刻等。明清时期是藏书、刻书事业发展的辉煌期。清中叶后,上海金山一支钱氏家族渐以校勘印刷出版事业显名于世,其校勘著作中尤以《守山阁丛书》《指海》《珠别丛录》等为代表作,因其家族藏书、校书、刻书活动延续时间之长、校勘之精,又汇集了张文虎、顾观光等大儒参与,故受到其时与后世侧目,笔者试论《守山阁丛书》与其学人顾观光、张文虎等,通过编撰《守山阁丛书》对中国近代科学发展产生的一定影响。

In ancient times,books produced with engraved block printing technique played a crucial role in the circulation of books and the spreading of knowledge.Engraved printing was divided into official printing,temple printing,bookstore printing,and private printing.The development of book collection and printing entered a glorious period in the Ming and Qing periods.In the mid-Qing Dynasty,a branch of the Qian family in Jinshan,Shanghai,gained fame for their scholarly endeavors in collating and printing,and a series of representative works including Collectanea of the Shoushan Studio,A Sea of Hints,and Chu-ts'ung pieh-lu stood out in their collation and printing efforts.Due to the long duration of their family's book collection,collation,and printing activities and meticulousness in collation,coupled with the involvement of prominent scholars such as Zhang Wenhu and Gu Guanguang,these works attracted significant attention during and after their time.This paper attempts to discuss the impact of Collectanea of the Shoushan Studio and the involved scholars,including Gu Guanguang and Zhang Wenhu,who contributed to the development of modern Chinese science through the compilation of Collectanea of the Shoushan Studio.