从莫友芝寻访四库遗书论曾国藩的善本收藏

On Zeng Guofan's Rare Book Collection:From Mo Youzhi's Search for Siku Lost Books

攻克江南后,有志于复兴文教的曾国藩委任莫友芝寻访四库遗书。战乱后的文化需要、曾国藩对莫友芝汉学素养的肯定以及莫友芝缓解生计压力的现实需求,是开启这场寻书之旅的主要契机。曾国藩作为访书活动的任命者,其给出的收书标准完全是以个人善本偏好为基础的。正是基于曾国藩对初印本的热衷,寻访初印本成为莫友芝的工作重心。这场寻书之旅,是公事亦是私事。于公而言,莫友芝多次为金陵书局提供校刻善本,对曾国藩的文教事业助益颇多。于私而言,无论是莫友芝还是曾国藩,均因寻访四库遗书而极大地丰富了个人收藏。这场寻书之旅的背后,折射出的正是作为藏书家的曾国藩的个人善本收藏理念。

After conquering the south of the Yangtze River,Zeng Guofan,who was interested in reviving culture and education,appointed Mo Youzhi to search for the Siku lost books.The cultural needs after the war,Zeng Guofan's affirmation of Mo Youzhi's sinology literacy,and Mo Youzhi's livelihood pressure,the main reasons why to start this book-searching activities include the cultural needs after the war,Zeng Guofan's affirmation of Mo Youzhi's sinology literacy,and Mo Youzhi's livelihood pressure.As the appointer of the book-searching activity,Zeng Guofan established the book-searching standards based entirely on his personal preference for rare books.Precisely because of Zeng's enthusiasm for the first printed version,Mo focused on searching for these versions of books.This book-searching activity is both a public and private issue.To be specific,for publicly,Mo Youzhi has provided rare books for the Jinling Bookstore for many times,which has greatly contributed to the prosperity of Zeng Guofan's cultural and educational career.For personally,both Mo Youzhi and Zeng Guofan have greatly enriched their personal collections of rare books by searching for the Siku lost books.This book-searching journey exactly reflected Zeng Guofan's idea of personal collection of rare books as a bibliophile.