寓居桐乡的藏刻大家汪森、汪文柏家族收藏与刻书

The Collection and Woodblock Edition of Books in Wang Sen and Wang Wenbo Family in Tongxiang

清代东南著名藏书楼和刻书家中有不少是徽州寄籍显宦富贾。休宁县汪森兄弟移居桐乡后成为当地的显赫家族,不仅第一代中的汪森裘杼楼和汪文柏古香楼为清代东南著名藏书楼,而且世代书香。尤其是延至第五代中汪如藻还是乾隆朝修《四库全书》献书前十四位的大藏书家,汪如洋还是休宁县寄籍状元,说明书籍是家族兴旺发达的助推器和晴雨表。

Many of those famous library owners and woodblock print book artists of the Qing dynasty in Southeast China were high officials or wealthy merchants who had migrated from Huizhou.Wang Sen and his brother(Wang Wenbo)originally from Xiuning County moved to Tongxiang and became a prominent family there.In the first generation of their family,Wang Sens Qiu Zhu Lou and Wang Wenbos Gu Xiang Lou were famous libraries of the Qing dynasty in Southeast China.Also,their family was of scholars for generations.More importantly,Wang Ruzao,the familys fifth generation,was among the top fourteen great book collectors who contributed books to Qianlong Emperor for the compilation of Siku Quanshu;Wang Ruyang was the Principal Graduate(Zhuanyuan)as a migrant from Xiuning County.All those show that books are the promoter and the sign of the prosperity of a family.