The Study of Huai Hai Ju Shi Chang Duan Ju, a Ming-Dynasty Ci-poetry of Tianyige Museum

Abstract

The Huai Hai Ju Shi Chang Duan Ju of Tianyige Museum, compiled and printed in Ming Dynasty, is a rarely noticed anthology of Qin Guan’s Ci-poems. Before this study, there was very limited information on the book, mostly from Professor Jao Tsung-i’s poem and his magnun opus Ci Ji Kao. The authors of the paper, who have examined the book at the Tianyige Museum, therefore try to give a thorough study of textual criticism, in particular, its editor-publisher, the author of the preface, the textual construction and the ideas behind. It is found that the book is not only the single existing copy, but also the only known anthology of Qin Guan’s Ci-poems made in accordance to personal viewpoint on Ci-poetry.