Opening up the possibility of inheriting the cultural vitality of ancient books, Li Zhaoluo held a symposium on the manuscripts of the "Eight Dynasties Full Text" manuscript | Li Zhaoluo | Ancient Books
The symposium on the manuscript of Li Zhaoluo's "Full Text of the Eight Dynasties" was recently held at the Duoyunxuan Art Center, focusing on the study of governance and the creation of useful books. Sixteen researchers from academia, education, and publishing have conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on Li Zhaoluo, his events, and the significance and value of the publication of the full text of the Eight Dynasties. This manuscript will be unveiled at the Vientiane Boutique Nightclub at the Boguzhai Spring Auction on July 15th.
Li Zhaoluo, with the courtesy name Shen Qi, is a late adoptive elderly person from the Jiangsu Yang Lakers. He has a wide range of academic knowledge and solid foundation. Wu Xiaoming, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Boguzhai Auction Co., Ltd., introduced that Li Zhaoluo has written a lot throughout his life, and the manuscript of Li Zhaoluo's "Full Text of the Eight Dynasties" displayed at the symposium is one of them. The compilation of this book began in 1822 and has not been published for two hundred years. Its existence is limited to documentary records.
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Professor Cao Hong from Nanjing University introduced that according to the "Draft of Qing History", teachers and friends have high evaluations of Li Zhaoluo. Wei Yuan said that Li Zhaoluo had a keen understanding of all his studies and referred to him as a "modern Confucian scholar.". Modern Confucian scholar Shen Zengzhi regarded Li Zhaoluo as a "private lady teacher". Academically, Li Zhaoluo excels in many practical studies such as history and geography, emphasizing the importance of practical application in the world. His compilation of the Fengtai County Annals has been praised by Lin Zexu for his "appropriate decision-making and excellent synthesis". He printed Gu Yanwu's "Ri Zhi Lu", with a special focus on praising the "useful" learning in it. In literature, Li Zhaoluo praised the Eight Dynasties Parallel Prose, which has a unique feature in literary history.
Professor Xu Yanping from the School of Literature at Nanjing University believes that Li Zhaoluo was an advanced scholar who discovered many problems in late Qing society in 1820 or earlier and wanted to improve them through education and other practices. Li Zhaoluo's engraved editions were mostly edited by later generations and are no longer in their original form, while early versions helped people understand his personal psychology and ideological activities during his writings. Huang Shuhui, the operator of Universal Literature, believes that Li Zhaoluo's "Full Text of the Eight Dynasties" manuscript has a large volume of original materials, providing scholars with sufficient raw materials for research, and will also promote the compilation of the historical verification version of Li Zhaoluo's complete collection in the future.
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Peng Weiguo, Vice President of Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Chairman of Shanghai Duoyunxuan Group Co., Ltd., believes that this seminar is committed to the dissemination, research, and promotion of ancient books, allowing cultural symbol carriers that have been in history for a long time to be rediscovered, focused on, and studied, opening up the possibility of cultural vitality inheritance of ancient books. Chen Jiayong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Duoyunxuan Group Co., Ltd., stated that the information in the original manuscript is highly credible and has irreplaceable cultural value and historical significance in the academic field. Only by studying it truthfully in its original form can we "govern useful studies". Faced with these precious physical materials, how can business units effectively transform and publish ancient book resources while improving the sorting and research of ancient books, and do a good job in cultural inheritance, will become the cultural mission and responsibility of Shanghai Boguzhai Auction Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Centennial Duoyunxuan.