Transcribed Copies of Yupian in the Edo Period: Volume 19

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  • 原本玉篇の江戸期写本群 : 巻19水部について
  • ゲンポンギョク ヘン ノ エドキ シャホングン : マキ 19スイブ ニ ツイテ

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Yupian (玉篇) has been regarded as the earliest Kaishu-centric Chinese dictionary, which was edited by Gu Yewang (顧野王) in the Liang (梁) dynasty. In China, the original text of Gu’s Yupian has been lost because the simplified version by Chen Pengnian (陳彭年) became quite popular after the Sung (宋) dynasty. In the late Qing (清) dynasty, Li Shuchang (黎庶昌) and Yang Shoujing (楊守敬) visited Japan and discovered several parts of Gu’s original text. They were reprinted in their Guyi Congshu (古逸叢書). They had a difficulty browsing and/or taking photographs of the original materials. Their reprints of Gu’s text were mainly based on the transcribed copies produced in the Edo period. Recently, Tokio Takata (高田時雄) found a fragment of the original volume 19, which was once owned by Yang. In this article, we compare the original fragments, their transcribed copies in the Edo period, and Guyi Congshu of the volume 19. Some incorrect modifications in the transcribed copies are found in Guyi Congshu. Therefore, Yang’s original fragment was not used as a primal source of Guyi Congshu for Volume 19. Its primal source was the transcribed copies in the Edo period, as in the Volume 09 case.

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