英文摘要
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Book collecting by princely households (fanfu 藩府) represented a major bibliographic enterprise in imperial China. Princely book collecting spanned a historical period from the late Tang and Five Dynasties through the Qing dynasty, encompassed a vast geographic area, and included a wide range of texts. In the Ming dynasty, as princely book collecting was spurred on by court policy, it attained a level of comprehensiveness unprecedented in previous dynasties. The distinctive character of princely book collecting in the Ming was primarily due to the unique political status of princely households, as well as their considerable financial resources and deep cultural knowledge, the delicacy and perfection of which is readily apparent in their bibliographic undertakings. In addition, the rich quantity and high quality of princely collections also represented a major achievement in the history of Ming book collecting. Jiangxi was always known as a land of humanistic learning, and during the Ming many princes initiated book collecting projects there. Book collecting became extremely prominent and formed the basis of a regional intellectual culture. Thus, this study focuses on the establishment of the princely estate of Ning in Jiangxi during the Ming dynasty. Through examining this lineage, it explores the development of princely book collecting in Jiangxi during the Ming dynasty, including historical background, collecting achievements and practices, and the sources of collections.
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