| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 中國文學系 === 104 === Fu Zeng-Xiang (1872-1949), a bibliographer born in Jiang An Si Chuan, is famous for his achievement in bibliography, edition and textual criticism. Fu searched and rushed for books all his life with great devotion and thus he had a fabulous book collection. The collection is amazing both in quality and quantity amounted more than 200 thousand volumes. Within his abundant possession, there are engraving editions produced in Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasty, refined engraving, refined proofreading, archaic transcripts and precious books from Ming and Qing Dynasty. Following four great bibliographers in late Qing Dynasty, Fu scaffolded criteria in bibliography for modern researchers. Fu is also a copious writer. His Inscription on Books in Recluse Garden; A Review of Books in Recluse Garden and Bibliography of Amending Shao Ting Legacies in Recluse Garden are essence of his accomplishments in Ancient Bibliography. Though in Taiwan and China, lots of articles and theses were conducted to this great scholar and his masterpiece, yet none of them applied the method of constructional analysis to do the research. With the view of better understanding how Fu constructed his approaches to ancient bibliography, this study elaborates the processes step by step to acquire the appreciation to this scholar.
This thesis consists of seven chapters. Chapter One is Introduction, involved research motivation, purpose, comparisons and discussions. Chapter Two presents Fu’s causes and principles in Ancient Bibliography while establishing. In this chapter, three subtitles respectively show history background, Fu’s social connections and the results of the application afterwards. Chapter Three outlines Fu’s dedication in editions, how he verified the originals, and what his attitude and spirit was in proofreading ancient books. Chapter Four depicts the contents of Fu’s construction, his inheritance, his opinions toward ancient bibliography as well as his assertion of ancient version value from those of forgeries. Chapter Five focuses on Fu’s three significant categorizing methods with which Fu enabled himself to distinguish the ancient bibliography. Some illustrations are offered in compliance to help systematically tease these methods in application. Chapter Six evaluates Fu’s influences and achievements in academic contribution. Chapter Seven, the last chapter, poses the conclusion of all my comprehension by studying the brilliant scholar Fu Zeng-Xiang.
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