Ssu K'u Ch'üan Shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America

Journal of East Asian Libraries

Volume 1998 Number 116 Article 5

10-1-1998

Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America

Guoqing Li

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guoguoqingqing li ohio state university ssu kuvu chuan shu great source cainaschinas literary cultural tradition compilation ssu vuk u ch gianfianuan shu Q jfsjsjisjib complete library four categories greatest event cainaschinas publishing history 3800 chinese scholars worked ten years 177217811772 1781 project undertaken order emperor chien lung 13254 titles collected country valuable titles 3461 total selected ssu kuvu chlianchfianch uan shu 6793 titles left Ts un mu 4-9 political reasons 3000 titles rejecterejectedd destroyed either totally partially mainly political reasons 1 see chart 1

chart I1 ssu kuvu collections total13254Total 13254 6793 7000 6000 la19l9 5000 3461 4000- 3000 mn 3000- 2000 1000 o&oa 0

ssu vuk u chifanchefanch uan shu compared diderotsDiderots encyclopedia compiled 175117721751 1772 consists 28 volumes french edition 36 volumes 3 volumes illustrations swedish edition marked difference between two works diderotsDiderots encyclopedia represents effort digest known knowledge systematic whole while ssu kuvu chaanchganch uan shu collection independent works writings original authors preserved intact comparison concluded ssu kuvu chaanchoanch uan shu consists 312000of312000 volumes total 40000000 pages worlds stupendous literary work 2

article revision paper presented annual meeting chinese materials committee council east asian libraries washington D C march 262619981261998.11998 1 like thank yeen mei wu chair committee inviting me do presentation dona straley my colleague OSU libraries proofreading paper

19 generally agreed work includes important works ancient china time compilation covers almost subjects chinese civilization achieved great success both providing access preserving chinese cultural heritage however ssu VUk u ch ilaniiantianu shu complete name hints according chinese historical bibliographies 181700 titles published han dynasty 206 BC ching dynasty 1911 AD 3 works included collection small portion chinese publications extant time see chart 2

chart 2 chinese publications since ancient time 1920s totam81700

9 DSL laig 167446 lait

2 continuing series ssu kuvu chuanchwan shu therefore chinese scholars made many attempts two hundred years compile continuations ssu kuklu caluchluch flanfluniian shu starting 1994 these efforts produced many results see table 1 ssu VUk u chin huishuhuihul shu tsunglantsungkantsungts uneung kan v3va ltef1 series destroyed forbidden works complete library four categories collects 1500 currently available works recorded ch ing tai ko sheng chin shu hui faovaok ao thruTH ru 1i- tt ffH 4 ch inglingying tai chin shu chih chien lu racaaathrfltxaat 14rxa 5 ch ing tai chin huishuhuihul shu mu tllwltat EI1 616 half 3000 titles destroyed order chien lung emperor duringt compilation ssu vuk u chlianchfianch fianflaniian shu fiction drama published chien lung 1785 included publisher notes since continuing series plan include them 7 divided 10 series totals 300 volumes first series 30 volumes published september 1997 plan publish series 1999 total price 180000 RIMRMB ssu vuk u ch fianflaniianu shu ts unUn mu tsungts ung shu vaWv3 asaesasisssi ks4saSs 9el XV series works listed titles complete library four categories collects 4508 titles listed ssu kuvu chaanchganch fianflaniian shu tsunts un mu two hundred libraries archives museums individuals m various countries number 66 percent total 6793 Ts un mu titles among 4508titles4508 titiestitles 80 percent best editions song yuan ming early ching times 30 percent existing copies 8 total 1200 volumes came november 1997 thus becomes ssu VUk u series among big four completed project far price set 300000 RMB 100 titles planned series included technical reasons published

20 supplement ssu vuk u ch fianflaniianuan shu ts un mu tsungts ung shu vv jf 9 rsr new annotated bibliography series W el xrft Q written well ktekt4 arft ssu vuk u wei shou shu chi k VU xs1 series works left complecompiecompletete library four categories contains 2500 titles listed ssu kuvu wei shou shufenshubenshu fenjen lei mulumu lu watmatJLL 3 9el lleifedle 991 compiled leading scholars during 1920s wttatt2500 titles make 65 percent total 4000 vefveiwei shou shu titles latest series publisher promises include titles already selected three big sets divided 10 series total 300300 volumes first series published end 1997 plan finish publication 1999 total price 180000 RMBRMEB hsu hsiu ssu kuvu ch fianiianu shu easf e9W jflgb sequel ssu k u ch uan shu biggest set among these four series contains kr 5000 titles published before 1912 first section ching pu g4 distributed 1997 total 1800 volumes completely published 1999 price title 3 80000380000 RMB 1994 our east asian librarians delegation visited publisher shanghai ku chi chu pan JLHjhajdaJL H suggested our colleagues CDROMCD ROM version made later word far charts 3 4 indicate title counts time span these four ssu vuk u series

3 count chart title four chart 4 time span four big continuing seriesserles big continuing seriesserles total13508Total 13508

5000 1950 5000 4508 1912 1912 1900 4000 300 z500 1850- 2000- 1500 1800 1773 1773 1000- 1750 0 1700 akqk

question librarians concerned four series overlap each andor ssu kuvu chlianchfianch fianflaniian shu chances tsunTs un mu chin hui wei shou byproducts compilation ssu vuk u ch fianflaniianu shu clear documentation working editorial committees these three sets consider these supplements ssu vuk u chaanch oianolaniian shu working editorial committee hsu hsiu different opinions value titles listed ssu vuk u tsunts un mu chin hui wei shou decided collect works important value listed above three series better editions ones ssu k u make itself best collections ssu kuvu chart 5 6 roughly illustrate overlap hsu hsiu others

21 chartcharts5 portion old newnow chart 6 overlaps series titles hsuhsuhsiuhsiu total5000total6000Total500050006000 total5000Total 5000

300 EbeubeyneyW 242406 3800 76 300 eanman 0411 eirawiramika 00 bufe134tbmfe W altrartr

hsuM hsiuz5zm plans include works fiction drama published chenchien lung period may found large sets kukupendupenpen hsiao shuo chi chengch eng rmfta ku pen hsichiitsungkanhsi ch U tsung fanvan atsryugyu& ZRsts0 111 3 should noted compiling hsu hsiu largest difficult project these series years passed since project started 1994 four sections ching pu finished mainly due ready reference work hsu hsiu ssu kuvu chlianchfianch fianiian shu tsung mu 0t iyaoayaoyao chingjuchingpuching pu tawhawhamtfw EM 3Q 10 1 provides information needed selecting titles section might take longer planned five years finish project maybemay changes title selection besides above four big sets wen yuan ko ssu vuk u ch flanfiangiangdanilanfian shu pu i clis0 9933 FA v7vaC k rmym 1 t adladtSSL4i111.1 ft J P worth mentioning copy wen yuan ko ssu vuk u chlianchfianJsch fianflaniian shu published 1986 taiwan shang wu yin shu kuan beijing library compared wen ching ko ssu vuk u edition found many differences between two example chi section 778 titles among total 1273 differences chapters volumes 4700 chapters 440 titles missing wen yuan ko copy therefore beijing library compiled wen yuan ko ssu kvuu chlianchfianch fianflaniian shushapushupupu i set contents chi section wen yuan ko copy lacks 15 volume set published 1997 price tag 7500 RMB said three sections compiled published soon

3 electronic editions ssu kuvu chuanchlianchfian shu without doubt modem technology sooner later applied reproducing ancient materials china electronic editions ssu vuk u ch flanfianilanu shu produced recently see table 2

first wen yuan ko ssu vuk u ch flanflunilanu shu tien tzu pan xM M v7Eva aks i kt asibheghefsi athexthe complete collection four treaduntreasuntreasurieses electronic library project launched 1996 bythe china language literature modem institute shantung university chinese information engineering research institute based taiwan commercial press edition wen yuan ko ssu vuk u mentioned above promises searching

22 volume title author displaying printing binding pattern original august 1996 general catalog ching section shih section finished two forms CDROMCD ROM tape total cost around US 18000 153 CDROMsCD ROMs few olourofourour chinese librarians saw demonstration CDROMCD ROM product during 96 IFLA conference felt too expensive user friendly since lacks keyword searching capability text scanned images project recently adopted bv chi nan development district hui wen ke chi kai fa chung hsin rh nha414 g ff t lrifriIWI g 12q wuhan university press now publisher nowhsinisg150 CDROMsCD ROMs reduced price tag 25000 RMB according people daily overseas edition march 119981 1998 hunan audiovisualaudio visual publishing house ij 1t 41 giligile yue lu shu 4aaa7rlarltseose help shanghai futanfu tan university chiao fungtungeung university going publish printed edition ssu ku chlianchfianch uan shu CDROMCD ROM version next two years version provide keyword searching capability fallfullfuli text since scanned copy online dictionary capability edit sort search results details unknown moment sounds promising

annual meeting association asian studies held washington D C march 1998 hong kong chinese university press 4 1 XJ 4 jajjajajj digital heritage publishing limited aflofblxfbtzubjtzUbjAMK announced another electronic edition ssu k u chilanchiianchfianchihan shu production two parts utilizing electronic technology digital heritage publishing limited first created image version letlesJR K pages ofssussu kkuu chlianchfianch flanfianilan shu scanned input data bankISSsupplemented various search functions reading aids research tools reference information then images original text converted text data OCR technology full text retrieval functions research tools added make full text version dbjfemK image version around 165 CDs sale middle 1998 price tag US 3900 full text version around 175 CDs ready end 1999 price US 11050

4 major selections ssu ku chuan shu along continuing seriesserlessernessennes ssu kkuu many ssu k u selections being published well small medium size libraries didnt acquire ssu k u before andor budget buy aforementioned ssu k u series these ssu k u selections might feasible solution table 3 lists major titles available now among them ssu kuchkuchfianku chilanchiianchibanfian shu chingpchinga wen ts un E altsalia collects 130 titles ssu k u thirty volume set printed simplifiedaltacharacters punctuation titles reclassified 17 categories each title provided introduction price 1850 RMB ssu ku chilanchiianchifanchefan shu ching hua 9 30 volume set 200 titles important selections ssu ku sets my opinion isthessukuchaanshuhuiyaossu ku ch ilaniian shu huihuf yao vs SF isr selected books ssu k u whichisawhichisa kind mini ssu ku known ch fenlenien lungyuhungyulungyi7 ianlanlaipenlanpenpen ssu ku chilanchiianchi7anchiban shu huiyaohuihuf yao ae vu 1 compiled exclusively emperor lung testteseftfkrf 5e 1 kt t chien 23 sixty two years old ordered start ssu vuk u project 1772 afraid live long enough see whole ssu kuvu project complete ordered compilation mini set first 1773 done 1778 68 years old four years before ssu k u chitanchatanch uan shu completed two copies forbidden citescitys chih tsao fangeangvang 44 1 wei yilyllyulyuu fangvangtang&sin& 14 91 chang chun yuan destroyed during war 1860 collection spoken here copy chih chao tang copy contains 464 titles first series 100 volumes published 1997 price 6800 RMBRMEB shih chieh shu chilchii ediedl taiwan published copy same edition 1988 f ta

should noted many libraries north america already own copy ssu ku chuan shu cheapenchenpen v9va jf al81 published shang wu yin shu kuan beginning 1934 continuing 8luntil 1982 collection 1878 titles selected ssu kvuu published 13 chi f includes total 15976 volumes means half ssu kuvu titles included charts 7 8 help show percentage these major selections ssu kuvu please note overlaps among these selections

chart 7 title count ssu kuwu chart 8 percentage ssu kuvu 3461 selections 3500 selections total3461Total 3461 c3fllit99 3000 M- D tr BM4 Qmt 2500 14 6

2000

1600 20

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should aware another ssu vuk u series albeit without those words title ch uan shih tsangts ang shu ertmateat 1997 compilers selected 72 works published ancient times end ching dynast 1911 same time span subject areas above mentioned ssu vuk u continuing seriesserlessernessennes especially hsu hsiu difference size

24 5 acquisitions ssu ku continuing series selections north america

order review current situation regarding acquisition ofssussu vuk u chlianchfianch fianflaniian shu continuing series major selections I1 searched OCLC database conducted brief survey twenty major east asian libraries north america results tables 4 5 although these complete statistics give us rough idea reveal chinese studies librarians north america libraries done very well far regarding ssu vuk u chaanchganch fianflaniian shu continuing series fifteen libraries own ssu vuk u chranchchganfianflaniian shu printed editions university washington seattle plans buy printed version ssu vuk u chaanchchganfianflaniian shu university british columbia going buy electronic edition 9 libraries ordered hsu hsiu ssu vuk u ch fianflaniianu shu Pyinprincetonceton going buy electronic edition although bought three big continuing series yet princeton them wish lists Ts un mu first choice UC berkeley considering buying them well library congress intends buy Ts un mu while minnesota chin hui university michigan plans make selective acquisitions three series seems titles covered these purchase plans realized although better off libraries buy Tstsunun mu chin hui wei shou quite obvious thomas lee east asian librarian indiana university noted survey main reason buying these yet cost since rare heavily used materials better make kind cooperative effort purchase them karen wei head east asian library university illinois urbana champaign suggested may look possibility CIC east asian libraries lee mentioned suggestion 2 3 years ago CRL buy hsu hsiu later different opinions within CIC plan failed far CRL plan buy these titles may initiatereinitiatere proposal CRL purchase these benefit us

addition tai loi ma deputy librarian university hong kong libraries president council east asian libraries reported hong kong university library purchased these four titles may consider CDROMCD ROM well hong kong university seems outside mainland owns these ssu kvuu series regardingregardingthe ssu vuk u selections 26 libraries either whole 13 sets partial sets ssu ku chilanchiianchflanchalan shu chencheapenchenpenpen 6 huihulhuiyaotaoyao since selections important basic titles ssu vuk u expected overlaps duplicates among them naturally need libraries already own chen pen huihulhuiyaoyao buy these newly published selections

6 order information

these titles obtained major book vendor mainland china except ssu kvuu chlianchfianch fianiian shu ts un mu ts ung shu may ordered chuang yen wen hua shih yeh yu hsien kung ssu ssubysijtAJ 4b4 faifalnsf gj taiwan least theoreticallyleasttheoretically prices asked these titles may vary librariansfsfshould aware agreement

25 reached 1995 between council east asian libraries major chinese book vendors mainland states vendors should charge overseas libraries descending scale prices rates under rmb50 domestic price x 252.5 rmb50 100 ddpx225p x 2252.25 RMBIOO 1000 ddpx2p x 2 RMBrmb10001000 ddpxl3p x 131.3 since these ssu ku sets expensive items furtherfin ther negotiation may possible currency exchange rate 1 US rmb826rm3816 now information three major chinese book vendors mainland china taiwan please see table 6

closing ssu vuk u chlianchfianch iianilan shu continuing series selections very important sources very expensive own I1 hope information presented article serve help east asian librarians make informed local regional cooperative acquisition decisions

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1 kuo po kung pihff& ssu vuk u chlianchfianch flanilan shu tsuan hsiu faovaok ao 1 peichingpei ching kuo liii pei ping yen chiu yuan shih hsueh yen chiu hui 1938 2 yang chia lo ai&i ssu vuk u chwanch flanilan shu hsueh tien bedrM kt4l encyclopedia quatuor bibliothecarumbibliothecarum shanghaishang hai shih chieh shu chu 1946edrattlettl

3 hsu hsiu ssu kvuu chlianchfianch uan shu yuan ch i pien liii chingjuchingpu mu lu1uau IXvjev ivaesedeeedeIVJae 1 sep P i shanghaishang hai shanghai ku chi chu pan 1995

4 lei meng chen ch ing tai ko sheng chin shu hui khaobaovaoao T HI peichingpei ching shu mu wen hsien chu pan 1989 fhiTHI 5 sun tien chi 4arkaumgumjrkb ch ing tai chin shu chih chien lu It ttaskaataska shangshanghaihai shanghaishang hai shang wu yin shu kuan 1957 tfrtx 6 yao chinyuanchin yuan arlaabmolaobu7c ch ing tai chin huishuhuihuf shu mu fupufugu i fthith shi rismisFWjA shanghaishang haishanghaihal shanghaishang haishangwuyinshukuan1957haihal shang wu yin shu kuan 1957 7 ssu vuk u chin huishuhuihuf shu ts ungungkjungkk ancienanpienpienpfen tsuantsuanyuanyuan ch i 9 jf llhtlf ta Tt141 peichingpei ching ssu ku chin hui shu ts ung fankanvan pien tsuan wei yuan hui 1997

8 ssu vuk u chuuanhuchu uan shu tsunts un mu ts ung shu pien tsuan yuan ch i W9 ibbpbsf bsk gian ktt 4r q3tttaxkaltlibsibglt peichingpeipel chingssuchingshuching ssu vuk u ch fianuan shu tsunts un mu ts ungshuung shu pien tsuan chu pan kung tso wei yamyumyuan hui 1919979 7

26 9 ssu kuvu ch flanfianilanu shu tsung mu t 1iyaoayaoyao ffuafufu vefveiwei shou shu mu wkrftwerft99. el rirfmaltelsm4tttmtlt Q shanghaishang hai ta tung shu chu 1926 10 hsu hsiu ssu vuk u chzranchchz7anuan shu tsung mu 0t iyaoayaoyao chingjuchingpuChing pu iqfht vv B peichingpei ching chung hua shu chu 1993

table 1 recently published ssu ku series TITLE VOLUME PUBLISBERPUBLISHER DATE PRICE SS2L je illilifil 30m300 31ba malAILmae 1997991997 99 180ooormb180000 RMB raxroxu7ua agtakt4kte ej X kl 120m1200 sieSILr 1995971995 97 300ooormb300000 RMB fffftjtJ rubmut30wNUT haxham31LAXmieMIL 1997991997 99 180ooormb180000 RMB 1115t 97 kt 180m1800 jajurkarpurp 4 1995991995 99 380000 RMB wt 15 iffimf t 31 Zhiathivtf 1997 750ormb7500 RMB

table 2 recently published electronic editions ofssukussu klukru chuanchvanahvanch luanruan shu xmreiamreiwffwf3 m t ggetakT 150 CDs ja 4 k4 1997 25000pivffi25000 RMB x fi thaf i ehllehltIHILg 1999 tSLtr taT 4txt k45 t fbaaba aeleaefehewa ak 165 CDs 1998 390390ous3900us3900OUSUS 4 ak 175 CDs 1999 11050us11050US

27 table 3 recently published major ssu kuklukyu selections TITLE VOLUME PUBLISHER DATE PRICE srrarrv7va ssrentendsr istseriesIst Series lohloolow10010w iai 1997 6800rmb680ormb th&t 30 BAAM 1998 1850rmb1850 RIVM tw 30 i fb 1996 9600hk960091600bk91600 BKHK talvalvawv 10 tajaj4 afa&fa 1995 210ormb2100 RMB 6emJ aa1tI&am11 1997 98ornlb980 RMB

table 4 holding libraries OCLC symbols ofssussu ku continuing series TITLEE HOLDING LIBRARIES fppxjrF kak1 93 M u7ua kt 4198611419861986 CGP CLO CLU COD CUV CUY DLC HMY OSZ JLhJhj19871987 CUICUL CUT DRB HNK NLF PAU WAU v7va mtwjMt WJ CUY 2tWt 5r pi CUYMNUCUY MNU W ahraabraks4sa Q DLC YUS iftv ttktt CGU EYM NOC NUI PAU PIT SON YUS ZCA jratl93 M Q 1 ktt ak UBC 91.91 x3xa ablabwWSWmtlWM Q 1 ktSWi 1.1 AA CLU COO CUY IUL OSU UIU ZCA symbol brackets stands libraries plan buy

28 table 5 holding libraries OCLC symbols major ssu ku selections TITLE HOLDING LIBRARIES E t AZU CFS CLE CLU COO CSL CUI CUT CUY CVU DLC EEM EYM EYR FDA IXADCA NOC OSU PIT PAU

PUL TEU WAU WSU WTU ZSJ dafdbf ttmM 1997 ffr1q8811988 chach9 COO CUI HMY HUH UIU

tts- CUS PAU UUM & CLU CSL CUY DLC NOC OSU PAU PIT TNY ZCA ft frferfarf

29 table 6 maiormajor vendors information china international book trading corporation 35 chegongzhuang xilutel 8610 684122556841 2255 PO box 399 T fax 8610 684120236841 2023 beijing china 100044 china national publications import & export corporation 16 gongligongti east roadtelRoadTel 8610 650630696506 3069 beijing china 100020fax100020Fax 8610 650631016506 3101

china national publishing industry trading corporation 504 anhuali andingmeningmen waltel 642150316421 5031 PO box 782fax 642145406421 4540 beijing china 100011

taiwan chuang yen wen hua shih yeh yu hsien kung ssu 433 fu kuo I1 lu tel 8866 262252952622 5295 yung kang shih fax 8866 262245562622 4556 tai nan hsien taiwan ROC