Dear colleagues, Hope you are doing well! I'm forwarding the message below on behalf of Professor Beverly Bossler. Sincerely, Ya Zuo Dear Colleagues: I happened to come across the following anomaly and wondered if anyone else on the list has noticed and/or can explain: The 2016 second printing of the 全宋筆記, 第三編 v. 3 silently omits one of the biji that was included in the original 2008 publication (see the front covers below). The missing biji is 王氏談錄, attributed to 王欽臣 (though internet research reveals that there is some controversy about who the actual author was). If nothing else, this situation greatly complicates citation of anything in either volume, as the page numbers of all the biji in the volume are different in the first and second printings. Any insights on why this biji was omitted from the second printing? Do you know of any other instances of this in the Quan Song biji. Best, Beverly -- Beverly Bossler Chair, Department of East Asian Studies Professor of East Asian Studies and History Brown University Box 1850 (401) 863-9764 Providence, RI 02912 [image: PXL_20220314_133657986.jpg]

Dear Professor Beverly Bossler, The omission of 王氏談錄 in the new print of 全宋筆記 第三編第三冊 seems to be due to the fact that 王氏談錄 was recorded TWICE in the original print. In the original print, it was recorded in vol. 10 of 第一編 as well as vol.3 of 第三編. In the attachment, I put the screenshot of both occurrences of 王氏談錄 in the original print of 全宋筆記. I do not have a copy of the new print, but I also notice there are discrepancies over exactly how many *biji* titles were included in the 全宋筆記. Some news sources <https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2231226> say there are 477 titles, but this seems to be not the correct number (for example, check out this catalog: https://chinese-cat.lib.cam.ac.uk/mulu/fb57106.html). If you hear of any updates on this issue please also keep me posted. Thanks a lot! Best wishes, Xiao On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 6:35 PM Ya Zuo <leahyzuo@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > Hope you are doing well! I'm forwarding the message below on behalf of > Professor Beverly Bossler. > > Sincerely, > Ya Zuo > > Dear Colleagues: > I happened to come across the following anomaly and wondered if anyone > else on the list has noticed and/or can explain: > The 2016 second printing of the 全宋筆記, 第三編 v. 3 silently omits one of the > biji that was included in the original 2008 publication (see the front > covers below). The missing biji is 王氏談錄, attributed to 王欽臣 (though internet > research reveals that there is some controversy about who the actual author > was). If nothing else, this situation greatly complicates citation of > anything in either volume, as the page numbers of all the biji in the > volume are different in the first and second printings. Any insights on why > this biji was omitted from the second printing? Do you know of any other > instances of this in the Quan Song biji. > Best, > Beverly > > > > -- > Beverly Bossler > Chair, Department of East Asian Studies > Professor of East Asian Studies and History > Brown University > Box 1850 > (401) 863-9764 > Providence, RI 02912 > > [image: PXL_20220314_133657986.jpg] > > > _______________________________________________ > Listserv mailing list -- listserv@mail.songyuan.org > To unsubscribe send an email to listserv-leave@mail.songyuan.org > -- Xiao Rao 饒驍, PhD (*he, him, his*) Assistant Professor of Chinese Director of Undergraduate Studies in Chinese University of North Carolina at Greensboro