Author/compiler: Zhu Xi 朱熹, Confucian scholar, 1130-1200. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [c. Genroku period, 1688-1704] . No colophon. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, rebound in western style. ff. 4 (preface), 35. 27.4 x 18.7 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.5 x 16.7 cm. Single-line borders all round. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed kutōten but no kunten. 8 lines to page (large characters), 16 lines (small characters), 17 characters to line. Large, bold kaisho script. Original off-white front cover only, with original title slip printed on silk. Gedai: 中庸章句. Naidai: Chūyō... Shuki shōku 中庸･･･ 朱熹章句. Hashiragaki: Shisho chūyō 四書中庸 + folio no. Text paper: kōzo, dyed pale yellow. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Undated blockprint, late 17th century. One of four works in a set of commentaries on the Confucian classics entitled Shisho shūchū 四書集註, uniform with Daigaku shōku 大學章句 (ORB.30/175) and Rongo shitchū 論語集註 (ORB.30/169). Contents: Text of the Zhongyong 中庸, with commentary by Zhu Xi 朱熹.
Chūyō shōku 中庸章句
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 ORB 30/176
- Dates of Creation
- [1688-1704]
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Very good. Minimal worm damage at end, neatly repaired. Impression: Sharp impression from unworn blocks. Seals of ownership: None.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.
Other Finding Aids
Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).A. Chinese works 漢籍 2. Chinese classics 経書
Bibliography
Shina gakugei daijii 支那学芸大辞彙, pp. 831-2.