Author/compiler: Unknown. Commentary by Kong Anguo 孔安國. Imprint: N.p., [Go-Yōzei Tennō 後陽成天皇] , Keichō 4, 1599. Date in mokki (double frame) on mikaeshi facing first page of preface reads: 孝經慶長 ／ 己亥刋行. Description: 1 kan, formerly in 1 satsu together with Daigaku 大學 and Chūyō 中庸, now rebound in 1 vol. western style with all 4 books of chokuhan 勅版 Shisho 四書. ff. [1] (mokki on verso), 4 (preface 序), 9 (main text 本文). 29.1 x 20 cm. Fukurotoji. Movable type. Printing frame 25.8 x 17.2 cm. Thick single-line borders above and below text, double-line at inner edge of each folded leaf. Vertical rules between columns of text. Fishtail design on hanshin, filled in with solid black above and below title. Kanbun text without kunten. 8 lines to page, 17 characters to line. Renewed shibubiki front cover only, late-Edo period, with contemporary manuscript gedai written to enclose the satsu containing Kobun kōkyō, Rongo and Chūyō. No title slip. Manuscript gedai reads: 後陽成天皇慶長四年勅版 ／ 古文孝經大學中庸. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Kōkyō 孝經 + folio no. In a modern western style half-leather binding. Edition: Imperial edition (chokuhan 勅版) commissioned by Emperor Go-Yōzei in an edition uniform with the four Confucian classics, Shisho 四書 (i.e. Daigaku 大學, Chūyō 中庸, Rongo 論語 and Mōshi 孟子). A typeface of great beauty and distinction, befitting its association with the Emperor. Contents: The 'old script' text of Xiaojing 孝經, the Classic of Filial Duty. A short work in 22 chapters containing a dialogue between Confucius and his disciple Zengzi 曾子 on the Confucian principle of reverence due from children to parents and subjects to rulers.
Kobun kōkyō 古文孝經 [古文孝経]
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- Reference
- GB 59 ORB 30/86/1
- Dates of Creation
- 1599
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Good. Worm damage has been skillfully repaired by urauchi patching. Impression: A clear impression from little-worn type. Seals of ownership: Square red seal on blank recto of first folio preceding preface: 本舗於神京芝口三街目諸客臨顧請認招牌幸甚魁文堂白擧. (Also on fol. 67b of Mōshi 孟子.).
Scope and Content
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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
Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 184, 376, 692, pl. 9; Chokuhan shūei 勅板集影, pp. 16-8, pl. 11-2; Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan shozō kichōsho kaidai 国立国会図書館所蔵貴重書解題, vol. 2, p. 55, pl. 1; see also references under no. 9 below.