The Official Bibliography Of The Tang Dynasty

The bibliography of Tang Dynasty was in the key transitional stage of ancient Chinese bibliography,which inherited from Han and Wei dynasties and the song and Ming dynasties.The official revised bibliography in Tang dynasty is an important part of bibliography in Tang Dynasty.Based on the bibliography of Han and Wei dynasties,the official bibliography of Tang Dynasty has been innovated in the ways of book classification,Cataloguing Theory and cataloguing types,which is a clear reflection of the academic characteristics of Tang dynasty.Based on the cultural background of the Tang dynasty,this paper makes a collection,analysis,collation and textual research of the official bibliographies of the Tang dynasty,and explains the achievements and values of these bibliographies.The purpose is to highlight the important significance of the official bibliography of the Tang dynasty in the history of ancient bibliography.The first chapter is introduction.The present situation of bibliography and official bibliography research in Tang dynasty is clarified,and the academic history of official bibliography research in Tang dynasty is sorted out.Explain the purpose and significance of the topic,explain the research ideas and methods,and give a definition to the meaning of the official bibliography.The second chapter discusses the compilation background of official bibliography in Tang Dynasty.The political and economic strength of the Tang dynasty is strong,and the cultural cause has also made great progress.As one of the cultural activities,bibliography is more closely related to the development of culture.Therefore,this chapter from the cultural background of the Tang dynasty,the Tang dynasty education system,imperial examination system,social thought,official and private books,books circulation and other aspects of the Tang dynasty official bibliography background.The official and private education and the imperial examination system were the main means to train and select talents,which combined with the social thoughts of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism in the Tang dynasty,resulted in a large number of books and classics.The collection and arrangement of official and private books provide favorable conditions for the preservation and perfection of books.Woodblock printing and the free and loose cultural conditions of a variety of book dissemination methods,then greatly accelerated the speed of the circulation of books.These cultural factors played an important role in promoting the compilation of official bibliography in Tang Dynasty.The third chapter is the official bibliography of the Tang Dynasty,and the fourth chapter is the outline of the official religious bibliography of the Tang dynasty.Can be regarded as narrative exposition.The third chapter is about the catalogue of official records,the catalogue of official collections,the catalogue of special subjects and the Catalogue of special books.The fourth chapter discusses the Directory of Official Buddhist sutras and the directory of Taoism.The contents include the volume number,author,content,compilation time,the time of the lost bibliography,the edition information of the extant bibliography,the description of the bibliography in the ancient notes,prefaces and postscripts,and the evaluation by later generations.It tries to present the overall appearance of the official bibliography of the Tang Dynasty comprehensively and completely.The fifth chapter analyzes the achievement and value of official bibliography in Tang Dynasty.This paper expounds the achievements of the official bibliography in the Tang Dynasty in compiling categories,cataloguing classification,cataloguing theory and so on.From the perspective of bibliography and document collation,this paper discusses the value of official bibliography in Tang dynasty and its far-reaching influence on the development of bibliography in later generations.