The Arrangement And Research Of Mi Zhai Bi Ji By Xie Caibo In Southern Song Dynasty

Xie Caibo,style name Yuanruo,was born in Linhai,Taizhou.He was the eldest son of Xie Shenfu who was the prime minister of Ningzong in the Southern Song Dynasty.Xie Caibo was also the uncle of Emperor Lizong’s wife.Xie Caibo wrote the "Mi Zhai Bi Ji",which was a reading-notes after he retired.This book covers a wide range of contents,including the history of classics,the evolution of the rules and regulations in the Song Dynasties,anecdotes of former sages,customs and commentaries on poetry and speech.At present,there is no systematic research on Xie Caibo and his book "Mi Zhai Bi Ji".Therefore,based on the previous research results,this paper carries out a study on Xie Caibo and his book "Mi Zhai Bi Ji" from the perspective of philology.In recent years,some scholars have demonstrated the birth and death date of Xie Caibo in their works,but there are some controversies.Through ancient records of his son Xie Yixiu’was in mourning for his father and the time limit of he came back work,it is proved that Xie Caibo died in the 11 th year of Chunyou(1251).Based on the records of ancient classics such as local Chronicles,Unoffical history,notes and anthology,this paper summarizes Xie Caibo’s official experience since he was a chinshih in second year of Jiatai(1202),complete the brief chronological table."Mi Zhai Bi Ji" as a reading note,there is still no comprehensive understanding of its completion and edition.Mi Zhai Bi Ji was originally lost for a long time,but the current edition was compiled from Yongle Grand Canon when the official of the Imperial Academy edited the Complete Book of the Four Repositories.Now we can see the book was Si Ku compiled version,according to Xie Caibo son’s foreword for the book,it was divided into five volumes,with one additional volume,totaling 247 articles.The second revised version of "Mi Zhai Bi Ji" which was from Imperial Academy is held in the National Library,is the earliest version available at present.The contens in the Literary Yuange edition of the Four Libraries and the Secret Room Series of Lin Lang also has the version of "Mi Zhai Bi Ji" are the same as the Imperial Academy.There are 14 differences in content and text between the three editionsBecause Mi Zhai Bi Ji has been lost for a long time,and errors in the process of circulation and collation are inevitable,it is necessary to verify the book.Collation had been made in the annals of Mi Zhai Bi Ji when Hu Ting and Dong Jin-jian collated of Mi Zhai Bi Ji in the Qing Dynasty,but there were still some errors which had not been pointed out by the elder scholars.By comparing the original materials quoted in the " Mi Zhai Bi Ji " with the time,characters,official positions,quotations and other contents narrated by Xie Caibo.At the same time,the content of historical facts of past dynasties,we will use history books and Hui Yao to check the correctness or not.We also use the current academic research results and unearthed documents to examine the existing articles of the Mi Zhai Bi Ji,so that we can make the contents recorded in the Mi Zhai Bi Ji more complete and detailed,the existing articles of Mi Zhai Bi Ji are analyzed one by one,and a total of 65 contents in the original text need to be corrected or discussed.Since the Qing Dynasty,all collated versions still have flaws in sentence reading,proofreading and writing.This article briefly summarizes the findings,in order to make the content of Mi Zhai Bi Ji more complete and detailed,so that scholars can reference it.