Research On The Collection Of Seals Printing Of Ten Bells Room

The paper targets on the collection of ancient classic seals—"Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room" that was compiled by Chen Jieqi in late Qing Dynasty, and through the research of the "Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room" and the comparison with several sets of ancient classic seals in Qing Dynasty, which focuses on the book of the seal theories, the academic values of the classification of seals, the compilation style and the formats design, to discuss the great significance of Chen Jieqi's book "Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room" in the epigraphy as well as the seal science, and research on the practical significance for the art theories of this book in now and future.It is divided into five parts. The first part is introduction, and discusses the background of this topic, its significance of this research and the review of literature. The second part is the first chapter. This chapter describes the background of the topology in Qing Dynast, Chen Jieqi and his friends of epigraphy, the version and the generating process of the "Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room", the resource of the collected ancient seals, and to suppose the definitive edition of the "Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room". The third part is the second chapter, which through the comparison between the "Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room" and the other several sets of ancient classic seals in Qing Dynasty in terms of the quantity of seals collection, the compilation style and the formats to illustrate the scientific of the book's compilation style.The fourth part is the third chapter. It mainly describes the significance of the "Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room", including the achievements in ancient seals and lute understanding, the gains of this book in the aspect of the ancient seals and the lute, the historical value of ancient seals that were embodies in seals collection, the value of seals collection format, the methods and the value to identify the ancient seals by Chen Jieqi as well as the inspiration from Chen Jieqi's idea of ancient seals study for the posterity research. The fifth part is the paper's conclusion, which summarizes the significance of the "Collection of Seals Printing of Ten Bells Room" and the important contribution by Chen Jieqi in study of epigraphy.