Examples Of Identified Ming Version Of The Book

Since Hongwu first year(1368) until Chongzhen seventeen years(1644), Ming Dynasty ruling China up to two hundred and seventy seven years, is one of the longest duration dynasty in our history. Ming Dynasty carved many books, there are more than twenty thousand extant. Therefore, the Ming version of the book is an important part of Chinese ancient books. Ming Dynasty carved book not only preserve the achievements of the Ming Dynasty academic, cultural, technological and other aspects, according to a variety of historical data, and also most of the ancient books of Song, Yuan Dynasty which has spread were rigid printed again in the Ming Dynasty. So, the Ming Dynasty carved book act as a "past and" role. The main merit of completing the lettering work on the printing plate is on the carvers. But because those workers are ordinary people, so the history books generally do not load their credit. For us, to know about their deeds, should be based on ancient books engraved carvers information. Currently, the identification of the Ming Dynasty version of the book is gradually carry out, but it’s little implementation of using the carvers as the main basis for identification of the Ming Dynasty version of the books. The author exemplified the identification of cases of Ming version of the book from the perspective of the carvers. In order to be able to summed up and identify methodologies to promote the development of version.The paper first outlines of ancient woodblock carving, elaborate engraving the starting point, research results and research status of carved research, summarizes the paper’s research focus, purpose and meaning. In the second chapter, the author described specific research methods of the article in form of legend first. Then, the focus of this article: identifying the release and the cases of Ming Dynasty version of books. I use three-stage model listing the release and cases, setting forth the identification process and conclusions of Ming version of the book. The example must required seal carving. Finding clear message to other books which this carving carved. The list is sorted by the order of the time the ancient books engraved. Then draw the carver’s working life time. To determine the approximate time of the objects. Combined with prefaces and postscripts, note cards, and other lines to further locked the time the book engraved. The author collected 36 cases of release, after screening, and finally selected 19 release cases and involving 151 carvers, 46 of them testing out the specific time of carving books. And we found some carvers’ information did not write in the cases releases. Identified conclusions are all precise basis of the explanatory notes. If carver’s monograph recorded the cases, compared it with author’s conclusions, author’s conclusions also more specific, or even accurate to the inscribed year. Related expert conclusions and the basis are described in detail in example explanation. Finally, induct the method of using caver identify version based on the identification process of examples. Covering many techniques, precautions and features in identify specific books.The main innovation of the article is the new perspective of identify the Ming book by version of the carvers and make a fair and objective summary.