The Song and Yuan block-printed editions have high cultural and documentary value due to their distant publication year, rare survival, and resemblance to the ancient manuscripts. Peking University Library has collected more than 300 titles of Song and Yuan Dynasty block-printed books, which have been preserved in an orderly manner. Most of them have annotations, prefaces, postscripts and official seals from famous scholars, and they are the essential collections of the rare books in the library. From the perspective of carving regions and craftsmanship, it encompasses multiple regions such as Zhejiang Province and Fujian Province, and has a rich variety of craft categories. Many of these documents, such as the engraved version of "Spring and Autumn Annals" printed in the fourth year of the Qiandao reign of the Song Dynasty (1168), and the ancient hall engraved version of "Mr. Sus' Collected Works of Chongguang Meishan" printed in the thirtieth year of the Shaoxing reign of the Song Dynasty (1160), have been extremely rare for collection.
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The Ming and Qing dynasties were the peak of the development of printing technology in China. In addition to Woodblock printing, the publishing technology of movable type printing, multi-color overprint and other forms also presented their own unique style. During the Qing Dynasty, printing technology flourished, and even a combination of movable type and overprinting techniques emerged, which was astonishing.
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Our library has a large collection of manuscripts, transcripts, and collated editions from Ming and Qing dynasties, including the manuscripts and transcripts of famous scholars such as Zhu Yizun and Hui Dong.
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Chinese rubbings are one of the ancient literature treasures of Peking University Library, with the collections of more than 40,000 pieces. The digitization of Chinese rubbings collection of Peking University Library began in 2000. After more than 20 years of accumulation, all collections can be retrieved through MiJiLinLang. More than 80,000 pieces of images have been presented in total.
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