Which version of Guwen Guan Zhi is better? What is the rationale?

Based on my years of reading experience and my own experience, I write this article. Just to communicate with comrades who love ancient Chinese like me and have always worked this road, I hope to answer some of your doubts. Then, "Guwen Guanzhi".

Which version is better? My answer is as follows:

The Ancient Texts of Guan Zhi is the Han nation of the past dynasties.

A collection of essays. In the Qing Dynasty, Wu Chucai and Wu Tiaohou were compiled and selected, and Wu Xingzuo was approved. During the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty.

A selection of literary books for use in the school.

Peking University PressYin Falu, editor-in-chief, "Ancient Texts and Guan Zhi Translation Commentary (Revised Edition)", 2nd edition, June 2011.

Reason: This version is in simplified horizontal format and hardcover in blue hard leather. Each article contains an inscription, original text, annotations, and translations, which can be called a model of ancient books. It is suitable for people with a weak foundation in classical Chinese as an entry.

Chung Hwa Book Company"Ancient Texts and Views (Set of Upper and Lower Volumes)"., September 1959, 1st edition.

The layout is antique, and I was really pleasantly surprised when I opened it, and it is one of the best ancient books ever published by Zhonghua Book Company. The biggest advantage is that in addition to the main text, it only contains the annotations of the original editors Wu Chucai and Wu Tuohou, and there is no messy vernacular text.

Annotations, translations, and appreciations retain the content and style of the original selection to the greatest extent. It is suitable for people who have a certain foundation in classical Chinese to study and collect.

In short, these are some of my humble opinions, I hope it can be helpful to your questions. I believe that if you can understand these, you will definitely be able to have a good version of "Guwen Guan Zhi". If there is a better recommendation, I hope to give advice, thank you very much.

For ordinary daily reading, it is better to recommend Hunan People's Publishing House's "Ancient Literature and Views (Comparison of Words and Texts)", which can meet the reading needs of readers of the general level. However, each version of "Gu" has a slight deficiency, especially the translation part, and some differences are not small. Therefore, it is recommended that you compare several versions and learn from each other's strengths, so that you will understand the ancient text more thoroughly and the reading effect will be better.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially in the past 10 years or so, many translations and commentaries of Guwen Guan Zhi were based on the Zhonghua Book Company. There are two kinds of Chung Hwa Book Company: oneIt is 1959 this year.

This is a book transferred from the original ancient book publishing house., this book "according to the Yingxue Tang book sentence break, and corrected a few significant typos". II. II. IIIt is the 1987 book, that is, the Anping Autumn Point School

Although this book is based on the 1959 book, it has been reviewed with the original engraved version of Yingxuetang, and has participated in the school with the Wenfutang book, Huaijing Hall book, and Hongwentang book, and has also been proofread with the ancient texts collected by the relevant history books, general collections, and other collections, andThe "Preface" of Erwu and the "Preface" written by Chengquan were supplemented。So it's the best version of what can be seen so far.

In fact, the annotation of the Chinese version is only the original note of Wu's, not necessarily much higher than the new note, of course, if you are used to the orthographic characters, you will naturally choose the Chinese version, after all, it looks like a habit. If not, Yuelu's book is a good choice.

""Ancient Literature and Observation Appreciation Collection" can be regarded as an advanced version. This book is a collection of appreciative comments from many literati and scholars, that is, it clearly points out the "goodness" of each article. Reading it yourself may be just a superficial taste, andReferring to the previous comments and analysis, you can better appreciate the beauty of the article.

The comments of Wu Chucai, Wu Tiaohou, Jin Shengsi, etc. are all included。At the same time, the appreciation and annotations at the end of the article are also more detailed. However, there is no translation, and if you need a translation, you can see the Yuelu version. "

Chung Hwa Book Company, September 1959, 1st edition.

The advantage of this version is that the body font is larger, which is less harmful to the eyes; The annotations and appreciation of the editors Wu Chucai and Wu Tiaohou are retained in small characters, and children can choose whether to learn according to their interests and abilities. The traditional vertical layout helps children learn to adapt to reading ancient books and cultivate their interest in classical culture.

For beginners, the best is the Zhonghua Book Company's full-text, fully-annotated and full-translation series "Guwen Guan Zhi". The second is the two-color printing of the Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House's "Guwen Guan Zhi Translation Commentary", which is not as good as the Zhonghua Book Company edition. Guizhou Fanyuan People's Publishing House's Complete Translation Series of Chinese Masterpieces of the Past Dynasties "The Complete Translation of Ancient Texts and Views" is also good, but it is not easy to buy.

Peking University Press's Yin Falu edition of "Translation Notes on Ancient Texts and Views" is a little more advanced. Anhui Education Publishing House's Yang Jinding edition of "The Complete Translation of Ancient Texts" also has an excellent reputation.

Book Introduction

The title of the book "Guwen Guan Zhi" means that the articles included in the anthology represent the highest level of classical Chinese, "learning classical Chinese to this point". It is undeniable that "Guwen Guan Zhi" is the best selection of ancient texts. In the past 300 years, "Guwen Guan Zhi" has been widely circulated and has a huge influence, and it is unique among many ancient anthologies, and its popularity and popularity, and Hongqing's authority are still unshakable, and it is the first choice of readers to popularize the anthology of ancient texts.

The Ancient Literature Guanzhi broke through the shackles of the distinction between the loose and the loose, not only the selection of scattered ancient texts, but also the essence of the ancient texts of the loose body did not ignore the sedan chair strategy. "Guwen Guan Zhi" also broke through the previous tradition of not including scriptures and histories, and included articles in the classics and histories such as "The Book of Rites", "Zuo Chuan", "The Legend of the Ram", and "The Biography of Hubliang".

The splendid history of civilization of the Chinese nation, the vast number of exemplary articles, and the prose collected in "Guwen Guan Zhi" are all excellent works, all of which are well-known masterpieces of the past dynasties, containing rich historical knowledge, life experience and cosmic philosophy.

"Guwen Guan Zhi" is a selection of ancient prose selected by Wu Chucai and Wu Tiaohou in the 33rd year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. The book is a literary book selected for the school during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, this book is a textbook compiled for students, and was officially engraved and printed in the 34th year of the Kangxi reign (1695).

"Ancient Literature Guanzhi" contains 222 articles from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, with 12 volumes, mainly prose, and also takes prose. The title "Guanzhi" refers to the fact that the book is selected as a masterpiece. The selected texts of the book are all excellent works with concise language, short and concise, and easy to read.

The standard of Hengwen basically takes into account both ideology and artistry. In the middle or at the end of the article, there are some clips or ends, which are helpful for beginners to understand the article; In terms of style, the habit of classification according to the style of the predecessors has been changed, but the era is the scripture and the writer is the weft.

Among the ancient texts selected for the book, the most selected in the pre-Qin period was "Zuo Chuan", the most selected in the Han Dynasty was "Historical Records", and the most selected in the Tang and Song dynasties were the articles of Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, and Su Shi. According to the stylistic point of view, the book selects thirteen rhymes, such as "Chu Ci Buju", Tao Yuanming's "Return to Xi Ci", Du Mu's "A Fang Gong Fu", etc., these works are "extremely sound and poor text", working on depiction, although the depiction uses rhyme, but it is different from poetry, often combined with rhyme and dispersion, to strengthen the beauty of sound and emotion. Prose is a record of people or events, arguments and allegories, and so on.

Erwu's choice of prose before the Qing Dynasty has an obvious bias, emphasizing the prose of the pre-Qin, Han and Tang and Song dynasties, and ignoring the prose of the two Jin and Six Dynasties and the Ming dynasty. This emphasis on one light is not only the subjective consciousness of Erwu, but also conforms to the general situation of prose before the Qing Dynasty. "Guwen Guan Zhi" draws on the achievements of Ming Dynasty selectors (such as Jin Shengsi), and most of the selected works are relatively excellent.

1. Ancient texts.

up and down) (Douban).

Chung Hwa Book Company Li Li.

Edition. This edition is in traditional vertical format, containing Wu's original commentaries and no modern commentaries.

2. Ancient Literature View Tour (Douban).

Chung Hwa Book Company Edition. Soft hardcover, simplified horizontal type, with Wu commentary, no modern commentary.

3. Guwen Guan Zhi (Douban).

Yuelu Books Edition. Hardcover, simplified horizontal arrangement. There are annotations, there are translations. It's the fifth edition.,I think it's the most cost-effective book.。 This is the same edition that I chose for my students.

4. Famous translators of ancient texts (Douban).