The "Yiwenzhi", or "Treatise on Literature", is the bibliographical section of the Book of Han authored by the Chinese historian Ban Gu (32–92 AD), who completed the work begun by his father Ban Biao. The bibliographical catalog is the last of its ten treatises, and scroll 30 of the 100 scrolls comprising the Hanshu.
The basis for the catalog came from the "Qilüe" (七略) by Liu Xin (c. 46 BCE – 23 CE), which gives detailed bibliographical information about holdings in the Imperial Library,[1] which itself was an extension on Bielu (別錄) by Liu Xin's father Liu Xiang, on which the two had collaborated. The catalog provides important insights into the literature of the various Chinese intellectual currents of the pre-Qin period (Nine Schools of Thought), of which only some 20% are presently known.
The "Yiwenzhi", or "Treatise on Literature", is the bibliographical section of the Book of Han authored by the Chinese historian Ban Gu (32–92 AD), who...
major philosophical schools within the Hundred Schools of Thought, the "Yiwenzhi" of the Book of Han adds four more into the Ten Schools (十家; Shijia). The...
in a fire in a.d. 473. Han Imperial Library Catalogue preserved in the Yiwenzhi chapter of the Book of Han. At the time of inventory contained 13,269 scrolls...
in manuscripts copied centuries after their original composition. The "Yiwenzhi" section of the Book of Han (111 CE) is the oldest extant bibliography...
BC – 220 AD), and was listed in the 1st-century imperial bibliography Yiwenzhi with 27 scrolls. The extant version, however, was compiled by the Cao Wei...
either Mao Chang 萇 or Mao Heng 亨 (both pre 221 BCE; dates unclear). The "Yiwenzhi" of the Book of Han refers to the Mao Commentary under the title Maoshi...
classics to understand the origins of huanjing bunao. For instance, the Yiwenzhi bibliographical section of the 111 CE Book of Han lists the Rong Cheng...
written a code of laws, Hui was a prime minister in the state of Wei. The Yiwenzhi attributes a philosophical work to Hui Shi, but it is no longer extant...
as a book in 18 juan 卷 ("fascicles") in the bibliographical chapter ("Yiwenzhi" 藝文志) of Ban Gu's 班固 Book of Han (Hanshu 漢書). That chapter was itself based...
First, the Liexian Zhuan was not listed in Ban Gu's 111 CE Book of Han Yiwenzhi ("Treatise on Literature") imperial bibliography, and the 636 Book of Sui...
the historian Ban Gu incorporated the Qilüe into the Book of Han's 78 CE Yiwenzhi bibliographical catalog of the Imperial Library, he eliminated the Heguanzi...
which is reported to be also produced in Jin. The bibliography sections (yiwenzhi 藝文志) of the Twenty-four Histories provide valuable diachronic data. The...
already died, aged approximately 62. The "Monograph on Art and Literature" (Yiwenzhi 藝文志) from the Book of Han (Han Shu 漢書) lists 29 fu by Sima Xiangru, but...
the court of Western Zhou King Xuan (r. 827–782 BCE). Both the c. 78 CE "Yiwenzhi" chapter of the Book of Han and the 121 CE Shuowen Jiezi postface record...
no-longer extant text attributed to the Yellow Emperor, which the Hanshu's Yiwenzhi (藝文志) bibliographical section lists as a Daoist text in four pian (篇 "sections")...
dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE). The (111 CE) Book of Han bibliography section (Yiwenzhi ) has a list of Warring States period (475–221 BCE) texts including the...
Attainment The first reference to the Jijiupian and Shi You 史游 is found in the Yiwenzhi "Treatise on Literature" bibliographical section of the (111 CE) Hanshu...
divide gong 宮 and yu 羽 tones." The Book of Sui "Bibliography" section (Yiwenzhi) said the Shenglei had ten volumes, and added scarce biographical information...
the end of the 3rd century BC, but his doctrines are not known today. Yiwenzhi, the 1st-century imperial bibliography of the Book of Han, lists a 13-chapter...
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