清代中前期的民间刻书及其文化贡献

清代中前期是我国民间刻书的巅峰时期,形成了以江苏、浙江、安徽和北京为代表的四大刻书中心。私宅刻书的内容主要集中于名人学者的自撰著作、前贤诗文、校勘考据类著作和巨室大族的谱牒;坊肆刻书的内容主要集中于文教科举、日常生活、诗文选本和宗教迷信类著作。其文化贡献主要体现在禆益于文化典籍的整理,文化教育的普及,国民素质的提高,文化生活的丰富,校勘辑佚的繁盛以及辑佚学、校勘学和目录学理论的成型与提升。

The Non-governmental Printing in early and middle period of Qing Dynasty and Its Cultural Contributions

The early and middle Qing dynasty saw the prime time of non-governmental printings with the formation of four printing centers of Jiangsu,Zhejiang,Anhui,and Beijing.Among these the individual houses mainly printed the works of the famous scholars of the time,the poetry and articles of the great authors of the former dynasties,works of collations and textual research,and genealogies of great houses,while the publishing houses paid more attention to works concerned with everyday life,culture and education,anthologies of poetry and articles,and religion.The cultural contributions of non-governmental printings during this period lie in that they helped with the enrichment of people's cultural life,promulgation of education,the improvement of people's quality,the collations of cultural works,and the formation and improvement of the theories about collection of the lost works,textual research and catalogue studies.