 "Why not?" ”。 "For this reason, we have cancelled the lending of all students from outside the school, and even our students can only borrow books from the first year of Jiaqing onwards, with a limit of two volumes at a time. The rest can only be read in the library.

"Even if it is an ordinary loan, you must apply for a library card in advance with a valid ID and a valid guarantor. Each time you borrow a book, you must register your name on the library card at the back of the book. When borrowing a book, the borrower should check for defects. If damage is found, in addition to registration, the responsibility of one borrower on the lake is also pursued, and if it is not found, and the next borrower finds that there is damage, the borrower will be held accountable. In addition to being banned from borrowing books in the future, the injured person will also be liable for compensation and a fine. ”。“ In order to prevent ink from staining the books, pencils are provided and other inks are carefully brought into the library. "As for some of the precious Song and Yuan inscriptions, domestic solitary copies, manuscripts, manuscripts, school books, etc., they have been stored in the Zhongwen Building, instead of the current Qiuxin Library, and the borrowing procedures are more formal."

The newly built large library was named "Qiuxin" because Zhu Zhiyao founded the Innovation-seeking Machinery Shipyard donated 10,000 taels of silver...... Sun Yuanqi understood the meaning of "more formal" in Wang Guowei's words, if you don't have a strong enough relationship, a big face, and a lack of urgency, you will definitely not be able to borrow these rare books.

Although the meaning of the library's existence is to meet the public's demand for knowledge, rather than to treasure it, Sun Yuanqi has no better way to do it now that it has become this situation. Who makes us Chinese more? As soon as people pass a hundred, the shape is "sè" and "sè". There are always some people who want to rely on their own cleverness to take advantage of themselves.

The fresh "huā" blooming in the park, he thinks it is beautiful, so he wants to fold a few "chā" back in the "huā" bottle to decorate the white swans in his small pond, he thinks it is delicious, so he wants to catch a few and go back to cook to satisfy his own stomach and stomach "yù"; He thought the "jīng" books in the library were good, so he wanted to steal a few and put them on the shelves to show his erudition............ The starting point of all actions is their own petty profits, and as for other people, they are not considered at all. Although this does not rise to the level of the inferior root of the nation, it may be regarded as the survival wisdom of the little people accumulated in thousands of years of history!

Chinese New Year's Eve, but to say that these depressing topics are indeed a bit out of place. Sun Yuanqi didn't want to dwell on this issue and spoil everyone's mood, so he turned to ask, "Brother Jing'an, the library's funds for the new year should be in place, right?" What are your plans? Wang Guowei smiled like this, "The first major event after the New Year is naturally to continue to negotiate with Ren and Ding to buy all the books in the 8,000-volume building. ”。

The 8,000-volume building is not that there are only 8,000 volumes of books, but that the owner of the library, Ding Guodian, admired the elegant affairs of his ancestor Ding Qu of the Northern Song Dynasty who collected 8,000 volumes, so he took this name. It's a pity that this building was destroyed in the hands of the Taixx country in the eleventh year of Xianfeng (both), to say that the X sect organization of the Taixx country, xt e-book download** They announced at the beginning of the rebellion, "All the heresies of Confucius and Mencius, the hundred schools of demon books, are burned, and they are not allowed to buy and sell Tibetan reading, otherwise they will be punished." ”。 And so, a cultural catastrophe began!

After conquering the city, the thieves destroyed and wasted the books from top to bottom, and according to Zhang Dejian's eyewitness in Tianjing, "he was able to collect books and take the burden of it, and he threw it away when he walked through the side swim." If you can't throw it away, you will burn it with fire, and if you can't burn it, you will pour it with water. ”。 The library building was the main target of their burning and destruction, and none of the seven pavilions in the "Four Libraries" escaped from them. In addition, Li Shu "Mu Jixuan". , Ganfu "Jindai Building". , Chen Boat "Xiangshan Pavilion". , Ruan Yuan's "Lingyin Book Collection". , Jiang Guangxu "don't fast". and other famous library buildings, all of which are in danger.

The Sanjiang and Lianghu areas, where the Taiping Army was mainly entrenched, were the places where the Qing Dynasty and humanities gathered, and six or seven out of ten of the country's books were here. After this battle, the Jiangnan classics of "luàn" were empty. The specific number of damaged books is no longer known, and the only more intuitive data is that the price of books in the Qianlong period of Liulichang has increased several times!

The current 8,000-volume building was rebuilt by Ding Guodian's grandson Ding Yu in the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), and still uses the old name. As one of the four major library buildings in the late Qing Dynasty, the 8,000-volume building actually includes three parts: the 8,000-volume building of Jiahuitang, the latter 8,000-volume building, and the small 8,000-volume building. Each part of the collection has its own special "sè", Jiahuitang 8000 juanlou collects the books collected in the "Siku Quanshu" and is attached to the inventory, and the latter 8000 juanlou collects the uncollected books of the "Siku Quanshu", and the small 8000 juanlou collects rare books such as Song and Yuan periodicals, Ming periodicals "jīng", old banknotes, school books, manuscripts, etc.

"According to our preliminary statistics, there are about 15,000 kinds of books and more than 200,000 volumes in the 8,000-volume building. Although the number is tens of thousands of volumes more than that of the Song Dynasty, the main rare books of the 8,000 volumes are the Ming engraved "jīng" book, the base copy of the "Siku Quanshu", the celebrity manuscript and the school book, the Yue book and the ancient Chinese book engraved in North Korea, and the Song carved version of the ancient Chinese book in North Korea, and there are about 100 kinds of Yuan engravings, which cannot be compared with the Song Lou. Therefore, the reserve price is only about half of that of the Song Building. ”。 Wang Guowei introduced.

As the leader of the four major library buildings in the late Qing Dynasty, Huzhou Lu's Li Song Building has attracted the attention of the world for its collection of Song and Yuan Dynasty editions and its high value. The name of the building is "with Song". , which means that there are 200 kinds of Song inscriptions. Although it is impossible to verify whether there are 200 of them, although they are not selected, they are not far away.

Because in history, Lu Shufan, the son of Lu Xinyuan, because of the failure of business, sold all the 30,000 volumes of books in the Lisong Building and Shouxian Pavilion to the Jingjiatang Library of the Iwasaki clan at a price of 20,000 yuan, including the Song version of the book and the Daoyang volume. Before that, dozens of Song books had been donated by the Lu family to the Qing Dynasty.

In the summer of "chūn" last year, when I heard that Lu Shufan, a loser, was going to sell books, Chinese scholars at home and abroad were shocked, and domestic students and book collectors were also running around, hoping that someone would come forward to preserve these precious classics. However, Lu Shufan asked for 500,000 taels of silver (equivalent to RMB 100 million now), which immediately frightened all collectors in China! After repeated negotiations between Zhang Yuanji, Miao Chasun and others, the price gradually decreased

As early as a few years ago, it was said that he Shimada Han visited Jiangnan and went to Lisong Tower several times, which can be said to have been coveted for a long time. Now that he heard that Lu Shufan was going to sell, he hurriedly encouraged Baron Iwasaki, the chaebol to buy it. Iwasaki is also wealthy, and he immediately offered a high price of 100,000 yen.

It just so happened that the University of Economical Affairs bought books every year with a special "mén" of 100,000 taels of silver! At the beginning of the twentieth century, 1 tael of silver could be exchanged for 1.5 yen, and Lu Shufan was not stupid, so he naturally knew how to choose. What's more, in addition to the extra 50,000 taels of white "huā" and "huā" silver, selling it to Jingshi University also occupies the national righteousness?

Wang Guowei said confidently, "Because our library has previously included all the books in the Xu's Chromium Sutra Casting Shizhai in Shaoxing and the Lisong Building in Lu's Lisong Building in Huzhou, people of insight also hope that the 8,000-volume building can judge the situation and sell the collection as a whole to us for safekeeping." And, at the moment, we have the highest bid and the best hope of success. It's just that the descendants of the Ding family have lost a huge amount of money because of their failure in business, so they ask for a price and want to get more money from us! ”

"Then negotiate the acquisition as soon as possible" It doesn't matter if the price is a little more expensive, so as not to have too many dreams at night. "I like to do three indiscriminate tricks, which has to be guarded against. Sun Yuanqi was very supportive of the acquisition of ancient books, and asked, "Is the library still rich in funds this year?" ”

Wang Guowei nodded, "It's okay." At the beginning of last year, in order to match the affairs of Song Lou, "the annual funds were completed in one go, and this was the situation of scarcity. This year, it is estimated that 50,000 taels of silver will be enough to buy a collection of 8,000 volumes. There is still half left, enough for the whole year's expenses. It's just that the construction plan of the library has to be postponed for a year! "Construction plans? What are your plans? Even I, the acting principal, don't know. Zhang Yuanji on the side was very curious. I don't know! Sun Yuanqi and Luo Zhen also continued. Wang Guowei was a little complacent: "Naturally, you haven't heard of it, because this construction plan is just a general idea in my heart. "Tell me about it?"

As the group spoke, they had already followed the stairs to the cherry blossom "huā" path behind the Zhongwen Building. In the cold winter months, the wind in the mountains is blowing, and I feel a little "máo" and "máo" sweat when I climb the steps, but I don't feel cold. The crowd was in high spirits, and they walked down the road to the back mountain.

Wang Guowei crossed his fingers and said, "Since a few years ago, hasn't the school been publishing in newspapers*, and extensively acquiring and collecting all kinds of poetry collections, genealogies, and chronicles?" Soon after, scholars from all over the country sent the works of their relatives and friends to the school, and almost all of the 18 provinces and more than 1,700 prefectures, prefectures, and counties across the country received letters. In just two or three years, we have received 14,000 kinds of books! Although the quality is uneven, and there are even some of them that are rebellious*, after this collection, the writings of the Jia, Dao, Tong, and Guang periods of the Guo Dynasty are almost complete. Shaoxing Xu's Museum has a collection of books in the Shouxian Pavilion of the Lisong Building, and there are many books in Shun, Kang, Yong, and Qian. In addition to some of the books we purchased in Liulichang earlier, "there are more than 30,000 kinds of books in the library, which is definitely second to none in the country."

"The reason why the collection of books in the Eight Thousand Scrolls Building is famous" is that the Ming carved "jīng" book. The 100,000 volumes of the Lisong Building also contain a large number of rare books from the Ming Dynasty. If we purchase the 8,000-volume building as a whole and match the original collection, it will further enrich part of the Ming Dynasty collection of our library. Then, the engravings of the Ming Dynasty in our library will also not be to be underestimated.

"There are more than 20 kinds of Song engravings and more than 30 kinds of Yuan engravings in the Zhongwen Building. Principal Baixi went to the northwest to inspect and brought back more than 70 kinds of Song and Yuan inscriptions. Last year, I bought the collection of books in the Mo Song Building, "including 124 Song edition books, 116 Yuan edition books, and gold edition books." In addition to the part that we have acquired and received donations over the years, a few days ago, the collection of Song books has reached as many as 182 kinds, 217 kinds of Yuan books, and 3 kinds of gold books, accounting for at least one-fifth of the surviving Song and Yuan Dynasty engravings! Back then, Emperor Gaozongchun used the power of the world to collect ancient books and gather in the Tianlu Linlang of Zhaoren Palace, but there were only 7 Song editions, 1 gold edition, and 85 Yuan plates. Our library has only been established for a few years, and it is far more than Tianlu Linlang, isn't it something to be proud of? ”

Seeing Wang Guowei's eyebrow flying "sè" dance, everyone hurriedly took the lead to express their praise. Only Zhang Yuanji poured a scoop of cold water, "Don't forget, the Tianlu Linlang collection of books that Emperor Qianlong worked so hard to collect was burned clean in the fire of Zhaoren Hall in the second year of Jiaqing (1797)!" "These rare books of the Song and Yuan dynasties were all collected by the predecessors 'jīng', and the fire was gone. Sometimes it makes people wonder if it's a good thing to get them together. Yan Fu also sighed.

"Our library is very well fireproof, and it will never run out of water!" Wang Guowei gritted his teeth and said, and then continued to break his fingers, "As for the books between the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Dynasties, we have the Dunhuang testament Yin Shang era, and we have more than 100,000 oracle bones. Look, have you found anything? Luo Zhen said without thinking, "There is a lack of this section from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties!" ”

"That's right!" Wang Guowei said excitedly, "The construction plan of our library is to prepare the historical materials of all dynasties in history!" Sun Yuan was suspicious, "If I'm not mistaken, the missing period should be made of bamboo slips, not paper, right?" "Principal Baixi is right!" It is rare that Sun Yuanqi can also understand a little common sense of literature and history, so Luo Zhen and Wang Guowei did not hesitate to praise them. "How do you dial the set? Bamboo slips are very perishable, are you planning to dig up ancient tombs, or go to the northwest desert to find them? Sun Yuanqi vaguely remembered that later generations did dig up a lot of bamboo slips in ancient tombs and deserts.

Wang Guowei was stunned: "Principal Baixi's suggestion is not bad!" However, my idea is to buy the surviving three generations of Jijin, make up the Xiantai part and then collect the inscription rubbings of the previous dynasties, especially the Tai, Han, Wei and Jin dynasties. This completes it! "Luo Zhen 'yù' twisted his beard" set the inscription rubbing, I am very much in favor of it. But .........what about the bronze ware," Zhang Yuanji continued, "The bronze ware of Zhongding is extremely valuable in itself, and the fake is too concubine, so I think it's better to forget it." Even Yan Fu, who rarely expressed his opinions, said: "The water of the bronze is indeed too deep!" It's good to buy a real one, but if you buy a fake one, put it in the corner of the wall to make a water tank, and it looks a little ridiculous! Seeing that everyone was opposed, Wang Guowei had no choice but to take a step back, "Okay, the third generation of Jijin also bought rubbing, so it's always okay, right?" ”