2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Studies of Publishing of Law books and administrative manuals in the Ming-Qing era
| Project/Area Number |
13021223
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Research Institution | Mie University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANII Toshihito Mie University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (00242470)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2004
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| Keywords | Wang Qiao / publishing expenses / Wuyingdian / Shuju |
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| Research Abstract |
From 2001 to 2002, I was engaged in studies of publications in the Ming era. The research was focused on Wang Qiao (1521-1599), who was an eminent scholar of the Ming code. His commentary on the Ming code, which was called Dulusijian, was published by the private publisher in Nanchang, which served Wang Qiao almost exclusively and published his other writings such as Shangshu-riji.
From 2003 to 2004, I was engaged in studies of publications in the Qing era. The research was focused on publications of the Qing Government. In the Qing era, books published by private publishers decreased in quantity, because publishing expenses went up. I made an estimate of publishing expenses.
publishing expenses (qian) = 2qian × the number of volumes (juan) × the number of copies
For example, the publishing expenses of the 40 copies of a book of 10 juan was 80 liang. So in the Qing era, books published by the government increased in quantity. From the 18^<th> century, Wuyingdian, the publishing office of the central government, sold the books called Neiban or Dianban. In the 19^<th> century, however, many publishing offices of the local government called Shuju were founded and sold much more books. Dianban lost its leading part in the publication of the Qing era.
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