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authors and works appearing in the subsequent list, information 
has been drawn from Chinese bibliographical works, catalogues, 
collections of reprints, ete. 
In the first place I consulted the Do kk A SS HH BS? hw 
isttian shu tsung mu (abbrev. S, K.), the great descriptive cata- 
logue of the Imperial library, in 200 books, completed in 1790; 
and the abridgment of it, the py jit Ay HE WA B BRS? hu 
ts‘tian shu kien ming mu lu (abbrev. S. K. K.), in 20 books. I 
quote the latter, which is more accessible, in preference, and refer 
to the larger catalogue only for the works omitted in the abridged 
edition.—There is yet another abridgment of the larger catalogue, 
published at the same time, with the title kA B 
S? k‘u ts‘ian shu mu lio. It gives only the titles, the authors’ 
names, and the date of publication of the works, but enumerates 
all works found in the large catalogue. 
The well-known Encyclopedia A BR ih #% Wen hien t‘ung k‘ao 
(abbrev. W. H.), compiled in the beginning of the 14th century 
by Ma Tuan lin, contains 75 books (174—249), dealing with 
Bibliography, #€ ## hing tsi. It furnishes interesting details on 
many ancient Chinese works now lost. 
A supplement to it was published in 1586 under the title Si 
(fj) Wen hien tung k‘ao. It includes 16 chapters (172—188) on 
Bibliography. | 
Some of the Dynastic Histories give in a separate section on 
Bibliography lists of works existing during the respective dynasties, 
but generally without explanatory details or indication of date of 
publication. 
The earliest catalogue of this kind is’ found in the Wt 2 
Ts‘ien Han shu, or History of the Former Han, book 30 2% 4 iG 
i wen chi (abbrev. HAN LIT.). It refers to the close of the first 
century B.C. 
The next bibliographical compilation is found in the f§ GF 
Sui shu, History of the Sui (A.D.589—618), books 32—35, £ FR. 
It enumerates the works published during this and the preceding 
dynasties (abbrev. SU] EFT). 
_ The Bf 2 T*ang shu, or History of the T‘ang (A. D. 618—907). 
There are several works of this name, the Kin (old), and the Sin 
(new) T’ang shu, dating from the 9th and 11th centuries. I 
