Special Issue : East-West Contacts and Scientific Culture in Early Modern East Asia
Printed Editions and Manuscripts of Tianjing Huowen
2019 年 29 巻 1 号 p. 80-111
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2019 年 29 巻 1 号 p. 80-111
The Tianjing huowen天経或問 (preface dated 1675) of You Yi游藝 (fl. 17C.) is a book on natural philosophy, composed under strong influence from the scholarly circle led by Fang Yizhi方以智 (1611‒1671) in the Jiangnan region. Although this book is known to have been more widely distributed in Japan than in China, no extensive survey of its textual exemplars has so far been carried out. Based on a survey of existing printed editions and manuscripts of the book, this paper seeks 1) to specify the most important exemplars useful for restoring the text of the book, and 2) to clarify the aspects of this book's textual production and circulation, especially in Japan, where the majority of surviving exemplars are found.
