Literature 集部
Annotated Anthology of Mr. [Su] Dongpo's Poems 東坡先生詩集註 collects and annotates poems written by Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037-1101; literary name 號 Dongpo 東坡), a preeminent scholar, writer, poet, painter, calligrapher and statesman in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Donated by Dr. Chow Tse-Tsung 周策縱 (1916-2007), a world-famous scholar on the May Fourth Movement and The Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, USC copy is the original edition revised and published by Mao Wei 茅維 (1575-1640?; courtesy name Xiaoruo 孝若), a historian, poet and dramatist of the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The preface was dated 1606 (Bingwu year of the Wanli reign 萬曆丙午), which suggests that this book was probably printed during the later years of Wanli reign 明萬曆間茅維刻本.