Literature 集部
Annotated Anthology of Mr. [Su] Dongpo's Poems (Dongpo xiansheng shiji zhu 東坡先生詩集註), consisting of thirty-two juan 卷, collects and annotates poems written by Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037-1101; courtesy name 字 Zizhan 子瞻, literary name 號 Dongpo 東坡), a preeminent scholar, writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, and statesman in the Northern Song dynasty. 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 (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢), USC's copy is the original edition published by Mao Wei 茅維 (1575-1640?; courtesy name 字 Xiaoruo 孝若), a historian, poet, and dramatist of the late Ming dynasty. 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 the Wanli reign (明萬曆間茅維刻本).