This study takes the similarities and differences between two textual versions of Du Guji’s Zhong Ji Xu as a starting point to examine the process of compiling Li Hua’s collected works. The findings suggest that Li Hua’s collected works underwent two stages of organization, both during his lifetime and posthumously, ultimately forming the structure of Former Collection, Middle Collection, and Later Collection. Furthermore, this paper uses information provided by Wenyuan Yinghua, particularly its critical apparatus, to elucidate thecirculation and publication of Li Hua’s collected works during the Song dynasty. It concludes that the three collections, which were compiled during the Tang dynasty, continued to circulate in the Jiangnan region until the Southern Song dynasty, where it was ultimately crystallized in print. Finally, through a simple textual comparison, this paper investigates the source texts of the Siku Quanshu and Quantangwen editions of Li Hua’s collected works. The study concludes that the Quantangwen edition, meticulously recompiled from Song anthologies― particularly facsimile manuscripts of Wenyuan Yinghua―ranks among the mostauthoritative and refined extant versions of Li Hua’s works.
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59-92
Keywords：
Li Hua, Wenyuan Yinghua (Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature), Wencui, Siku Quanshu, Quantangwen
BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHINESE LITERATURE NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY NO.43
