The Seal of the Unity of the Three — Vol. 2 - The Golden Elixir

16 I. Bibliographic Catalogue
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listed in notes to the respective editions, but in several cases I have
cited only selected reprints among those that are available.
Based on the criteria outlined above, the catalogue of extant
commentaries lists 96 editions and 52 reeditions of the 34 works that
are extant in print. I have personally seen about 90 editions or reeditions
of 29 commentaries. Details on the remaining editions are
provided on the basis of catalogues of collectanea (congshu 叢 書 ),
catalogues of “rare exemplars” (shanben 善 本 ), library catalogues,
and other bibliographic sources.
EARLIER CATALOGUES
Two main catalogues of works related to the Cantong qi have been
published before the present one. The first is “Zhouyi cantong qi
shumu” (“A bibliography of the Zhouyi cantong qi”), compiled by
Wang Gang, Ding Wei, and Su Lixiang. The 69 entries of this catalogue
list altogether 67 works (see above, p. 5), consisting of:
(1) 30 extant commentaries, including one additional entry for Yu
Yan’s work (cited under the name of Ji Dakui 紀 大 奎 ) and two
additional entries for Chen Zhixu’s work (one cited under the
name of Fu Jinquan 傅 金 銓 , and one cited under the name of Ma
Yizhen 馬 一 貞 ) 2
(2) 6 extant related works, including Peng Xiao’s “Mingjing tu,”
which is listed in the same entry as his Cantong qi commentary
(3) 29 lost commentaries and related works
The two remaining entries refer to the original edition of the Guwen
zhouyi cantong qi 古 文 周 易 參 同 契 (i.e., the so-called “Ancient Text”)
by Du Yicheng 杜 一 誠 (no. 35); 3 and to an edition of the Cantong qi
2
Ji Dakui published selections from Yu Yan’s work. See below, “Commentaries,“
no. 8, edition no. 12. Fu Jinquan’s sparse notes on Chen Zhixu’s
work are of the dingpi 頂 批 type, printed on the upper margin of the page,
and do not constitute a proper “commentary.” Ma Yizhen republished Yao
Ruxun’s edition of Chen Zhixu’s work. See “Commentaries,“ no. 9, editions
nos. 13 and 4b, respectively.
3
On the “Ancient Text” see below, pp. 185 ff. The “Shumu” editors mark
this entry as “not seen” (weijian 未 見 ). No precise bibliographic reference to
any printed edition of Du Yicheng’s work appears to be available, except for a
statement by Xu Wei 徐 渭 (1521–93) that it was printed in 1533 (see below, p.
186 note 6).
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