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Rh Yen-tzŭ chien; 牟尼合 Mou-ni ho; and 雙金榜 Shuang-chin-pang. All four were reprinted by Tung K'ang 董康 under the collective title 石巢四種 Shih-ch'ao ssŭ-chung. Still frequently played, these are romantic and sentimental dramas based on imaginary incidents rather than on historical events, and employ Buddhistic and supernatural devices to bring about a dénouement. His collected poems were published under the following titles: 詠懷堂詩 Yung-huai t'ang shih, 4 chüan, with a preface by the author dated 1635; a 2 chüan supplement (外集) to the same by Yeh Ts'an 葉燦 ; Yung-huai t'ang ping-tzŭ shih (丙子詩), 1 chüan, poems written by Juan in 1636, with a preface by Ma Shih-ying dated 1637; Yung-huai t'ang wu-yin shih 戊寅詩), 1 chüan, poems written by Juan in 1638; and Yung-huai t'ang hsin-ssŭ shih (辛巳詩), 2 chüan, poems written by Juan in 1641, with a preface by Chang Fu-ch'ien 張福乾 dated 1642. All these collections were reprinted in 1928 by the Kuo-hsüeh Library of Nanking, under the title Yung-huai t'ang shih-chi (詩集). It is of interest to note that Juan wrote a preface (dated 1634) to the Ming work on garden architecture known as 園冶 Yüan-yeh, 3 chüan, compiled by Chi Ch'êng 計成 . This work was reprinted in 1931 in the Hsi-yung hsüan ts'ung-shu (see under ).

[M.1/308/34b; M.3/287/23b; M.36/18/9a; M.41/6/23b, 9/7a, 12/31a, 13/7a; M.59/62/7b; M.84/丁下/66b; 明季南略 Ming-chi nan-lüeh 4/1a; 先撥志始 Hsien-po chih-shih, chüan 下 /65a; Aoki Seiji 青木正兒, 支那近世戲曲史 Shina kinsei gikyoku shi (Kyoto, 1930), pp. 465–84, Chinese translation by Chêng Chên 鄭震 (Shanghai, 1933), pp. 240–49; Huai-ning hsien-chih (1916) 15/6b; 江南通志 Chiang-nan t'ung-chih (1736) 123/24a.]

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 JUAN Yüan 阮元, Feb. 21, 1764–1849, Nov. 27, scholar and official, was a native of I-chêng in the prefecture of Yangchow, Kiangsu. His grandfather, Juan Yü-t'ang 阮玉堂, was a military chin-shih of 1715 who, while serving as major in command of the battalion stationed at Chiu hsi 九溪 the district of Tz'ŭ-li, Hunan (1736–48), achieved distinction in a campaign against the Miao tribesmen. Juan Yüan became a chin-shih in 1789 and was selected a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. In 1790 he was appointed a compiler and a year later, because of his learning and his skill in writing, received the unusual promotion to Supervisor of Imperial Instruction. He was praised by Emperor Kao-tsung as clear-headed and trustworthy and was ordered to serve in the Imperial Study. In the meantime he was one of the editors of the first supplements to the catalogues of the imperial collection of paintings and examples of calligraphy, entitled Shih-ch'ü pao-chi, hsü-pien (續編) and Pi-tien chu-lin, hsü-pien (see under ). While compiling these works Juan Yüan made notes about the paintings he had identified. These notes were later published under the title. 石渠隨筆 Shih-ch'ü sui-pi, 8 chüan, and were reprinted in 1854 in the Yüeh-ya t'ang ts'ung-shu (see under ).

In 1793, after the above-named catalogues were completed, Juan Yüan was appointed director of education in Shantung where he compiled, under the direction of, a catalogue of the inscriptions on stone and bronze in that province, entitled 山左金石志 Shan-tso chin-shih chih, 24 chüan, printed in 1796. While in Shantung he also brought together his miscellaneous notes under the title, 小滄浪筆談 Hsiao-ts'ang-lang pi-t'an, 4 chüan, printed in 1802. In 1795 he was transferred to Chekiang where he served for three years as director of education, helping many scholars of that province to fame by recommending them to the throne or by employing them as editors. For the compilation of his dictionary to the Classics, entitled 經籍纂詁 Ching-chi tsuan-ku, 106 (actually 116) chüan, Juan employed more then forty men of letters, mostly from Chekiang province. The dictionary was completed within a year (1797–98) and was printed in 1800. In 1801 a supplement to each chüan was made and appended to the original edition. The chief editors of the Ching-chi tsuan-ku, and his brother, Tsang Li-t'ang (see under ), were assisted by many local scholars such as: Ho Yüan-hsi (see under ); Yang Fêng-pao 楊鳳苞 ; Chang Chien 張鑑 ; Hung Chên-hsüan 洪震煊 ; Hung I-hsüan (see under ); Ch'ên Chan 陳鱣 (T. 仲魚 H. 簡莊, 河莊, 1753–  399