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 "Ch'i-shu man-chia" 其書滿家 and on the upper floor one reading "Hou (後) pa-ch'ien-chüan lou". This building housed some eight thousand works which are not given notice in the Ssŭ-k'u Catalogue. On the west side of the building a smaller one was erected to house rare editions, consisting of some two hundred Sung and Yüan printed books and some two thousand manuscripts and other rare items. The lower floor of this smaller structure was named "Shan-pên-shu shih" 善本書室 and the upper floor "Hsiao (小) pa-ch'ien-chüan lou".

In 1896 Ting Ping began to work on a descriptive catalogue of his rare items, entitled Shan-pên shu-shih ts'ang-shu chih (藏書志), which was completed in 1899 in 40 chüan and was first printed in 1901. Ten years after his decease financial difficulties made it necessary to transfer the library to the Kiangsu provincial government at Nanking. It thus became the most valuable part of the Chiang-nan t'u-shu-kuan 江南圖書館, the name of which was later changed to Kiangsu shêng-li ti-i (江蘇省立第一) t'u-shu-kuan, and finally to Kuo-hsüeh (國學) t'u-shu-kuan, or Kuo-hsüeh Library. The transfer took place in 1909 when was governor-general of Liang-Kiang. Miao Ch'üan-sun (see under ) was the chief agent in the transfer and also the first librarian in the new quarters. In recognition of the services of Tuan-fang and Miao, one of the buildings of the Kuo-hsüeh Library was named T'ao-fêng lou 陶風樓—being composed of parts of the two hao, T'ao-chai 陶齋 and I-fêng 藝風 of Tuan-fang and Miao respectively. In 1923 the catalogue of the Ting library, entitled Pa-ch'ien-chüan lou shu-mu, was printed in 20 chüan.

Ting Ping was one of the most prolific publishers of his day, having printed during the years 1854–99 some 250 items, most of them incorporated in collectanea. He was particularly interested in printing works by authors of, or dealing with, his native place, Hangchow; and of such works the collectanea, 武林掌故叢編 Wu-lin chang-ku ts'ung-pien, comprising 187 items printed in 26 series, is a good example. Most of these items were printed during the years 1854 to 1898, a few being added as late as 1900. In this category belong also the following: Wu-lin wang-chê 1-chu (往哲遺著); 西湖集覽 Hsi-hu chi-lan; 西冷詞萃 Hsi-lêng tz'ŭ-ts'ui; and Hsi-lêng wu pu-i i-chu (五布衣遺著). He also printed the 當歸草堂醫學叢書 Tang-kuei ts'ao-t'ang i-hsüeh ts'ung-shu (1878) comprising ten medical works; the Tang-kuei ts'ao-tang ts'ung-shu; and the Pa-ch'ien-chüan lou ts'ung-k'o (刻) which includes the literary works, 翠螺閣遺稿 T's-ui-lo ko i-kao (printed in 1854), of his second wife, Ling Chih-yüan 凌祉媛. The Wu-lin chang-ku ts'ung-pien includes, among others, seven short items by Ting Ping; one work on private libraries in the Hangchow area, Wu-lin ts'ang-shu lu (藏書錄), 5 chüan (printed in 1900), from the pen of his elder brother, Ting Shên; and five short works by a younger brother, Ting Wu 丁午.

A son of Ting Ping, named Ting Li-chung 丁立中 ; and a son of Ting Shên, named Ting Li-ch'êng 丁立誠, were both bibliophiles.

[5/81/1a; 丁松生先生百年紀今集 Ting Sung-shêng hsien-shêng pai-nien chi-nien chi (1932, with portraits and photographs); Hangchow fu-chih (1922) 143/22b, 23b; Yeh Ch'ang-ch'ih, Ts'ang-shu chi-shih shih, (see under ) 7/4; Wên-lan hsüeh-pao (see under ) vol. 2, nos. 3 and 4.]

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TING Yen 丁晏, 1794–1875, scholar, was a native of Shan-yang (Huai-an), Kiangsu. He was a brilliant student in the Li-chêng 麗正 Academy of his district and was highly praised by in 1813 when, as director of grain transport, Juan sponsored that Academy. In 1821 Ting became a chü-jên but, despite repeated attempts, failed in the examinations for the chin-shih degree. He declined offers of minor official appointments, preferring to stay at home. In 1842, when the British fleet entered the Yangtze River and took Chinkiang, Ting led the local civilian corps in defense of his native city, Shanyang. He also had charge of the repair of the city walls—a task not completed until 1845. In 1843 he was rewarded, for various services, with the title of a secretary of the Grand Secretariat. Ten years later he again headed the local civilian corps, this time to defend the city against the Taiping rebels (see under ). Accused, however, in 1853 of certain errors in organizing the militia, he was imprisoned in Yangchow. Later he was sentenced to banishment, but in 1855 paid a ransom and was released. His fame as a scholar spread and thereafter he directed several Academies in his own and neighboring districts. In 1860 he was again called to attend to military affairs when the Nien 727