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 long-neglected work by Mei Tsu 梅鷟 on the spuriousness of the so-called "ancient text” of the Classic of History, entitled 古文尚書考異 Ku-wên Shang-shu k'ao-i, printed in 1543 (for later works on this subject see under, , and ). Sun Hsing-yen himself produced a work on the latter problem, entitled Shang-shu ku-wên chu-shu (注疏), which was first printed in 1815. For the ancient anthology of little-known verse, essays, letters, ancient documents, etc., entitled 古文苑 Ku wên yüan, he produced a supplement (續 hsü), in 20 chüan, which was first printed in 1812. He collaborated with Hsing Chu (see under ) in the compilation of the 寰宇訪碑錄 Huan-yü fang-pei lu (12 chüan, first printed in 1820), a list of inscriptions on stone gathered from all parts of the country. In addition to the afore-mentioned local histories he compiled in 1802 the 廬州府志 Lu-chou fu chih of Anhwei, printed in 1803; and in 1813 the Sung-chiang (松江) fu chih of Kiangsu, printed in 1819. His literary collections which appeared under various titles were printed in the Ssŭ-pu to'ung-k'an under the general title 孫淵如詩文集 Sun Yüan-ju shih-wên chi. In 1931 Wang Chung-min (see under ) brought together ninety-one additional essays, prefaces, letters, etc. by Sun Hsingyen which were printed by the Peiping National Library in the same year under the title Sun Yüan-ju wai (外) chi (6 chüan).

Sun Hsing-yen was also a bibliophile and calligrapher. The catalogue he made of his own library, entitled 孫氏祠堂書目 Sun-shih tz'ŭ t'ang shu-mu, 7 chüan, was first printed in 1810 in the Tai-nan ko tsʻung shu. He is said to have copied much of his material from the books in the Hanlin Academy and in the Wên Lan Ko Library at Hangchow (see under ). As a calligrapher he was especially skillful in the chuan (篆) or seal style. He had a learned daughter, Sun I-hui 孫漪蕙, who left a collection of poems, entitled 詩微室草 Shih-wei shih ts'ao.

[3/213/5a; 20/3/00 portrait; 29/6/32a; Chang Shao-nan, Sun Yüan-ju nien-p'u, 2 chüan; Wu-chin Yang-hu ho-chih (see under ) ed. of 1886, 26/46b; Ku-hsüeh hui-k'an (see under ) portrait.]

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 SUN I-jang 孫詒讓, Sept. 11, 1848–1908, June 20, a prominent scholar of the late Ch‘ing period, was a native of Jui-an, Chekiang. His father, Sun I-yen 孫衣言, official and scholar, was a chin-shih of 1850. During his childhood Sun I-jang resided in Peking for several years while his father was holding office at the capital. When the father was appointed prefect of Anking, Anhwei, in 1858, the family went back to the ancestral home. At this time South China was ravaged by the Taiping Rebellion and North China was pressed by the Anglo-French forces at Tientsin and Peking (1860). Sun I-jang's only brother, Sun I-ku 孫詒穀, died fighting the Taipings. His father assisted in campaigning against the Taipings, and in 1864 was stationed at Shou-chou, Anhwei, where Sun I-jang joined him. Sun I-jang's grandparents having died successively in 1864-65, his father, Sun I-yen, retired from official life and taught in the Tzŭ-yang (紫陽) Academy at Hangchow. While so employed, the latter made a collection of unpublished writings by authors of his native place, and these were brought together in a collectanea, entitled 永嘉叢書 Yung-chia ts'ung-shu, which was printed during the years 1868–1882. In editing and collating these writings Sun I-jang was apparently his father's chief assistant. In 1865 he began to take an interest in the study of inscriptions on stone and bronze—a field in which he later made substantial contributions. Although he became a chü-jên in 1867, and competed five times in the metropolitan examination, he did not qualify for the chin-shih degree.

The loss of books and the dispersal of great family libraries, incidental to the Taiping Rebellion, doubtless encouraged Sun I-jang in the collection of rare books and manuscripts. Some of these he obtained from Japan, where they had been long preserved, but were being dispersed, owing to a growing interest in Western subjects. With the encouragement of his father he began to assemble a library, and in 1888 his father built for him the studio, Yü-hai lou 玉海樓, to house the collection. In 1869 the son started to compile a bibliography of writings by authors from Wên-chou, the prefecture to which his native district belonged. This bibliography, completed two years later under the title 温州經籍志 Wên-chou ching-chi chih, 36 chüan, was printed by the Chekiang Public Library in 1921. When the father was made provincial judge of Anhwei in 677