<Articles>On the Manuscript of the Shilinguangji in Eizan Bunko Collection

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  • <論説>叡山文庫所蔵の『事林広記』写本について
  • 叡山文庫所蔵の『事林広記』写本について
  • エイザン ブンコ ショゾウ ノ ジリンコウキ シャホン ニ ツイテ

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The Shiliguangji 事林広記 is an illustrated encyclopedia that was compiled during the period of the rule of the Daion yeke Mongol ulus. It was based on the Bowenlu 博聞録 of Chen Yuanjing 陳元靚, which had been compiled during the last of the Southern Song in the farmed publishing center of Jian'an 建安 in Fujian 福建. Revised editions of the work continued to be published down to the Ming dynasty era. The encyclopedia was widely employed by aristocrats, bureaucrats, and Buddhist priest on the Korean peninsula and in Japan. It played an important role in fostering a common culture that transcended historical periods and geographic boundaries. Several editions are extant, but recently the existence of Yuan-era printed edition, that seems to have passed through the hands of Zen priests of the Gozan temples in Kyoto and then to have been possessed by the So 宗 family, the rulers of the Tsushima 対馬 domain, and used in diplomatic relations with the embassies from Joseon, has been confirmed. The contents are older than any other edition, and it contains diagrams and explanations of rites conducted at the imperial court and the bureaucratic system of Southern Song and Jin dynasties as well as excerpts from the lost Taiheluling 泰和律令 and Zhiyuandadian 至元大典. But now, a manuscript version that supplements nearly all the lacunae in the printed text has been discovered at Eizan Bunko, the collection of Tendai scripture at Omi-Sakamoto in Shiga Prefecture. The book was once owned by the Eshin-in cloister at Hieizan Enryakuji temple. As a result of the discovery of this manuscript, there is now a great impetus to revise our understanding of the political and bureaucratic system of the founder Shizu 世祖 Khubilai and even basic sources such as the Yuandianzhang 元典章 and the Yuanshi 元史. This study collates the texts and provides the complete text of one fascicle that is devoted to the particularly important bureaucratic system in order that the text be available for use in the future. It includes a chart showing the titles and ranks of regional officials throughout northern China from a period earlier than the Yuandianzhang, from Khubilai accession to the Khanate to the absorption of the Southern Song. In addition, by comparing various sources, I demonstrate that the honorary titles that paralleled the bureaucratic hierarchy and the establishment of regional offices during the period followed the system of the Jin dynasty.

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  • 史林

    史林 91 (3), 455-495, 2008-05-31

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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