Shiyuan congshu 適園叢書

Shiyuan congshu 適園叢書 is a series of collectanea (congshu 叢書) compiled by Zhang Junheng 張鈞衡.

The series, consisting of twelve sub-series (ji 集) and 72 books, assembled 689 juan of rare books from the early and mid-Qing period 清 (1644-1911). The structure of the Shiyuan congshu imitates that of Bao Tingbo's 鮑廷博 (1728－1814) Zhibuzuzhai congshu 知不足齋叢書 and is, therefore, not categorised, but arranged according to the time Zhang obtained the basic copy of each of his sources.

Some of the sources were manuscript that were, in the edition of Zhang's series, for the first time published as prints. Examples are the bibliographies Neige shumu 內閣書目 by Zhang Xuan 張萱 (1558-1641), Qianqingtang shumu 千頃堂書目 by Huang Yuji 黃虞稷 (1629-1691) or Baisong yichan shulu 百宋一塵書錄 by Huang Pilie 黃丕烈 (1763-1825) or Qu Zhongrong's 瞿中溶 (1769-1842) study Han shijing kaoyi buzheng 漢石經考異補正. Other interesting texts are Zha Jizuo's 查繼佐 (1601-1676) Lu chunqiu 魯春秋 or Qian Qianyi's 錢謙益 (1582-1664) Guochu qunxiong shilüe 國初群雄事略 which had been prohibited during the Qianlong reign-period 乾隆 (1736-1796). The version of Xu Jingzong's 許敬宗 (592-672) Wenguan cilin 文館詞林, a book lost in its total version, was reconstructed from fragments. The printed books Zhu Yueyin Xiansheng xuanji 祝月隱先生選集 by Zhu Yuan 祝淵 (1614-1645) or Weishu dixing zhi jiaolu 魏書地形志校錄 by Wen Yuejian 溫曰鑒 (late 18th cent.) were very rare.

Each book of the series is enriched by an afterword (tiba 題跋) written by Zhang Junheng. The series was printed in 1915.