Abstract
Abstract Mingben Shi is a book which is written by Liu Xun in the Southern Song (1128-1278). Now not much material is left about Liu Xun's career. We can only know that he lived in the Southern Song and he was Liu Zhi's great-grandson. He was a disciple of Hu Yin (1098-1156) and Zheang Jiucheng (1092-1159). Liu Xun wrote many books during his lifetime. However, only one is extant which is called Mingben shi. This book had not been passed down once during the early Qing (1644-1911). Until the compilation of the Siku quanshu, it was excerpted from the Yongle dadian. Based on the Mingben shi, we can know more about Liu Xun's life than other material. It is also because the Mingben shi, scholars pay attention to Liu Xun. Though Liu Xun's cousin Liu Rui had been recorded more paragraphs than Liu Xun in the Anthology of Song and Yuan Confucians,., since Liu Rui's literary collection, Xunning ji is not extant, it is impossible to make Liu Rui a scholastic topic for discussion. This paper develops many related issues according to the Mingben Shi. It discusses the content of this book, the writing style, the background of the composition and the motivation of writing. it also collects extant information, documents and makes textual criticism to the content of the Mingben Shi. Then it surveys Liu Xun's career and his intellectual achivements. Finally it also discusses the academic thought and academic background of its generation according to the information which are recorded in the book in order to move forward a step to analyze the characteristic and the reception history of the Mingben shi. keywords：Mingben Shi；Liu Xun；Southern Song；Liu Zhi；Hu Yin