Abstract
Industries had rapidly opened for business during the middle of Ming dynasty. Many commercial publishers gathered from all over to Nanjing to caver books. In this wave of publishing boom, a Jiaxing literati Zhou Lujing set up a bookstore in Nanjing in 1597, and the collection “Yimen guangdu” which he published was welcome in the market, then printed repeatedly revised. However, this book has long been seen as researches as the series of book by Shan Ren in the late Ming period, and they never face up to the publication of this book from the perspective of its value. As a incoming publisher, Zhou Lujing travel across to Nanjing to publish, not only to pursue publishing profits, more importantly to summarize the book collection in life and published a one hundred volumes of collection. In the process, Zhou repeated adjustment the directory tree, prefaces and postscripts published word, sentence to read labels, configure illustrations in the book, and decades of publishing books and contacts turned into a resource, with the publication of the condition itself to play the biggest advantage. Through Zhou carefully edited, this book had both rich style of presentation, succeeded in attracting consumers. Therefore, “Yimen guangdu” selling well was not accidental, in fact, Zhou captured the inherent cultural resources in Suzhou, and respond the preference in Nanjing book market, both together into a new kind of encyclopedias and book traits of books. Through the research process of publication, can discovery the collections and culture of cavering in Suzhou, and had series development of an important influence. The research is to study Zhou’s publishing process, by the content and form of books, analyzing the policy editor publisher. Comprehensive results of previous academic research “Yimen guangdu” from the cultural arts, health, diet, etc., and discuss about the kind of book value, document source, the book market. In addition, the thesis is also relatively types of bookstore in Suzhou and Nanjing, thereby highlighting the features of book block-printed ching in this two places, to further discuss the important book block-printed in Nanjing—— Three Mountains Street and Zhuang Yuan Jing. On the one hand recourse the origins of the publishing family in Three Mountains Street, the other hand discuss the type of book block-printed in Zhuang Yuan Jing. Attributing the qualities of business area in Three Mountains Street, as well as the type of print books bookshop in the territory of Zhuang Yuan Jing, it is further to see the different characteristic in publishing centers in Nanjing in the late of Ming dynasty. The prosperous imperial examination and business activities, and increased the frequently movement population in city. Its book market and therefore have the characteristics of diversity and openness were attract other places commercial publishers, it is also a strong point of block-printed in Nanjing.