FIVE ART CATALOGUES
There are still other mistakes that arise out of carelessness in proof-reading in the Hsin-ch'ou hsiao-hsia-chi, The two following examples will serve as evidence. Firstly, an entry of a landscape album executed by the Sung and Yuan artists is recorded in chuan 2 of this catalogue. In this specific album, the third leaf is a paint- ing entitled K'u-shu_han-ya-t'u11 ##❀❀❀painted by Liang K'ai. Apparently, the character “ya #" in the title is a slip of the pen for “ya ". Secondly, an entry of Ch'iu Ying's Yü-tung hsien-yuan-t'u15 in chüan 5 of this catalogue is accompanied by descriptions about this painting respectively quoted from Pien Yung-yü and An Ch'i. In Pien's description, there is such a sen- tence, "i-hsien-lao ch'in-shu tieh-tso" **** (“An im- mortal sits cross-legged with a lute and some books"). Again, the character "tieh" is obviously erroneously taken for the character "fu". However, in An Ch'i's description1, this character “fu #" is in its correct form, and so it looks as though Pien Yung-yu's original text has such a mistake. But on checking Pien's Shih-ku- tang hua-k'ao!7, it is found that the character also appears as “fu *" and not "tieh ". From this, it is evident that Pien's original text is correct, and it is only when Wu Yung-kuang quoted this text that this particular character began to appear. Therefore Wu is the one that should be fully responsible for this kind of proof-reading
error.
Among the art catalogues of the 19th century Kwangtung collec- tors, the above-mentioned proof-reading errors can also be found in Liang T'ing-nan's catalogue. Two such examples are given below.
Three scrolls of painting18 done by Ch'ien Hsüan of the early Yüan period are recorded in chüan 1 of T”êng-hua-t'ing shu-hua-pa. Ch'ien Hsüan's literary name is Shun-chü. In recording this early Yuan artist, Liang T'ing-nan designated him as Ch'ien Shun- chu and not as Ch'ien Hsuan. This is not incorrect. But in the table of contents of chüan 1, Ch'ien Hsüan's literary name has been wrongly recorded as Hsin-chü . If this literary name is recorded twice as Shun-chu and once as Hsin-chü, then this carelessness in proof-reading is perhaps excusable. However in the table of contents of chüan 1 of Teng-hua-t'ing shu-hua-pa, Shun- chu has been repeatedly wrongly recorded thrice as Hsin-chu. For such a serious mistake in proof-reading, Liang T'ing-nan cannot be excused.
FIVE ART CATALOGUES
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There are still other mistakes that arise out of carelessness in proof-reading in the Hsin-ch'ou hsiao-hsia-chi, The two following examples will serve as evidence. Firstly, an entry of a landscape album executed by the Sung and Yuan artists is recorded in chuan 2 of this catalogue. In this specific album, the third leaf is a paint- ing entitled K'u-shu_han-ya-t'u11 ##❀❀❀painted by Liang K'ai. Apparently, the character “ya #" in the title is a slip of the pen for “ya ". Secondly, an entry of Ch'iu Ying's Yü-tung hsien-yuan-t'u15 in chüan 5 of this catalogue is accompanied by descriptions about this painting respectively quoted from Pien Yung-yü and An Ch'i. In Pien's description, there is such a sen- tence, "i-hsien-lao ch'in-shu tieh-tso" **** (“An im- mortal sits cross-legged with a lute and some books"). Again, the character "tieh" is obviously erroneously taken for the character "fu". However, in An Ch'i's description1, this character “fu #" is in its correct form, and so it looks as though Pien Yung-yu's original text has such a mistake. But on checking Pien's Shih-ku- tang hua-k'ao!7, it is found that the character also appears as “fu *" and not "tieh ". From this, it is evident that Pien's original text is correct, and it is only when Wu Yung-kuang quoted this text that this particular character began to appear. Therefore Wu is the one that should be fully responsible for this kind of proof-reading
error.
Among the art catalogues of the 19th century Kwangtung collec- tors, the above-mentioned proof-reading errors can also be found in Liang T'ing-nan's catalogue. Two such examples are given below.
Three scrolls of painting18 done by Ch'ien Hsüan of the early Yüan period are recorded in chüan 1 of T”êng-hua-t'ing shu-hua-pa. Ch'ien Hsüan's literary name is Shun-chü. In recording this early Yuan artist, Liang T'ing-nan designated him as Ch'ien Shun- chu and not as Ch'ien Hsuan. This is not incorrect. But in the table of contents of chüan 1, Ch'ien Hsüan's literary name has been wrongly recorded as Hsin-chü . If this literary name is recorded twice as Shun-chu and once as Hsin-chü, then this carelessness in proof-reading is perhaps excusable. However in the table of contents of chüan 1 of Teng-hua-t'ing shu-hua-pa, Shun- chu has been repeatedly wrongly recorded thrice as Hsin-chu. For such a serious mistake in proof-reading, Liang T'ing-nan cannot be excused.
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