Library Science Research & Work. 2026, 0(1): 81.
The Wubaijia Bofang Daquan Wencui is a large-scale collection of Song Dynasty prose, primarily composed in parallel prose, compiled by Ye Fen during the Southern Song Dynasty. This work spread to Goryeo（ancient Korea）and Central Asia, exerting considerable influence. The editions of this collection are complex, with the Wenlan Ge edition from Hangzhou holding significant bibliographical value. This paper offers a comprehensive investigation into the origins, transmission, and evolution of the rarely discussed 110-volume manuscript system of the Wenlan Ge edition, revealing its genealogical relationships. It argues that the original Wenlan Ge manuscript and the imperial library（Zige） copy from the Qianlong period belonged to the same manuscript series but were not directly copied from one another. The Yihai Lou copy by Gu Yuan was transcribed from the Wenlan Ge edition during the Daoguang period, preserving the original features of the Wenlan Ge edition. The Wenlan Ge edition of Wubaijia Bofang Daquan Wencui originally comprised 66 volumes, 17 of which were destroyed as a result of warfare in the eleventh year of the Xianfeng reign. During the Guangxu period, Ding Bing supplemented the edition by copying 36 volumes from the Ding family’ s
collection, with only 3 volumes of the catalog survived, thus forming the current Wenlan Ge supplemented edition. The Yuexue Lou manuscript originally owned by Kong Guangtao was initially a fragmentary 110-volume set（with only 8 volumes remaining）, which was completed using the Wenlan Ge supplemented edition during the Guangxu period. The Ding Zang manuscript, the Yuexue Lou manuscript, and the Wenyuan Ge manuscript represent different copies derived from the same early ancestor manuscript.
