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Books on Art (yishu lei 藝術類)

Jul 24, 2010 © Ulrich Theobald

Books on Art (yishu lei 藝術類) is a subcategory in traditional Chinese bibliographies and part of the category of Masters and Philosophers (zibu 子部). The section in the reprint series Siku quanshu 四庫全書 is divided into four parts: Painting and calligraphy (shuhua 書畫, 71 books), musical notes and books to the zither (qinpu 琴譜, 4 books), seal carving (zhuanke 篆刻, 2 books), and miscellaneous arts (zaji 雜技, 4 books), including books on Chinese chess. The part on the zither has been separated from other books on music, which are integrated in the Classics section. The books on seal carving and seal script characters have also relationship to the books on glyphology (zizhu 字書) belonging to the "minor teachings" (xiaoxue 小學) in the Classics category. The most important books in this section are Gu huapin lu 古畫品錄, Qinshi 琴史 and Qijing 棋經.

Table 1. Books on art (yishu 藝術)
Part of Siku quanshu 四庫全書
Part of Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書
See also catalogues on art works (Jin shi zhi shu 金石之屬)
王氏書畫苑 (存目) Wangshi shuhua yuan (Ming) 王世貞 Wang Shizhen (comp.)
藝術叢書 * Yishu congshu (Rep) 保粹堂 Baocui Studio, 1916 (comp.)
美術叢書 * Meishu congshu (Rep) 鄧實 Deng Shi (comp.)
1. 書畫之屬 Shuhua zhi shu Calligraphy and painting
草書勢 一卷 * Caoshu shi (Han) 崔瑗 Cui Yuan
非草書 一卷 * Fei caoshu (Han) 趙壹 Zhao Yi
九勢 一卷 *
筆論 一卷 *
Jiushi
Bilun
(Han) 蔡邕 Cai Yong
草書勢 一卷 * Caoshu shi (Jin) 索靖 Suo Jing
四體書勢 一卷 * Siti shushi (Jin) 衛恆 Wei Heng
筆陣圖 一卷 * Bizhentu (Jin) 衛鑠 Wei Shuo
論畫 一卷 * Lunhua (Jin) 顧愷之 Gu Kaizhi
畫山水序 一卷 * Hua shanshui xu (Liu-Song) 宗炳 Zong Bing
論書表 一卷 * Lunshubiao (Liu-Song) 虞龢 Yu He
敘畫 一卷 * Xuhua (Liu-Song) 王微 Wang Wei
古畫品錄 一卷 Gu huapin lu (Southern Qi) 謝赫 Xie He
古今書評 一卷 * Gujin shuping (Liang) 袁昂 Yuan Ang
書品 一卷 Shupin (Liang) 庾肩吾 Yu Jianwu
續畫品 (續畫品錄) 一卷 Xu huapin (Xu huapin lu) (Chen) 姚最 Yao Zui
論書表 一卷 * Lunshubiao (Beiwei) 江式 Jiang Shi
筆髓論 一卷 * Bisuilun (Tang) 虞世南 Yu Shinan
續畫品錄 一卷 (存目) Xu huapin lu (Tang) 李嗣真 Li Sizhen (?)
書後品 一卷 * Shuhoupin (Tang) 李嗣真 Li Sizhen
後畫錄 一卷 (存目) Houhualu (Tang) 釋彦悰 Monk Yancong
貞觀公私畫史 一卷 Zhenguan gongsi huashi (Tang) 裴孝源 Pei Xiaoyuan
書譜 一卷 Shupu (Tang) 孫過庭 Sun Guoting
書斷 三卷 Shuduan (Tang) 張懷瓘 Zhang Huaiguan
述書賦 二卷 Shushufu (Tang) 竇臮 Dou Ji; 竇蒙 Dou Meng (comm.)
法書要錄 十卷 Fashu yaolu (Tang) 張彥遠 Zhang Yanyuan
歷代名畫記 十卷 Lidai minghua ji (Tang) 張彥遠 Zhang Yanyuan
唐朝名畫錄 一卷 Tangchao minghua lu (Tang) 朱景玄 Zhu Jingxuan
授筆要説 一卷 * Shoubi yaoshuo (Tang) 韓方明 Han Fangming
墨藪 二卷 Mosou (Tang) 韋續 Wei Xu
筆法記 一卷 Bifaji (Wudai) 荊浩 Jing Hao (?)
思陵翰墨志 (翰墨志) 一卷 Siling hanmo zhi (Hanmozhi) (Song) 趙構 Zhao Gou (高宗翰 Emperor Song Gaozong)
五代名畫補遺 一卷 Wudai minghua buyi (Song) 劉道醇 Liu Daochun
宋朝名畫評 (聖朝名畫評) 三卷 Songchao minghua ping (Shengchao minghua ping) (Song) 劉道醇 Liu Daochun
益州名畫錄 三卷 Yizhou minghua lu (Song) 黃休復 Huang Xiufu
圖畫見聞志 六卷 Tuhua jianwen zhi (Song) 郭若虛 Guo Ruoxu
林泉高致集 一卷 Linquan gaozhi ji (Song) 郭熙 Guo Xi; 郭思 Guo Si (comp.)
墨池編 六卷 Mochibian (Song) 朱長文 Zhu Changwen
續書斷 二卷 * Xu shuduan (Song) 朱長文 Zhu Changwen
德隅齋畫品 一卷 Deyuzhai huapin (Song) 李廌 Li Zhi
華光梅譜 一卷 (存目) Huaguang meipu (Song) 釋仲仁 Monk Zhongren or 楊無咎 Yang Wujiu
隸釋 LishiBibliographies and catalogues (Song) 洪適 Hong Shi
隸續 LixuBibliographies and catalogues (Song) 洪適 Hong Shi
畫史 (米海嶽畫史) 一卷 Huashi (Mi Haiyue huashi) (Song) 米芾 Mi Fu
書史 (米海嶽書史) 一卷 Shushi (Mi Haiyue shushi) (Song) 米芾 Mi Fu
寶章待訪錄 一卷 Baozhang daifang lu (Song) 米芾 Mi Fu
海嶽名言 一卷 Haiyue mingyan (Song) 米芾 Mi Fu
宣和畫譜 二十卷 Xuanhe huapu (Song) NN
宣和書譜 二十卷 Xuanhe shupu (Song) NN
山水純全集 一卷 Shanshui Chunquan ji (Song) 韓拙 Han Zhuo
廣川書跋 十卷 Guangchuan shuba (Song) 董逌 Dong You
廣川畫跋 六卷 Guangchuan huaba (Song) 董逌 Dong You
畫繼 十卷 Huaji (Song) 鄧椿 Deng Chun
畫繼補遺 二卷 (續修) Huaji buyi (Yuan) 莊肅 Zhuang Su
續書譜 一卷 Xu shupu (Song) 姜夔 Jiang Kui
書苑菁華 二十卷 Shuyuan jinghua (Song) 陳思 Chen Si
梅花喜神譜 一卷 * Meihua xishen pu (Song) 宋伯仁 Song Boren
雲煙過眼錄 二卷 * Yunyan guoyan lu (Song) 周密 Zhou Mi
竹譜 十卷 Zhupu (Yuan) 李衎 Li Kan
畫鑒 一卷 Huajian (Yuan) 湯垕 Tang Hou
法書考 四十五卷 Fashukao (Yuan) 盛熙明 Sheng Ximing
圖繪寶鑑 (圖繪寶鑒) 五卷
續編 一卷
Tuhui baojian
Xubian
(Yuan) 夏文彥 Xia Wenyan
(Ming) 韓昂 Han Ang
寫山水訣 一卷 * Xie shanshui jue (Yuan) 黃公望 Huang Gongwang
山水家法 一卷 * Shanshuijia fa (Yuan) 饒自然 Rao Ziran
翰林要訣 一卷 * Hanlin yaojue (Yuan) 陳繹曾 Chen Yizeng
書史會要 九卷 Shushi huiyao (Ming) 陶宗儀 Tao Zongyi
珊瑚木難 八卷 Shanhu munan (Ming) 朱存理 Zhu Cunli
趙氏鐵網珊瑚 十六卷 Zhaoshi tiewang shanhu (Ming) 朱存理 Zhu Cunli (?); 趙琦美 Zhao Qimei
都氏鐵網珊瑚 二十卷 * Dushi tiewang shanhu (Ming) 都穆 Du Mu
春雨雜述 一卷 * Chunyu zashu (Ming) 解縉 Xie Jin
畫禪室隨筆 四卷 * Huachanshi suibi (Ming) 董其昌 Dong Qichang
畫旨 一卷 * Huazhi (Ming) 董其昌 Dong Qichang
墨池瑣錄 (墨池璅錄) 四卷 Mochi suolu (Ming) 楊慎 Yang Shen
書訣 一卷 Shujue (Ming) 豐坊 Feng Fang
繪事微言 二卷 Huishi weiyan (Ming) 唐志契 Tang Zhiqi
書法雅言 一卷 Shufa yayan (Ming) 項穆 Xiang Mu
四友齋書畫論 三十八卷 * Siyouzhai shuhua lun (Ming) 何良俊 He Liangjun
吳郡丹青志 一卷 (存目) Wujun danqing zhi (Ming) 王稚登 Wang Zhideng
東圖玄覽 四卷 * Dongtu xuanlan (Ming) 詹景鳳 Zhan Jingfeng
畫史會要 五卷 Huashi huiyao (Ming) 朱謀垔 Zhu Mouyin
清河書畫舫 十二卷 Qinghe shuhua fang (Ming) 張丑 Zhang Chou
珊瑚網 四十八卷 Shanhuwang (Ming) 汪砢玉 Wang Keyu
畫說 一卷 (存目) Huashuo (Ming) 莫是龍 Mo Shilong
鈍吟書要 一卷 * Dunyin shuyao (Ming) 馮班 Feng Ban
畫麈 一卷 Huazhu (Ming) 沈顥 Shen Hao
芥子園畫傳 (芥子園畫譜) Jieziyuan huazhuan (Jieziyuan huapu) (Qing) 王概 Wang Gai et al.
(御定)佩文齋書畫譜 百卷 (Yuding) Peiwenzhai shuhua pu (Qing) 孫岳頒 Sun Yueban (imp. ord., comp.)
秘殿珠林 (祕殿珠林) 二十四卷 Midian zhulin (Bidian zhulin) (Qing) 張照 Zhang Zhao, 梁詩正 Liang Shizheng et al.
石渠寶笈 四十四卷 Shiqu baoji (Qing) 張照 Zhang Zhao, 梁詩正 Liang Shizheng et al.
苦瓜和尚畫語錄 一卷 (續修) Kugua Heshang hua yulu (Qing) 釋元濟 Monk Jiyuan (石濤 Shi Tao)
明畫錄 八卷 (續修) Minghualu (Qing) 徐沁 Xu Qin
庚子銷夏記 八卷 Gengzi xiaoxia ji (Qing) 孫承澤 Sun Chengze
書法約言 一卷 (續修) Shufa yueyan (Qing) 宋曹 Song Cao
無聲詩史 七卷 (續修) Wusheng shishi (Qing) 姜紹書 Jiang Shaoshu
中麓畫品 一卷 (續修) Zhonglu huapin (Qing) 李開先 Li Kaixian
大觀錄 二十卷 (續修) Daguanlu (Qing) 吳升 Wu Sheng
畫筌 一卷 (續修) Huaquan (Qing) 笪重光 Da Chongguang; 王翬 Wang Hui; 惲格 Yun Ge (comm.)
書筏 一卷 * Shufa (Qing) 笪重光 Da Chongguang
隸辨 LibianLesser learning (Qing) 顧藹吉 Gu Aiji
隸篇 LipianLesser learning (Qing) 翟雲升 Di Yunsheng
楷法溯源 Kaifa suyuanLesser learning (Qing) 潘存 Pan Cun
書法正傳 十卷 Shufa zhengzhuan (Qing) 馮武 Feng Wu
書法正傳 十卷 * Shufa zhengzhuan (Qing) 蔣和 Jiang He
江村銷夏錄 三卷 Jiangcun xiaoxia lu (Qing) 高士奇 Gao Shiqi
式古堂書畫彙考 六十卷 Shigutang shuhua huikao (Qing) 卞永譽 Bian Yongyu
南宋院畫錄 八卷 Nansong yuanhua lu (Qing) 厲鶚 Li E (comp.)
六藝之一錄 四百零六卷 Liuyi zhiyi lu (Qing) 倪濤 Ni Tao (comp.)
評書帖 一卷 * Ping shutie (Qing) 梁巘 Liang Yan
南北書派論 一卷 *
北碑南帖論 一卷 *
Nanbei shupai lun
Beibei nantie lun
(Qing) 阮元 Ruan Yuan
國朝畫徵錄 三卷
國朝畫徵續錄 二卷 (續修)
Guochao huazheng lu
Guochao huazheng xulu
(Qing) 張庚 Zhang Geng
墨緣彙觀錄 四卷 (續修) Moyuan huiguan lu (Qing) 安歧 An Qi
指頭畫說 一卷 (續修) Zhitou huashuo (Qing) 高秉 Gao Bing
二十四畫品 一卷 (續修) Ershisi huapin (Qing) 黃鉞 Huang Yue
芥舟學畫編 四卷 (續修) Jiezhou xuehua bian (Qing) 沈宗騫 Shen Zongqian
山靜居畫論 二卷 (續修) Shanjingju hualun (Qing) 方薰 Fang Xun
國朝畫識 十七卷 (續修) Guochao huashi (Qing) 馮金伯 Feng Jinbo (comp.)
藝舟雙楫 六卷, 附錄 三卷 (續修) Yizhou shuangji (Qing) 包世臣 Bao Shichen
畫說 一卷 * Huashuo (Qing) 華翼綸 Hua Yilun
歷代畫史彙傳 七十二卷, 首一卷, 附錄二卷 (續修) Lidai huashi huizhuan (Qing) 彭蘊璨 Peng Yuncan
玉臺畫史 五卷 (續修) Yutai huashi (Qing) 湯潄玉 Ms Tang Shuyu
玉臺書史 一卷 (續修) Yutai shushi (Qing) 厲鶚 Li E
桐陰論畫 二卷, 首 一卷, 附錄 一卷, 二編 二卷, 三編 二卷 (續修)
桐陰畫訣 一卷
續桐陰論畫 一卷
Tongyin lunhua
Tongyin huaju
Xu tongyin hualu
(Qing) 秦祖永 Qin Zuyong
書概 一卷 * Shugai (part of Yigai 藝概) (Qing) 劉熙載 Liu Xizai
墨林今話 十八卷 * Molin jinhua (Qing) 蔣寶齡 Jiang Baoling
寒松閣談藝璅錄 六卷 (續修) Hansongge tanyi suolu (Qing) 張鳴珂 Zhang Mingke
廣藝舟雙楫 六卷 (續修) Guang yizhou shuangji (Qing/Rep) 康有為 Kang Youwei
裝潢志 * ZhuanghuangzhiBooks on material culture and nature studies (Ming) 周嘉胄 Zhou Jiazhou
2. 琴譜之屬 Qinpu zhi shu Tablatures for the zither
See also Books on music (Yue lei 樂類), Songs and arias (Ciqu lei 詞曲類)
琴曲集成 * Qinqu jicheng (PRC) 中國藝術研究院音樂研究所 Zhongguo Yishu Yanjiuyuan Yinyue Yanjiusuo, 北京古琴研究會 Beijing Guqin Yanjiuhui (comp.)
琴操 二卷 (續修) Qincao (Han) 蔡邕 Cai Yong
碣石調幽蘭 * Jijeshi diao Youlan (Liang) 丘明 Qiu Ming
琴史 六卷 Qinshi (Song) 朱長文 Zhu Changwen
琴律說 QinlüshuoBooks on music (Song) 朱熹 Zhu Xi
瑟譜 SepuBooks on music (Yuan) 熊朋來 Xiong Penglai
太音大全集 一卷 (續修) Taiyin daquan ji (Ming) 袁均哲 Yuan Junzhe
臞仙神奇秘譜 三卷 (續修) (Quxian) Quxian shenqi mipu (Ming) 朱權 Zhu Quan
西麓堂琴統 二十五卷 (續修) Xilutang qintong (Ming) 汪芝 Wang Zhi
太古遺音 (琴譜合璧) 十八卷 * Taigu yiyin (Qinpu hebi) (Ming) 楊掄 Yang Lun; (Qing) 和素 Hesu (rev., transl.)
太古正音琴經 (陽春堂琴經) 十四卷 (續修) Taigu zhengyin qinjing (Yangchuntang qinjing) (Ming) 張右衮 Zhang Yougun
琴書大全 二十二卷 (續修) Qinshu daquan (Ming) 蔣克謙 Jiang Keqian
谿山琴況 一卷 (續修) Xishan qinkuang (Ming) 徐上瀛 Xu Shangying
五知齋琴譜 八卷 (續修) Wuzhizhai qinpu (Qing) 徐祺 Xu Qi, 徐俊 Xu Jun
太古傳宗 * Taigu chuanzong (Qing) 湯斯質 Tang Sizhi, 顧德峻 Gu Dejun
北西廂弦索譜 * Bei Xixiang xiansuo pu (Qing) 沈遠 Shen Yuan
燕樂考原 * Yanyue kaoyuan (Qing) 淩廷堪 Ling Tingkan
九宮大成南北詞官譜 Jiugong dacheng nanbei ciguan puSongs and arias (Qing) imp. ord. (comp.)
魏氏樂譜 一卷 (續修) Weishi yuepu (Qing) 魏浩 Wei Hao
納書楹曲譜 Nashuyin qupu Songs and arias (Qing) 葉堂 Ye Tang
弦索備考 六卷 (續修) Xiansuo beikao (Qing) 榮齋 Rongzhai
琵琶譜 三卷 (續修) Pipapu (Qing) 華秋蘋 Hua Qiuping
借雲館小唱 (借雲館曲譜) 二卷 * Jieyunguan xiaochang (Jieyunguan qupu) (Qing) 華秋蘋 Hua Qiuping
泉南指譜重編 六卷 (續修) Quannan zhipu chongbian (Qing) 林鴻 Lin Hong
琴旨 QinzhiBooks on music (Qing) 王坦 Wang Tan
3. 篆刻之屬 Zhuanke zhi shu Seal carving
See also Books on material culture and nature studies (Pulu lei 譜錄類)
篆學瑣著 (篆學叢書) (續修) Zhuanxue suozhu (Zhuanxue congshu) (Qing) 顧湘 Gu Xiang
宣和 四卷 (亡) Xuanhe yinpu (lost) (Song) NN
三十五舉 * Sanshiwu ju (Yuan) 吾丘衍 Wuqiu Yan
學古編 一卷 Xuegubian (Yuan) 吾丘衍 Wuqiu Yan
楊氏集古印譜 四卷 * Yangshi ji guyin pu (Yuan) 楊遵
古今印史 一卷 (存目) Gujin yinshi (Ming) 徐官 Xu Guan
集古印譜 (印藪) 六卷 (存目) Ji guyin pu (Yinsou) (Ming) 顧從德 Gu Congde, Luo Wangchang 羅王常
考古正文印藪 五卷 * Kaogu zhengwen yinsou (Ming) 張學禮 Zhang Xueli
宣和集古印史 八卷 (存目) Xuanhe ji guyin shi (Ming) 來行學 Lai Xingxue
集古印正 五卷 *
(附)印章集說 (印正附説) 一卷 *
Ji guyin zheng
(app.) Yinzhang jishuo (Yinzheng fushuo)
(Ming) 甘晹 Gan Yang
范氏集古印譜 十卷 * Fanshi ji guyin pu (Ming) 范汝桐
續學古編 二卷 * Xu xuegubian (Ming) 何震 He Zhen
古今印則 四卷 *
(附)印旨 一卷 *
Gujin yinze
(app.) Yinzhi
(Ming) 程遠 Cheng Yuan
秦漢印統 八卷 * Qin-Han yintong (Ming) 羅王常 Luo Wangchang
蕉雪林印品 (印品) 五卷 * Jiaoxuelin yinpin (Yinpin) (Ming) 朱簡 Zhu Jian
梁千秋印雋 四卷 * Liang Qianqiu yinjun (Ming) 梁傐 Liang Hao
承清館印譜 一卷 * Chengqingguan yinpu (Ming) 張灝 Zhang Hao
印經 一卷 * Yinjing (Ming) 朱簡 Zhu Jian
印史 五卷 (存目) Yinshi (Ming) 何通 He Tong
學山堂印譜 八卷 * Xueshantang yinpu (Ming) 張灝 Zhang Hao
賴古堂印譜 一卷 * Laigutang yinpu (Qing) 周亮工 Zhou Lianggong
谷園印譜 六卷 * Guyuan yinpu (Qing) 許容 Xu Rong
能爾齋印譜 六卷 * Neng'erzhai yinpu (Qing) 錢楨 Qian Zhen
寶硯齋印譜 四卷 * Baoyanzhai yinpu (Qing) 林皋 Lin hao
印典 八卷 Yindian (Qing) 朱象賢 Zhu Xiangxian
師意齋秦漢印譜 六卷 * Shiyizhai Qin-Han yinpu (Qing) 程從龍 Cheng Conglong
飛鴻堂印譜 四十卷 * Feihongtang yinpu (Qing) 汪啓淑 Wang Qishu
漢銅印叢 十二卷 * Han tongyin cong (Qing) 汪啟淑 Wang Qishu
集古官印考證 十八卷 * Ji gu guanyin kaozheng (Qing) 瞿中溶 Qu Zhongrong
雙虞壺齋印存 四至十五卷 * Shuangyuhuzhai yincun (Qing) 吳式芬 Wu Shifen
二百蘭亭齋古銅印存 十二卷 * Erbailantingzhai gu tongyin cun (Qing) 吳雲 Wu Yun
二金蝶堂印譜 一之八卷 * Erjindietang yinpu (Qing) 趙之謙 Zhao Zhiqian
吳攘之印譜 二卷 * Wu Rangzhi yinpu (Qing) 吳熙載 Wu Xizai
西泠八家印譜 十二卷 * Xiling bajia yinpu (Qing) 丁仁 Ding Ren
十鐘山房印舉 五十卷 * Shizhong Shanfang yinju (Qing) 陳介祺 Chen Jieqi
十六金符齋印存 十(二十六)卷 * Shiliujinfuzhai yincun (Qing) 吳大徵 Wu Dacheng
缶廬印存 十六卷 * Foulu yincun (Qing) 吳昌碩 Wu Changshuo
封泥考略 十卷 Fengni kaolüeBooks on material culture and nature studies (Qing) 吳式芬 Wu Shifen, 陳介祺 Chen Jieqi
齊魯封泥集存 一卷 * Qi-Lu fengni jicunBooks on material culture and nature studies (Rep) 羅振玉 Luo Zhenyu
黃牧甫印存 六卷 * Huang Mufu yincun (Rep) 黃士陵 Huang Shiling
印人傳 * YinrenzhuanBiographies (Ming/Qing) 周亮工 Zhou Lianggong
續印人傳 * Xu yinren zhuanBiographies (Qing) 汪啓淑 Wang Qingshu
廣印人傳 * Guang yinren zhuanBiographies (Qing/Rep) 葉爲銘 Ye Weiming
4. 雜技之屬 Zaji zhi shu Miscellaneous arts
Musical performance
舞賦 * Wufu (Han) 傅毅 Fu Yi
羯鼓錄 一卷 Jiegulu (Tang) 南卓 Nan Zhuo
樂府雜錄 一卷 Yuefu zalu (Tang) 段安節 Duan Anjie
Board games
五木經 一卷 (續修) Wumujing (Tang) 李翱 Li Ao; 元革 Yuan Ge (comm.)
棋經 一卷 Qijing (Song) 晏天章 Yan Tianzhang
棋訣 一卷 Qijue (Song) 劉仲甫 Liu Zhongfu
馬戲圖譜 一卷 * Maxi tupu (Song) 李清照 Li Qingzhao
樗蒲經略 一卷 * Chupu jinglüe (Song) 程大昌 Cheng Dachang
譜雙 五卷 * Pushuang (Song) 洪遵 Hong Zun
除紅譜 一卷 * Chuhongpu (Yuan) 楊維楨 Yang Weizhen (or [Song] 朱河 Zhu He)
弈史 一卷 (續修) Yishi (Ming) 王稚登 Wang Zhideng
弈律 一卷 (存目) Yilü (Ming) 王思任 Wang Siren
詩牌譜 一卷 * Shipaipu (Ming) 王良樞 Wang Liangshu
Physical activities
丸經 二卷 (續修) Wanjing (Yuan) NN
蹴踘譜 一卷 Cujupu (Ming) 汪雲程 Wang Yuncheng
投壺新格 * Touhu xinge (Song) 司馬光 Sima Guang
投壺儀節 * Touhu yijie (Ming) 汪禔 Wang Zhi
Martial arts
See also Military books (Bingjia lei 兵家類)
角力記 * Jiaoliji (Song) 調露子 Diaoluzi
拳經捷要篇 Quanjing jieyao pian (part of Jixiao xinshu 紀效新書) (Ming) 戚繼光 Qi Jiguang
拳經 (拳經拳法備要, 玄機秘授穴道拳訣) * Quanjing (Quanjing quanfa beiyao, Xuanji mishou xuedao quanjue) (Ming) 陳松泉 Chen Songquan, 張鳴鶚 Zhang Ming'e
手臂錄 四卷
(附) 峨嵋槍法 一卷
(附)夢綠堂槍法 一卷 *
Shoubilu (Qing) 吳殳 Wu Shu; 釋普恩立法 Monk Pu'en Lifa (app.); 釋洪轉 Monk Hongzhuan (app.)
尤射 一卷 * Youshe (Wei) 繆襲 Miao Xi
射經 一卷 * Shejing (Tang) 王璩 Wang Ju
射書 四卷 (續修) Sheshu (Ming) 顧煜 Gu Yu
射的 一卷 * Gabtan-i jorin / Shedi (Qing) Canggiyūn (Ch. Changjun 常鈞)
* not included in the series Siku quanshu 四庫全書, the catalogue Siku quanshu zongmu tiyao 四庫全書總目題要, nor the Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書.

The oldest books on martial arts (wushu 武術) can be found in the bibliographical chapter Yiwen zhi 藝文志 in the official dynastic history Hanshu 漢書. It lists 13 texts of "military skills" (bing qiqiao 兵技巧), among them six chapters of fist-fighting (Shoubo 手搏), 36 chapters of sword fighting (Jiandao 劍道), and 4 chapters of methods using polearms (Pujuzi gefa 蒲苴子戈法). Of a Sui-period 隋 (581-618) book on polearms used by cavalry, Mashuopu 馬槊譜, the preface survives. The oldest fully surviving text on martial arts is Jiaoliji 角力記 from the 10th century.

Various statements on martial arts are mentioned in the military treatises Wujing zongyao 武經總要 from the Song period 宋 (960-1279), and Wubian 武編, Jiangnan jinglüe 江南經略, Zhenji 陣紀 (ch. Jiyong 技用), Wubeizhi 武備志 and Wubei xinshu 武備新書 from the Ming period 明 (1368-1644), and particularly in Qi Jiguang's 戚繼光 (1528-1588) famous book Jixiao xinshu 紀效新書 (see Quanjing jeyao pian 拳經捷要篇). In other cases, remarks on martial arts can be found in the literary writings of individual persons, like Tang Shunzhi's 唐順之 (1507-1560) Tang Jingchuan wenji 唐荊川文集, or Yu Daqiu’s 俞大猷 (1503-1579) Zhengqitang ji 正氣堂集, and his biji-style essay collection Gengyu shengji 耕余剩技 (ch. Shaolin gunfa chanzong 少林棍法闡宗, Dandao fa xuan 單刀法選, Changqiang fa xuan 長槍法選 and Jue zhang xin fa 蹶張心法, i.e., Guoshu si shu 國術四書). Information on Shaolin-style martial arts or fighting with polearms can be found in Xie Zhaozhe’s 謝肇浙 (1567-1624) Wuzazu 五雜俎, Wang Qi’s 王圻 (jinshi degree 1565) encyclopaedias Xu wenxian tongkao 續文獻通考 (ch. Zonglun junqi 總論軍器) and his illustrated Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (ch. Shefa tuqi 射法圖器, Majian tu 馬箭圖, Quanfa tu 拳法圖, Qiangfa tu 槍法圖, Gunfa tu 棍法圖 and Pianpaishi tu 旁牌勢圖), and in Zhu Guozhen's 朱國禎 (1557-1632) Yongzhang xiaopin 涌幢小品 (ch. 12). Xu Ke's 徐珂 (1869-1928) encyclopaedia Qingbai leichao 清稗類抄 from the Qing period 清 (1644-1911) also contains information on martial arts (part Jiyong 技勇).

From the Qing period on, specialized books on martial arts were published. Such are Wu Shu's 吳殳 (1611-1695) Shoubilu 手臂錄, which focuses on fighting with sticks or swords, the book Wanbao quanshu 萬寶全書 by a person called Yanshui Shanren 煙水山人 which covers a wide range of physical activities, arts, and methods of "nourishing life" (yangsheng 養生), including Quanbang tiejie fa 拳棒跌解法, and Yaojia linwei jiefa 要家臨危解法. A book specifically dedicated to the use of polearms is the anonymous (perhaps written by Wang Zongyue 王宗岳, fl. 1790) Yinfu qiangpu 陰符槍譜. The teachings of the Buddhist monk Xuanji 玄機 are assembled in the book Quanjing 拳經 by Chen Songquan 陳松泉 and Zhang Ming'e 張鳴鶚 (jinshi degree 1589), with a supplement by Zhang Kongzhao 張孔昭 and a further extension by Cao Huandou 曹煥斗, and known in Republican publications as Xuanji mishou xuedao quanjue 玄機秘授穴道拳訣 or Quanjing quanfa beiyao 拳經拳法備要.

The anonymous book (Wang Zongyue 王宗岳?) Taijiquan jing 太極拳經, also called Taijiquan pu 太極拳譜, is the oldest book using the term Taijiquan. Huang Baijia 黃百家 (1643-1709), a disciple of master Wang Zhengnan 王征南 (1617-1669), produced the book Neijia quanfa 內家拳法, transmitting a special type of Taijiquan from the province of Zhejiang. Fighting with sticks and polearms is the theme of Changshi wuji shu 萇氏武技書 by Chang Naizhou 萇乃周 (1724-1783). The series Zhaodai congshu 昭代叢書 includes a collection describing the use of a wide range of different polearms, Bingzhangji 兵仗記 written by Wang Zhuo 王晫 (1636-1705). Chen Xin 陳鑫 (1849-1929) wrote the illustrated book Chenshi taijiquan tushuo 陳氏太極拳圖說, as well as the texts Taijiquan yinmeng rulu 太極拳引蒙入路, and Sansanquan pu 三三拳譜. The last of the great traditional books on martial arts, and the first one applying scholarly methods, is Li Xunyi's 李存義 (1846-1921) Quanshu jiaofan 拳術教范, in which he critically investigates instructional materials on wushu, like Xuqingquan pu 五行拳譜 or Lianhengquan pu 連環拳譜.

Source:
Xi Yuntai 習雲太 (1982). "Zhongguo wushu guji 中國武術古籍", in Zhongguo da baike quanshu 中國大百科全書, part Tiyu 體育 (Beijing/Shanghai: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe), 543.