Exploration into the Origin of Compilation of Ancient Corpus
Yang Jun · 2003
Both collected works and complete works belong to ancient corpus. Their compilation, especially the compilation of some collected works, undergoes an evolutionary process. The articles in the pre-Qin Period were passed on separately. In the two Han Dynasties, the historians first compiled works according to categories and then recorded works into various kinds. From late Han Dynasty to Jian'an Period, the rudiment of collected works came into being. From Wei and Jing Periods, collected works entitled with the surname like Zhuge's Works. The earliest complete works is Zhi Yu's works in Jing Dynasty, but not Liu Xiang's Chu Ci (The Poems of Chu).