The epigraphy works in the Qing Dynasty were the epigraphy institute. The so-called epigraphy is a science that takes ancient bronzes and stone carvings as research objects, and broadly includes bamboo slips, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, jade articles, bricks and tiles, clay seals, military symbols, funerary objects and so on. Jin Shi Suo was written by Feng and Feng Yunzhu in Qing Dynasty, and it was written in the Daoguang period of Jiaqing. This book consists of twelve volumes, which are divided into Golden Lock (six volumes) and Stone Lock (six volumes). Jin Shi Lu was compiled by Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao.
Content introduction:
Twelve volumes of this book, Golden Lock (six volumes) collects Zhong Ding, weapons, utensils, coins, seals and bronze mirrors from Shang and Zhou Dynasties to Han, Song and Yuan Dynasties. "Stone Rope" (six volumes) collects stone carvings of past dynasties and bricks with words.
Most of the artifacts have pictures and rubbings of inscriptions, followed by Feng's explanation or textual research. The materials used in this book are partly collected by the author and partly by Ye and Gui Fu. Others are collected from Zhong Ding's essays or monographs in Song and Qing Dynasties.
Epigraphy refers to an archaeology in the ancient traditional culture of China. Its main research objects are bronzes and stone tablets of past dynasties, especially the inscriptions and rubbings on them, and in a broad sense, it also includes bamboo slips, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, jade articles, bricks and tiles, clay seals and military symbols.
Epigraphy was formed in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Ouyang Xiu was the pioneer of epigraphy.
The word "Jinshi" was first put forward by student Ceng Gong. In Qing Dynasty, Wang Mingsheng and others formally put forward the name of "epigraphy". In epigraphy, many valuable ancient inscriptions have been preserved, and even some books have sorted out the images of some objects, their names and uses.