Zheng Zhenduo (1898 65438+February19-1958 65438+10/7), pen names Guo Yuanxin, Luo Xue, ct, etc. , Wenzhou, Zhejiang, originally from Changle, Fujian. China was an outstanding patriot, social activist, writer, poet, scholar, literary critic, literary historian, translator and art historian in modern times. He is also a famous collector and exegesis. ?

19 19 participated in the may 4th movement and began to publish his works. 1932, his illustrated history of China literature was published. From 65438 to 0949, he was Minister of Welfare Department of Ren Zhonghua All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Minister of Research Department of All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Minister of Culture and Education of China People's Political Consultative Conference, Director of Cultural Relics Department of the Central Ministry of Culture, Deputy Director of Folk Literature Research Office, Director of Archaeology Institute of China Academy of Sciences and Deputy Minister of Culture.

Member Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and director of the Chinese Writers Association. 1952 Join the Chinese Writers Association. From 65438 to 0957, he edited and published three volumes of China Literature Studies.

1958 10 June 17, died in a sudden plane crash at the age of 60.

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Due to the turbulence of the current situation and the change of living environment, Zheng Zhenduo's books have been lost repeatedly, or destroyed by war, or forced by life, which has changed a lot. As for the total number of books in his life, it is difficult to have an accurate statistics.

The book Xidi Bibliography reflects the collection of books in his later years. According to the book records, there are as many as 7,740 kinds of ancient books except literature, common old books and new books, so we can have a perceptual understanding of his collection.

Zheng Zhenduo's research on China's ancient popular literature began in the 1920s, and his collection of old books on popular literature also began at this time, which has since become the focus and feature of his collection.

He used the method that people abandoned me, saying that "there are more operas, novels, husband's scrolls and ballads that collectors don't care much about than the rest" (Zheng Zhenduo's "Robbery of the Secretary" is contained in the seventh volume of Zheng Zhenduo's Collected Works, page 433, People's Literature Publishing House, 1988 edition).

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