Exploration and Practice of Ancient Book Restoration
Author: Zhu Zhenbin
Publication date: January 2022
Folio: 16 open paperback
Number of volumes: 1 volume
Price: 138.00 RMB
ISBN：978-7-5598-4511-5
Guangxi Normal University Press
About the Author
Zhu Zhenbin, expert in the restoration of ancient books, deputy research librarian of the National Library of China, national technical expert, vice chairman of the Professional Committee of Ancient Book Restoration Techniques of the China Association for the Protection of Ancient Books, tutor of the National Center for the Protection of Ancient Books and Jiangsu Ancient Books Restoration and Transmission Center, and review expert of the National Ancient Book Restoration Skills Competition. He joined the National Library in 1980. In more than 40 years of work practice, he has participated in the restoration projects of important ancient books such as dunhuang testaments, "Yongle Canon", Western Xia literature, "Tianlu Linlang" special collection, and the restoration of new rare books, celebrity manuscripts, public maps and other documents in the collection.
While completing the heavy restoration of ancient books, Zhu Zhenbin also bears the important responsibility of inheriting the ancient book restoration techniques and restoration concepts. He has served as a master tutor of the Graduate School of the University of chinese Academy of Social Sciences (cultural relics appraisal and restoration), as well as a lecturer in the Undergraduate Degree of Classical Literature (Ancient Book Identification and Protection) of the Department of Chinese of Peking University, and a branch of the National Library of capital United Workers University (majoring in ancient book restoration). He has published more than 10 papers, including "On the Restoration of Rare Books and Ancient Books", and participated in the compilation of 3 books, including "Rue Xiang Fenfu - Exploration and Practice of Ancient Book Protection".
Synopsis
"Exploration and Practice of Ancient Book Restoration" is a summary work of Zhu Zhenbin, an expert in the restoration of ancient books of the National Library of China, who has more than 40 years of experience in the exploration and practice of ancient book restoration. The book consists of 6 chapters, including an overview of the restoration of ancient books, the equipment, tools and materials used in the restoration of ancient books, the principles of ancient book restoration, the practice of ancient book restoration, and the cultivation of ancient book restoration talents. The content first summarizes the ancient book restoration technology, repeatedly expounds the principles, and combines practice, pushes the old out of the new, pictures and texts, both in-depth and simple, but also has the academic level and depth of research, is a new era of ancient book restoration masterpiece.
Among the four major restoration projects that laid the basic concept of ancient book restoration in the National Library, which was talked about by the industry, Zhu Zhenbin participated in the three major projects of Dunhuang Testament, Yongle Canon, and Western Xia Literature; zhu Zhenbin was also an important guidance expert in the Qinggong "Tianlu Linlang" Rare Books Restoration Project, the largest special restoration project since the implementation of the "Chinese Ancient Books Protection Plan". His technique and experience have been continuously improved along with the practice of restoration. These valuable examples, experiences, and scenes from the site that were involved in the restoration at the time were not available to those who did not witness them. Zhu Zhenbin paid special attention to the retention of these valuable materials, wrote a large number of restoration reports, and took pictures of the scene involving various links, providing a rare material basis for us to reproduce the details of the process at that time today. At the same time, the book adopts the color printing process, selects a large number of representative plates, and presents them as comprehensively as possible.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Restoration of Ancient Books
Section 1: The Concept of Ancient Book Restoration
1. Literature and ancient books
2. Restoration of ancient books and ancient books
Section 2 Protection of Ancient Chinese Books
First, the method and concept of book protection
Second, the repair method and concept
Section 3 Evolution of Ancient Chinese Book Binding Forms
I. Simple Strategies (Brochure)
2. Books
3. Paper rolls
Fourth, Fan clamping
5. Folded
6. Whirlwind suit
7. Butterfly suit
8. Bag back
Nine, line loading
10. Wool
Chapter II: Equipment, Tools and Materials Used in the Restoration of Ancient Books
Section 1: The main equipment used in the restoration of ancient books
1. Ancient Book Restoration Studio
2. Workbench
3. Frame the case
Fourth, the big wall
Fifth, the press
Sixth, paper cutting machine
Seven, microscope
8. Whiteness meter
Nine, thickness gauge
10. Photographic equipment
11. Acid meter
Section 2 Tools for the Restoration of Ancient Books
1. Brush
2. Arrange the pen
3. Brown brush
Fourth, the board brush
5. Paste bowl
Sixth, the paste basin
7. Sieve
8. Sink
IX. Awl
10. Scissors
11. Forceps
XII. Needle cone
13. Kaiko
14. Ruler
Fifteen, knives
Sixteen, watering cans
17. Supplementary board
18. Cutting board
19. Pounding the book board
20. Hammer hammer
21. Flat-bottomed hammer
Section 3 Restoration Materials for Ancient Books
First, paste
2. Dyeing materials
3. Repair paper
Chapter III: Principles of Restoration of Ancient Books
The first section is the creation of the principle of "the whole old as the old"
Section 2: The establishment of the principle of "rescue as the mainstay and treatment of diseases as a supplement"
Section 3: Guide the restoration of ancient books with the principle of "reversibility" and the principle of "least intervention"
First, the principle of "reversibility"
The principle of "least intervention"
Chapter IV: Practice of Restoration of Ancient Books (Part I)
Section 1 Restoration of Ancient Books of the Century-Old National Library
Section 2 Restoration of the Yongle Canon
First, the fate is uncertain, and the pieces are fragmented
Second, the binding atmosphere, showing the royal style
Third, the paper is exquisite, comparable to "Chengxintang"
Fourth, the first time I knew the "Yongle Canon", there was no "head" and no "foot"
V. Recalling the restoration of that year, the ceremony was actually dressed up with "foreign skins"
Section 3 Restoration of "Heavenly Lu Lingliang"
First, the background of the start of the restoration of the "Tianlu Linlang" special collection
Second, the ill-fated royal collection
Third, the external characteristics of the "Tianlu Linlang" collection
Fourth, how to deal with the restoration of traces of predecessors in the "Tianlu Linlang" special collection
5. Repair cases
Chapter V: The Practice of Ancient Book Restoration (Part II)
Section 4 Restoration of the Dunhuang Testament
1. The origin of the Dunhuang Testament in the collection
2. Dunhuang suicide notes are commonly damaged
3. Restoration and techniques of dunhuang suicide notes in different periods
Section 5 Several special forms of binding after restoration
First, after the repair, the binding is in the form of line loading "gold inlaid jade"
Second, after the restoration, the binding is "gold inlaid jade" in the form of a butterfly suit
Third, "digging lining" binding
Fourth, framed leaflet
Fifth, the rubbing class five inlaid warp folding and mounting steps
Chapter VI Cultivation of Ancient Book Restoration Talents
Section 1: Cultivation Pathways
First, the traditional mentoring and apprenticeship mechanism
2. Inheritance mechanism of training courses
3. Training mechanism of institutions of higher learning
Section 2: Teaching and Learning
First, on the aspect of teachers
2. Student aspect
Third, the teaching of each other
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postscript
Thank you to Teacher Yang Huihong of Guangxi Normal University Publishing House for her contribution!