At the Nanjing Library
Have you ever met one?
An elderly person who concentrates on reading
With the humanistic documentary produced by Station B
But there are books for the second season
Continued fermentation on the Internet
A 98-year-old "sweeping monk" in Nanjing
Shen Xieyuan "went out of the circle"
"I haven't left the library all my life, and I can't leave the library."
"Like the relationship between a fish and water, I am like a fish swimming in the library."
"I'm not interested in anything else, I'm interested in books."
"Live every day well and leave something useful for future generations."
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Let's walk into the story of Shen Lao
Since 1955, he has been working in the Nanjing Library
Shen Xieyuan has been engaged in the collation and research of ancient books
He is a veteran figure in the field of domestic version bibliography
Known in the industry as a "living dictionary of ancient books"
Shen Lao's full knowledge of the version
Judgment doesn't happen overnight
Shen Lao introduced: "I have done two things in Nantu for decades, one is cataloging, and the other is to go outside to buy books and purchase. ”
In Nantu for decades, Shen Xieyuan purchased thousands of ancient books and rare books for Nantu. Among them is a volume of the Northern Song Dynasty's "Greenhouse Bathing Monks' Sutra", which is listed in the "Treasures of the Ten Town Halls of the Southern Map".
Late 1970s
Bibliography of Ancient Chinese Books
The codification project was initiated
This is China for nearly a hundred years
The most massive one
Compilation project of ancient books and good books
Gathered in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places
Library experts and scholars
Shen Lao participated
Compilation of the Bibliography of Ancient Chinese Books
He also served as the editor-in-chief of the sub-department
To work
He traveled for ten years in Beijing and Shanghai
Live a life of home around the world
In the age of the Internet
Shen Lao and 40 other researchers
I read hundreds of thousands of ancient book cards in a concentrated manner
Rely on their own knowledge to conduct "human flesh" screening
In that environment
Shen Xieyuan is optimistic and funny
I was very impressed
In 1995
It took eighteen years to finalize the manuscript
This bibliography is both in terms of quantity and content
Both go beyond the official and private bibliographies of previous dynasties
Considered domestic at present
The most authoritative joint catalogue of rare books of ancient books
Elder Shen was therefore therefore
Awarded the "Special Contribution Award" by the Ministry of Culture
Although it has been more than 30 years since he retired from the Nanjing Library
However, Shen Xieyuan retreated without stopping
Get on the bus at six o'clock in the morning and get on the bus at seven o'clock
Walked to the library at eight o'clock
It doesn't matter if it's windy or raining
One stay is one day
On the one hand, the work of the nantu ancient book business is carried out
Provide advice and help
While sorting out the collection of inscriptions by the Qing Dynasty bibliophile Huang Pilie
Huang Pilie, a native of Suzhou, was a famous bibliophile and collator in the Qing Dynasty, and was known as "the first person to collect books in five hundred years". In his life, he loved to write trekking, and most of the ancient books he commented on were of great value, and even made "Huang Bao" a proper noun.
Adhering to the principle of "seeking truth from facts in doing scholarship", Elder Shen not only re-proofread the Huang Bao collection of his predecessors and corrected many errors in the old editions, but also tried every means to search for those "Huang Bao" scattered everywhere and had not yet been discovered.
These tasks will be completed by themselves, but Shen Xieyuan is not in a hurry, for more than forty years as a day, every work has been arranged in an orderly manner, "do it slowly, how much you can do is how much." I am a simple-minded person with only books in mind. ”
Netizens unanimously believe that "the old man is so cute"
Luo Yingluan, one of the general directors of the show, said, "Shen Lao is still quick thinking, walking and climbing stairs are very sharp, and he likes to drink two glasses of wine. When we got in touch with him, we found him to be more fun than we thought. ”
"It's a new year, and I hope he's still cunning and naïve, full of energy, and has plenty of time to complete his Huang Pilie completion plan."
A lifetime
Immerse yourself in the collation and research of ancient books
Praise for Shen Lao's decades of enthusiasm and dedication
Nanjing has been filled with the fragrance of books since ancient times
From "The Hub of Heaven" to "Capital of World Literature"
The roots of reading have long been deeply rooted
In the blood and soil of the thousand-year-old capital
There are many people who love to read like Shen Lao
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The material source | Yangtze Evening News, Nanjing Daily/Purple Mountain News reporter Wang Feng
Image source 丨"But there are books" Season 2 Episode 1: Screenshot of "Our Library"
Edit | Nest Chenshu
Proofreading | Gui Yu
Editor-in-charge | Qian Yiyu