Xu Yuanpu

Xu Yuanpu

Xu Yuanpu was a calligrapher in Ming Dynasty.

The word Meng Hong, since the number of thousands of volumes born. Xu zichangzi, a famous scholar. Wu county (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) people. Influenced by his parents, he likes to collect books.

He used to be an important member of yingshe and fushe, and he was close friends with Xu weizhai, Yang Weidou, Zhang Ximing and Zhang Shouxian. He set up the Gaoyang society and compiled the lost ancient literature, which was prefaced by Zhang Cai and Zhang Bo. He was obsessed with poetry writing and collection, but he was totally layman in managing commercial land. He once mocked himself that "if you look at the river, you look up and bend down, and all your foreign affairs, you will not be able to think about it if the dike breaks down.". There is a "plum blossom villa" in the library, which collects more posthumous books and gathers several rooms. He was eager to learn. He read all the books his father had collected, and then he learned the classics and arts. In 1631, he held them in his hometown. He was very fond of collecting books, so he often got wonderful books and was rich in storage, which was not seen in the world. The father library "plum blossom nunnery" is changed to "plum blossom nunnery". And Huang Zongxi, Liu Cheng and other about copy publishing house. In 1644, at the time of the revolution, the migration of his residence was not frequent. Only a few baskets of books are needed. son

Xu Qiu

It can also collect books. The book collections of the four generations of the Xu family and their descendants are printed with "Xu Zichang seal", "Xu Yuanfang seal", "Xu Qiu private seal", "Xu Xinyi seal", "rely on Yuxuan", "wanshanlou", "Zhuyin", "Danchen", "Gaoyang Kuiyuan book collection", "Dongwu", "Jieyuan", "beauty in the sky", "dongfangbai in a night of poetry recitation", "half Mu plum blossom", etc. ’