Ding Licheng

Ding Licheng

Ding Licheng (1850-1912) was born in Qiantang, Zhejiang Province (now Hangzhou). He was a book collector and bibliographer in the late Qing Dynasty. Qing Guangxu Yihai (1875) Ju Ren, official cabinet in the book. His works include xiaohuaizhen Wencun, xiaohuaizhen Yingao, Yongjia Jinshi Baiyong, etc.

(photo source: Xiaoying, the author of xiaohuaiyin manuscript by Ding Licheng in Qing Dynasty) < / I >

Ding Licheng: nephew Ding Bing, son of Ding Shen. Tongzhi six years (1867) supplement for the county school, Guangxu first year (1875) Ju Ren, the official cabinet secretary, the department member wailang title. To collect books and smell the sea. In addition, there is "xiaohuaizhen" in his library. He has collected eight engraved books from Xiliang. He once helped his uncle collate the series of Wulin anecdotes, the works of Wulin philosophy and the collection of rare books in the library. He was good at bibliography, and Miao Quansun called it "the study of catalogue like a bottle of water". In his later years, because of his failure in business and serious deficit, under the attention of Duan Fang, governor of Liangjiang, he was afraid that Ding's "eight thousand volume building" collection would repeat the mistake of Lu's "song building" collection, which was exiled in a foreign country. After the contact of Miao Quansun, he bought and deposited his "eight thousand volume building" collection in Nanjing Jiangnan library for more than 70000 yuan. His works include xiaohuaizhen Wencun, xiaohuaizhen Yingao, mengchenci, Wulin mischievous poems, Donghe new song, etc.