Ji Xiaolan's achievements.

Ji Xiaolan is a historical figure worthy of commemoration and study.

First, Ji Xiaolan had a high position, fame and knowledge during the Ganjia period in the Qing Dynasty, and the rich folklore about him was rare among people in his position in the whole feudal society. There are many celebrities who are easily made into gods. Whether it is a famous minister or a scholar, there are two situations. One is that they are hated by the people, and they are often laughed at by spreading some legends and making up some jokes; One is admired by the people, and people will create some magical legends to praise his deeds and thoughts. Ji Wenda belongs to the latter. He won people's respect for his intelligence and wisdom, and more importantly, his legend reflected people's wishes to a considerable extent. Most of the legends about him involve Emperor Qianlong, and the people responded to the emperor through Ji Xiaolan, a representative figure, to show that the wisdom of the people is higher than that of the emperor. However, some people later exaggerated some parts of Ji Xiaolan as his whole life, which was a serious distortion of Ji Xiaolan. Therefore, I think it is very important for the institute to study Ji Xiaolan, that is, to return the original true image and true face of Ji Xiaolan.

Second, Ji Xiaolan is a literary scholar who has made great contributions to the cultural history of China, and he is a cultural giant. Ji Xiaolan's contribution to the whole culture and history of China can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented.

Ji Xiaolan has done two things in cultural undertakings.

First, compiled the "Sikuquanshu". The compilation of Sikuquanshu was a great move in the prosperous period of Qing Dynasty. Prior to this, after the Kang Yong Dynasties and the early Qianlong period, the national strength was increasingly enriched, and a unified situation appeared. Now the territory of China was basically formed in the Qing Dynasty. The northwest and southwest were pacified, and the northeast was also incorporated into Chinese territory. The economy has also recovered and developed. The flourishing age of Kanggan is indeed a bright spot in the history of China.

With political stability and economic development, culture will develop. A dynasty must first stabilize the regime at the beginning. After political stability, it will enter a period of economic and cultural development. The general regime goes through these three stages. Our country is now in the period of economic development and building a well-off society in an all-round way, so in the future, culture will develop. Our Ji Xiaolan Research Association just meets the needs of the future cultural construction climax.

Emperor Qianlong, after completing the great cause of reunification, will embody his thought of great unity through culture. By the mid-Qianlong period, after san huang's efforts, San Francisco was also pacified, Taiwan Province Province was recovered, and the northwest surrendered, and the situation of China's reunification had been formed. He wants to embody and express a kind of weather through culture, a kind of weather for the reunification of the motherland. Sikuquanshu is the crystallization of Emperor Qianlong's reflection of the unified situation. In addition, the compilation of this book became an important milestone in the history of China literature. China is a country with excellent cultural traditions and rich literature. Ranked first in the world, standing in the forest of the world, its position is unshakable. China's literature has been summarized three times in history. Once, Historical Records and Hanshu appeared in the Han Dynasty at the junction of A.D., which summarized the previous historical documents and recorded thousands of years of history.

From the beginning of A.D. to the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the ninth century, the rule of Zhenguan appeared in the early Tang Dynasty. At this time, it is necessary to summarize the documents of the previous centuries, and then the Annals of Sui Shu Classics appeared. The Records of Sui Shu's Classics and Records summarizes the documents of the past thousand years. From the 9th century to the middle of18th century, the feudal society in China flourished and gradually weakened. This is a history of nearly a thousand years. Although China has experienced many wars, it has basically maintained a unified situation, and China has a rich literature collection. During the Qianlong period, the third large-scale collection of historical documents appeared in China. Sikuquanshu undertook this historical mission. Some scholars in the Qing Dynasty have begun to compile a Confucian summary book. At that time, it was proposed that Taoists have Taoist scriptures, Buddhists have Buddhist scriptures, and Confucians have no Confucianism. Therefore, in the early Qianlong period, the theory of "Confucianism and Tibet" appeared. They proposed to compile Confucian classics into a complete series reflecting the mainstream thoughts of China. This problem was later implemented as the compilation of Sikuquanshu. Who is responsible for compiling Sikuquanshu? I gave it to Ji Xiaolan. At that time, the imperial court issued a document asking all provinces to collect books from the society and send them to the central government. This is a behavior that has existed in China for generations. Enrich the national library by collecting books. Then choose to compile Sikuquanshu from these collections. Of course, there are also some criticisms among researchers about the compilation of Sikuquanshu, because some books were destroyed in the process of compilation, so there is a saying called "the culprit". It has contributed to the preservation of cultural classics, but it has also done some disastrous things that destroy culture. It is understandable to analyze this matter from a political point of view. A ruler is always maintained by a mainstream thought. If it doesn't meet the requirements of the times, he will always destroy or delete points. This phenomenon has existed throughout the ages. If we analyze the advantages and disadvantages, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages. The compilation of Sikuquanshu preserved China's historical documents and spread them widely. So far, when it comes to Sikuquanshu at home and abroad, it can be said that people with a little knowledge know it. Ji Xiaolan has spent a lot of energy in this regard. There are many things worth learning in the process of compiling books. One is that he is good at selecting talents. This book is divided into four parts: classics, history, books and collections. He wants to select high-level people to take charge of the work of this department. At that time, Dai Zhen, the master of Confucian classics, was chosen. Shao was a famous historian at that time. Zhou Yongnian, a sub-department, was one of the proponents of compiling and editing Siku Quanshu at that time, and also one of the advocates of opening books. Set, Ji Xiaolan himself. The authors of the subset of classics and history were all the most prestigious and knowledgeable scholars in academic circles at that time, and Ji Xiaolan was one of the most successful. Ji Xiaolan not only selected the most knowledgeable and knowledgeable scholars in all aspects at that time, but also he was able to lead and control these scholars, with 3,000 librarians, which was a big institution, so he was also a very organized person.

Some scholars in Qing Dynasty raised objections to the compilation of Sikuquanshu. Some people say that his contribution to Sikuquanshu is not as great as people think. But behind him, there was a man who worked with him and had a great position in the court, named Zhu Gui, who wrote a eulogy for him, which was the conclusion after death. He summed up Ji Xiaolan's contribution in four sentences. He said: "When Guan Yu was born, he always held four treasuries, ten thousand volumes of outlines and made notes in one hand." Ji Xiaolan was sent to Xinjiang for his involvement in this case, and then he was awarded a ring. Therefore, Zhu Gui always means to be in charge when he talks about his origin and entering the Jade Pass. He also edited and annotated a 10,000-volume outline, that is, the summary of the general catalogue. These four sentences are Zhu Gui's most painful and concise summary of Ji Xiaolan. After the book was compiled, seven sets were copied and stored in the "seven pavilions" in the north and south. The compilation of Sikuquanshu has played a very important role in promoting local culture, and people can copy it even in the library pavilion in the south.

In the process of compiling books, because it is necessary to distinguish these books and decide whether to accept or reject them, a moderator should write an abstract after each book is submitted. Together, these abstracts constitute the by-product of compiling Sikuquanshu, which is called the summary of Sikuquanshu, or Sikuquanshu for short. The Summary of Sikuquanshu is actually an academic history, introducing each book and its origin and value. It has become a breakthrough for later scholars to study these ancient books. Many scholars admit that they learned knowledge from the summary of the general contents of Sikuquanshu. This book has 200 volumes, and Sikuquanshu has nearly 80,000 volumes. It is not easy for people to read, but the abstract of 200 volumes can be read. At that time, considering that it was still inconvenient for ordinary readers, we compiled a concise Catalogue of Four Ku Books, which became a small volume. Therefore, there are two versions of Four Treasures of the Study General Catalogue: simplified and complicated. In the history of China, there were national book catalogues in all dynasties, but only Ji Xiaolan compiled both traditional and simplified catalogues. He not only set an example for learning, but also set an example for making learning easier for more people to accept. Therefore, we can say that Ji Xiaolan has made unprecedented contributions to China's cultural and academic undertakings, especially in literature collection. Later, although some people did some work such as "continuation" and "supplement", no one surpassed Ji Xiaolan in scale and depth. So we said, "No one has come yet". The compilation of Sikuquanshu is Ji Xiaolan's first great achievement in the cultural history.

The second achievement is Notes of Yuewei Caotang. Yuewei Caotang Notes is his later work. That's an essay he wrote during the finishing work after the compilation of Siku. In this book, he wrote a lot of his stories, some of which were exhortations in the name of fox demon, and some were textual research on some events. For example, Cangxian County produces dates from this place. In his book, he said, "Yuxiang produces a lot of dates, which are transported to Beijing by car in the north and shipped to provinces in the south." Locals think this is a permanent business. " That is to say, since then, many people in Cui Erzhuang, the hometown of her family, have taken selling dates as their permanent occupation. Today, this area is still a jujube producing area and a jujube product distribution center, and now the sales range of jujube is wider. There are also some anecdotes about North Korea, such as how to take an exam. How to publish the list? How to sing the list and how to carry out these activities are also reflected.

The most famous of China's classical novels in Qing Dynasty is Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. As early as the Qing Dynasty, it was said that Yuewei Caotang Notes and Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio were the same book. Scholars in Qing Dynasty also have different views on these two men and these two works. Some people promote discipline and restrain discipline, while others promote discipline and restrain discipline. After all, we say that these two books are indelible masterpieces in the miscellaneous stories of Qing novels. Each has its own representative significance and can coexist. We don't need to say which is good and which is bad. They are also somewhat different in content. The most fair evaluation of Yuewei Caotang Notes is Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Novels. He concluded that "no one can take its place in the future". In other words, future generations will write books of this genre, and no one can surpass it. Later, many people did write such notes, such as Xu's Three Different Notes, Le Jun's Ear Food Record, and Yu Yue's Notes on Youtai Fairy Hall. Because Ji Xiaolan's Notes on Yuewei Caotang is not only a ghost, but Pu Songling's Liaozhai is basically a ghost, which is a wonderful book. Pu Songling's Liaozhai should be a novelist. Ji Xiaolan's Notes on Yuewei Caotang should be a saint. In the classification of classical books, they do not belong to the same category. It can be said that Yuewei Caotang Notes is not an essay in Qing Dynasty. It is an important work that cannot be modified. Therefore, we say that Ji Xiaolan has made important contributions to the above two cultural achievements.

Later generations attached great importance to Ji Xiaolan's Siku Quanshu, but seemed to pay less attention to his Notes on Yuewei Caotang, but the book was widely circulated among the people. Since the Qing Dynasty, Yuewei Caotang Notes has collected more than 20 kinds of private prints, and some books have also made some comments. There are many allusions and words in these annotated versions that are still acceptable. But they have a big disadvantage, because the people who take notes are not local, so they have some violations of the local area. For example, the name "Gao Chuan" is not marked, and some people think it is a high place, but just ask Cangxian people that "Gao Chuan" is a village name, and Cangxian has Gao Chuan Village. So Dean Li asked me, is it necessary to make a detailed comment on Yuewei Caotang Notes in combination with local people, events and place names? I said this is a great good thing. I very much hope that our institute will include this matter in your research topic. After publication, this note will be a book written by the descendants of Ji Xiaolan's hometown to Ji Xiaolan. I think it would be appropriate. The annotation process can absorb the achievements of predecessors, so this annotation will become a masterpiece of Cangxian Ji Xiaolan Research Association, which can be said to be a standard edition. So I hope you can consider this matter.

A figure like Ji Xiaolan should be evaluated, and his true colors should be restored, and his contribution to China's cultural undertakings should be fully affirmed. In the first half of the year, Beijing renovated Ji Xiaolan's former residence, and Beijing also asked me to express my opinions. This is a good phenomenon. Because no matter what people's wishes are reflected in folklore or his great academic contribution, Ji Xiaolan is undoubtedly a celebrity in China and the world. It is of great significance for us to commemorate him and study him today. One is to listen to the positive society, and the other is to explain his cultural achievements. That's all I'm saying.