中國的私人藏書文化歷史悠久，到了近代因為社會結構及經濟結構的改變，使得原本以士人為主的藏書家行列，擴及至銀行家、實業家等職業，這些新興的藏書家對於藏書的利用也各有不同，原本因為讀書而收藏已不再是最主要的原因，但賞鑒圖書卻可以說是各類藏書家的同一個目的，因此本論文透過藏書家在藏書活動中對書籍的收藏與賞鑒，就下面幾個方面來探討近代私人藏書文化：1.藉由分析藏書家們在藏書活動中對書籍的鑑別方法的分析與紀錄，來了解藏書家選擇書籍的態度，並由藏書家鑑賞藏書的行為，來看近代藏書家對書籍的收藏與賞鑒所形成的藏書風尚。2.藏書家將他們對收藏書籍的過程或鑒別藏書等文字，記錄在題跋或私家書目當中。私家書目中對書籍的鑒別文字的記錄，自清初至近代，隨著時代而益加的考究與詳細，藉由討論這些私家書目的撰寫情況與演進，來反映藏書家對於鑒別藏書的重視。另外，在當時的藏書活動當中，除了利用私家書目來作為鑑別的參考外，還出現了書影的目錄；因此論文中更藉由討論書影目錄的出版，來了解藏書家對鑒別書籍的需求。3.藏書家在收藏書籍時，時常需要有書賈幫忙四處蒐求，或代為鑑定書籍的價值。書籍不同於其它的貨物，是具有文化性質的消費商品，因此專營買售書籍的書賈，就必須具備一定的文化水準，才能與藏書家進行交易，並從當中獲得利潤。因此藉由討論書賈因藏書家對購書的需求而發展出的營業特點，以及分析各地書肆經營與書籍流通的狀況，來更加深入的了解近代私人藏書文化。 It has been a long history in Chinese Private Book Collection. Not only the scholars collected books but also the bankers and entrepreneurs did because of the changing of social and economic structures from late Ching Dynasty. The main reason for the new collectors to gather books is not for reading, but their common purpose is appreciation. Therefore, the thesis will analyze the collection and appreciation of collectors and discuss the private book collection culture in Late Ch’ing Dynasty and Early Republic Era through below points: 1. To understand the attitude of the collectors by analyzing their appreciating methods, and to observe the fashion of book collecting by the collectors’ behavior. 2. The collectors will record their collecting process or appreciation in the postscript or private book list. The appreciating records in the private book list had been more serious and detailed from Ch’ing Dynasty to early Republic Era and we also can see the collectors put their attention on book appreciation by discussing the formatting and progress of the book lists. Besides, in the book collection behavior, except taking the private book list as reference, there were also some lists of “Shu-Ying”(the copy of the first page in a book); thus, the thesis also investigates the collectors’ need of book appreciation through discussing the publishing of “Shu-Ying” catalogue. 3. The scholars needs some dealers to help them search or to evaluate the books when they were collecting them. A book is different from other goods, which is a kind of consumer product with culture value, so the book dealers had to be knowledgeable to trade with the book collectors and got profit from the business. Therefore, for deeply realizing the private book collection culture, it will discuss how the book dealers worked due to the needing of the collectors and analyze the business of book stores and how the books circulated.
