Chinese Special Collections

Yao Junshi and His Puban shu lou

Mr. Yao Junshi / 姚鈞石 (1889-1973), the former owner of Puban Collection, was a Cantonese merchant, also a registered physician on traditional Chinese medicine. Born in Guangzhou, he successfully rebuilt his private library “Puban shu lou” in Macao in the 1940s and accumulated a large number of Chinese rare books by a chance of purchase from “Nan Zhou Shu Lou”, one of the largest private libraries in Guangdong in early 20th century whose collection focus on Guangdong local history.​

姚鈞石與蒲阪書樓

姚鈞石 (1889-1973) 是蒲坂藏書的收藏者。他出生于廣州，是廣東地區的一個商人，也是一名註冊中醫醫師。在1940年代，他在澳門成功地修建了一座私人藏書樓，名叫蒲阪書樓。通过一次偶然的機會，他從南州書樓處購買了大量珍貴的古籍。而南州書樓则是20世紀初廣東地區最大的私人藏書樓，專門收藏廣東先賢的著作、廣版書籍等，反映了廣東當地的歷史。  

蒲坂藏書之軼聞趣事

• 決策者與推動者: 學校董事會、校長、歷史與亞洲學系、圖書館、圖書館之友委員會，共襄盛舉……
• 高起點與高發展：北美地區五大中文藏書之一，加拿大必須意識到將來東方崛起的重要性……
• 蒲坂書樓與南州書樓：80%的蒲坂書樓藏書來自於南州書樓，廣東先賢的著作、廣版書籍以及廣東藏書……​
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山水寺廟志目錄

中國古代對於名山、湖泊、庭院、寺廟等均有專書記載其歷史沿革，蒲坂藏書中彙輯了相當豐富的資料……

印學書錄解題（節選）

蒲坂藏書中，印學之書無多，僅六十餘種，然皆淵源有自，或南州書樓舊藏，或潘飛聲故物，亦或是得自於澳門梁汝洪紫雲青花硯齋者，其於印學不無小補，尤其致力於嶺南印學……

南州書樓藏書簡目：文字學部分

南州書樓藏書是廣州徐信符的藏書，散出後，姚均石先生所得甚多，是蒲坂書樓藏書的主體，大約占了百分之八十……

Puban Collection was known as “in extraordinarily fine condition” when it arrived UBC Library in 1959. But it deteriorated very fast. About 8% of the collection by titles assessed in 1992 were in serious condition and cannot continue to be used. Currently, according to the Chinese Standard for Distinction of Disrepair of Ancient Books and Special Collection, at least 50% of the collection by titles need some kinds of basic preservation treatment and 20% need special preservation treatment. The poor condition of Puban Collection should not be overlooked, and it is high time that we take measures to preserve and conserve the Puban Collection.

The primary factors that caused the condition change include Vancouver’s warm and humid climate, heavy uses for teaching and research, an accidental roof leaking in the vault as well as the lack of professional conservators. UBC Library has relocated the collection into a climate control vault which was designed for rare collections with temperature and humidity monitored 24/7. A conservation lab is also on planning. We are calling for collaboration from libraries in China and all over the world to work together on the preservation and conservation of Chinese rare books.

蒲坂藏書的整體狀況在1959年運抵UBC圖書館時是非常好的，但是情況惡化的很厲害。1992年時就有大約8%的藏書已經破損得無法使用了。按照中國文化行業國家標準《古籍特藏破損定級標準》（國標WH/T22-2006）的定級劃分，目前有50%以上的藏書屬於四、五級破損，大約20%的藏書屬於一級破損，其嚴重程度已經不容忽視，對蒲坂藏書的保護和搶救已經刻不容緩。

引起蒲坂藏書狀況惡化的原因很多，主要包括溫哥華溫熱潮濕的氣候，過度的使用，書庫的意外漏雨，以及缺乏專業的修復與保護人員等等。UBC圖書館對此一直很重視，已經將館藏中文善本書全部移至總館善本書庫，並正在積極籌建中文古籍修復室，尋求與中國及世界各地的圖書館進行合作，開展對中文古籍善本書的保護與搶救。

Broken Book Cover 封面破損嚴重	Moth-eaten Page 蟲蝕嚴重	Deterioration Resulted from the Accidental Roof Leaking 書庫意外漏雨導致書籍受損

• "Books on the move" : Rare Chinese Collections at University of British Columbia by Jing Liu & Alvan Bregman, IFLA, 2013
• The Pu'-pan Collection, a Summary Description (June 1, 1971)  by Ng, Tung-king (2010-03-01)
• UBC Treasures Attract Attention of World Scholars The University of British Columbia Library (University of British Columbia Library, 1991)
• 加拿大英屬哥倫比亞大學宋元明及舊鈔善本書目序 by Wang, Yi-t'ung (1988)
• The P'u-pan Chinese Library at the University of British Columbi by Wang, Yi-t'ung (University of British Columbia, 1961)
• 蒲坂藏书的前世今生 Puban cang shu de qian shi jin sheng by Shen, Jia 沈迦 (2010-02-18)