At the end of juan 20 there are two lines in cursive writing: “specially engraved by the family Mao of Guyu (i.e., Changshu in Jiangsu) in the fifth year of the Chongzhen reign (1632).” For the Jiguge and its editions, see Jap-Sin II, 95.

Source: Albert Chan, SJ, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 24.

OCLC record misdated 1623 (Chongzhen 5). Held by ANU. See also OCLC#37589346.

According to the title page, this book had been approved by two Hanlin academicians, Feng 馮 and Zhu 朱 (for their full names, see below). On the same page there is a short introduction to this book:

We have invited [Mr. Wu] to study different texts and to make a balanced interpretation of the Shangshu. It is likened to a gown made of little bits of fur from under the forelegs of animals, or to honey obtained from distillation of flowers. Scholars who read it should feel more enthusiastic and beginners who consult it will banish all their doubts. It is indeed a treasure for the interpretation of the Classics and a good guide for the writing of eight legged essays. Let this be known to all those who are interested.

1. List of those who helped in the proofreading.
2. Discussion on the similarity and difference of essay themes.
3. Diagram of the Shujing zhengjie 書經正解.
4. Diagram of the Zhengjie duben 正解讀本, which is the Yugong 禹貢, a chapter of the Shangshu.

On folio 12 of juan 1 the names are mentioned of the four scholars who gave approval to this book:

1. Liu Xunfu 劉訓夫 (i.e., Liu Mei) of Jiuhe 九河 (Hebei),
2. Feng Yisheng 馮懿生 (i.e., Feng Yunsu 馮雲驌, jinshi of 1676) of Sanjin 三晉 (Shanxi),
3. Zhu Xichang 朱錫鬯 (i.e., Zhu Yizun 朱彝尊, 1629–1709; cf. ECCP 1:182–185) of Xiuzhou 秀州 (Zhejiang) and
4. Gao . . . (zi:) Zihong 高紫紅 of Anchang 安昌 (Zhejiang).

In juan 2–12 the name of Liu Xunfu is replaced by that of Huang . . . (zi:) Jiongzhai 絅齊 of Xinhui 新會 (Guangdong).

Cf. Courant 2729. The Naikaku Bunko owns the same edition: (Shenliu tang huiji) Shangshu daquan zhengjie (深柳堂彙輯) 尚書大全正解 or Shangshu zhengjie 尚書正解, by Wu Quan, twelve juan and one supplementary juan, twelve ce, Shenliu tang edition of 1690 (NBC, p. 8).
Source: Albert Chan, SJ, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 22-23.

The whole manuscript consists of 112 folios with six blank folios. There are five columns to each half folio. The folios are outlined in red square frames but the color has turned gray. The handwriting is beautiful and graceful.

The following passages from the Shujing are copied out by Xu Guangqi, some of them are annotated in red ink (indicated by ‘a’ below):

堯典，舜典，大禹謨，皋陶謨，益稷，禹貢 (a), 甘誓，五子之哥，胤征，湯誓，仲虺之誥，湯誥，伊訓，太甲上，中，下，咸有一德，盤庚上，中，下 (a), 說命上，中，下，高宗彤日，西伯戡黎，微子，泰誓上，中，下 (a), 牧誓 (a), 武成 (a), 洪範 (a), 旅獒，金滕，大誥 (a), 微子之命 (a), 康誥 (a), 酒誥 (a), 梓材 (a), 召誥 (a), 洛誥 (a), 多士 (a), 毋逸 (a), 君奭 (a), 多方 (a), 立政 (a).

Cf. Ch’en Shou i 陳受頤 Chinese Literature, a historical introduction (New York, 1961), pp. 61–62; Wylie, pp. 2–3; Lü 1929, pp. 22–24; Zhu Ziqing 朱自清, Jingdian changtan 經典常談 (Hong Kong: Kaiming, 1942), pp. 23–32.

Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 402-405.