Abstract:  Wang Shizhen, a renowned poet, historian and scholar of the Ming Dynasty, distinguished himself in literature, history, calligraphy, painting, Buddhism and Taosim, studies of inscriptional bronze and stone, and landscape gardening. His works are mostly collected in the history and anthology sections. The Collection from Mountain Villa of Yanzhou, The Four Manuscripts of Yanzhou, and The Sequel to the Manuscript by the Mountain Man of Yanzhou (Pinyin: Yan Zhou Shan Ren Xu Gao) are the most important works in his complete collection. Yan Zhou Shan Ren Xu Gao, the latest one to be blockprinted, has more volumes than any of his other works and enjoys the most prominent position in Wang’s canon. To collate and sort out his complete works, a fundamental undertaking is to investigate the compilation and editions of Wang’s Yan Zhou Shan Ren Xu Gao. Before his death, Wang Shizhen had already put the work in a manuscript form, but was unable to have it blockprinted due to the shortage of money. Later, because of the descendants’neglect, over twenty volumes of the work was lost when it was first inscribed in the 27th year of the Emperor Wanli, or the year of 1599. Fortunately, 11 of the lost volumes were rediscovered and added to the book as the“Fuji”(Attachments). The Yan Zhou Shan Ren Xu Gao has several editions, including the Mingdynasty handcopied edition, the Mingdynasty blockprinted edition, and the Qingdynasty handcopied edition. The Ming dynasty blockprinted edition includes the first printings and later printings. A voluminous work, the Yan Zhou Shan Ren Xu Gao has been compiled by many people and has a complicated edition pedigree; understandably, there exist such errors as repeatedly collected texts, missing texts and erroneous collation.

Key words:  Wang Shizhen, Yan Zhou Shan Ren Xu Gao, The complete collection of Wang Shizhen, Edition