古籍的序跋,可以使我们了解不同时代对某一书籍的评价,可以了解刊印的底本。有的刻本还特地汇集了历代公私目录著录时的附识或提要,这些都是我国木刻古籍的优良传统,应该继承发展。例如看了宋末刘应登写的《世说新语》序,就知道他曾删削过刘孝标的注。读了萧统的《文选》序,就知道他取舍的标准。对于近代的人,即使此人政治上落后甚至反 Prefaces and Postscripts of ancient books, can make us understand the different ages of a book evaluation, you can understand the printed version. Some engraved books also specially bring together the ancillary or summary records of ancient public and private catalogs, which are the fine traditions of Chinese ancient woodcut books and should be inherited and developed. For example, when I read the order of “Shi Shuo Xin Yu” written by Liu Yingdeng in the late Song Dynasty, I realized that he had deleted Liu Xiaobiao’s remark. Xiao Tong read the “anthology” sequence, we know that he choose the standard. For modern people, even if the person is politically backward or even counter-productive