The private architecture of collecting
Names such as Meijing Shuwu 梅景书屋, Xuzhai 虚斋 and Jiayetang 嘉业堂 were not merely rooms: they functioned as identities, cataloguing systems, social spaces and sometimes institutions.
CongBiShanFang 丛碧山房 丛碧山房
Zhang Boju 张伯驹
painting and calligraphyXuZhai 虚斋 虚斋
Pang Yuanji 庞元济
classical painting and calligraphyShanZhai 善斋 善斋、小校经阁
Liu Tizhi 刘体智
rare books, oracle bones, bronzesMeiJingShuWu 梅景书屋 梅景书屋、四欧堂
Wu Hufan 吴湖帆
painting and calligraphy, rare editions, rubbingsDaYunShuKu 大云书库 大云书库、贞松堂
Luo Zhenyu 罗振玉
oracle bones, epigraphy, Dunhuang manuscripts, and rare booksShuangJianLou 双鉴楼 双鉴楼、藏园
Fu Zengxiang 傅增湘
Song–Yuan rare editions, manuscripts, and collated copiesHanZaiTang 寒在堂 寒在堂、自庄严堪
Zhou Shutao 周叔弢
Song–Yuan rare editions, movable-type books, and Dunhuang manuscriptsDaFengTang 大风堂 大风堂、摩耶精舍
Zhang Daqian 张大千
Five Dynasties through Qing painting and calligraphyFanJiangZhai 凡将斋 凡将斋
Ma Heng 马衡
rubbings, oracle bones, seals, and epigraphyXiaAn 遐庵 遐庵
Ye Gongchuo 叶恭绰
painting and calligraphy, textiles, epigraphy, and rare booksYunHuiZhai 韫辉斋 韫辉斋
Zhang Heng 张珩
Tang–Ming painting and calligraphyXiAnCaoTang 溪岸草堂 溪岸草堂
C. C. Wang (Wang Jiqian) 王季迁
painting and calligraphyJiaYeTang 嘉业堂 嘉业堂、求恕斋
Liu Chenggan 刘承幹
rare books, rare editionsGuoYunLou 过云楼 过云楼、怡园
Gu Linshi 顾麟士
Song–Qing painting and calligraphy and rare booksHongLuDeng 虹庐等 虹庐等
Huang Binhong 黄宾虹
classical painting and calligraphy, epigraphy, seals, and rare booksHanFenLou 涵芬楼 涵芬楼
Zhang Yuanji 张元济
rare books and bibliographyXiDiShuZhai 西谛书斋 西谛书斋
Zheng Zhenduo 郑振铎
rare books, drama and fiction, and printsCunSuTang 存素堂 存素堂、蠖园
Zhu Qiqian 朱启钤
painting and calligraphy, silk embroidery, and architectural literatureSongZhai 颂斋 颂斋
Rong Geng 容庚
bronzes, bronze inscriptions, rubbings, painting and calligraphyDunHuaZhai 敦华斋 敦华斋
Sun Yingzhou 孙瀛洲
Ming–Qing imperial porcelainMuXiXuan 木犀轩 木犀轩
Li Shengduo 李盛铎
Song–Yuan rare editions and classical booksPanGuLou 攀古楼 攀古楼、滂喜斋(潘氏家藏体系)
Pan Dayu 潘达于
bronzes, rare books, and family collectionsOuZhai 欧斋 欧斋
Zhu Wenjun 朱文钧
early Song–Yuan rubbingsJiXueZhai 积学斋 积学斋、随庵
Xu Naichang 徐乃昌
rare books, manuscripts, and local literatureBiSongShuCang 皕宋书藏 皕宋书藏、后百宋一廛
Yuan Kewen 袁克文
Song editions, coins, stamps, and rubbingsFangJiaYuanDeng 芳嘉园等 芳嘉园等
Wang Shixiang 王世襄
Ming-style furniture, lacquer, bamboo carving, bronze censers, and guqinMengJiaShi 梦甲室 梦甲室
Chen Mengjia 陈梦家
Ming-style furniture and bronze-study materialsLiuYingTang 六莹堂 六莹堂
Qian Jingtang 钱镜塘
classical and modern painting and calligraphy and rubbingsSanQiuGe 三秋阁 三秋阁
Guan Mianjun 关冕钧
classical painting and calligraphy, rubbings, and fan paintingsSheYuan 涉园 涉园、百川书屋、百嘉室
Tao Xiang 陶湘
Song–Yuan rare editions and printing-history materialsSongFenShi 诵芬室 诵芬室
Dong Kang 董康
rare books, drama and fiction, and legal literatureBaoLiTang 宝礼堂 宝礼堂
Pan Zongzhou 潘宗周
rare editionsJuanAn 卷盦 卷盦
Ye Jingkui 叶景葵
rare books, local gazetteers, and modern historical documentsXunZhai 荀斋 荀斋
Chen Qinghua 陈清华
Song–Yuan rare editions and rubbingsHaoYuan 濠园 濠园
Xu Shizhang 徐世章
painting and calligraphy, ceramics, jade, coins, and sealsJinGuiShi 金匮室 金匮室
Chen Rentao 陈仁涛
coins, bronzes, ceramics, painting and calligraphyMuYuan 沐园 沐园、宝琼阁
Luo Bozhao 罗伯昭
coinsZuZhai 足斋 足斋
Dai Baoting 戴葆庭
coinsJiuYuLouDeng 旧雨楼等 旧雨楼等
Fang Ruo 方若
coins and rubbingsYangShenDeTang 杨慎德堂 杨慎德堂
Yang Quan 杨铨
ceramics, bronzes, jade, painting and calligraphy, and rare booksZhiZhai 觯斋 觯斋
Guo Baochang 郭葆昌
historical ceramicsQiZhai 契斋 契斋
Shang Chengzuo 商承祚
bronzes, oracle bones, and Warring States–Han antiquitiesShuangXingJingShe 双行精舍 双行精舍
Wang Xiantang 王献唐
rare books, epigraphy, coins, and rubbingsZhiGeJu 止戈居 止戈居(资料称谓待进一步系统整理)
Peng Gusheng 彭谷声
celebrity letters and manuscripts, rare books, rubbings, painting and calligraphy, and scholar’s objectsShiHuCaoTang 石湖草堂 石湖草堂
Sun Boyuan 孙伯渊
rubbings, classical painting and calligraphy, and rare booksHongYiZhai 弘一斋 弘一斋
Sun Yufeng 孙煜峰
Ming–modern painting and calligraphy