典籍與文明共荣，华夏文明之所以能绵延不绝、传承有序，正是代代藏书家薪火相传，经由他们钩沉抉微、备辑百家等努力，才使大量传统典籍流传至今。

雕版印刷自唐末五代流传开来，中国的文化、书籍传播迅速加快，在此过程中，浙江一直走在全国的前列。不仅刻书繁盛，且藏书雅阁比比皆是。藏书名楼林立，名家辈出，为保存和传播中国古代藏书文化起着重大的作用。自晋至清，浙江仅私人藏书家就有400余人，有名可稽的藏书楼达200多处。现存有明代宁波天一阁、清代杭州文澜阁、清代温州瑞安玉海楼、民国湖州南浔嘉业堂以及绍兴古越藏书楼、湖州吴兴皕宋楼、余姚五桂楼、嘉兴秀洲曝书亭、海宁衍芬草堂、海盐西涧草堂、宁波海曙伏跗室等，无不久负盛名。在这些藏书楼中，珍藏了数以万计堪称稀世珍宝的古籍善本，不仅是对知识的保存，更是对文化的传承，对后代的教育发挥了巨大作用。

本期特别策划由刘凡力、金少策策划，顾志兴、徐露路、马克强执笔，聚焦天一阁、文澜阁、玉海楼和嘉业堂的前世今生。

Yesterday and Today of Libraries

Books are an essential part of a civilization. The Chinese civilization has thrived uninterrupted for thousands of years thanks partly to book collectors. In ancient China， book bibliophiles searched and collected books， they put together and printed anthologies and they edited and annotated books. It is due to their endeavors that the classics of the ancient times have come down to us today.

Block printing became popular and industrialized in the last years of the Tang Dynasty and the following Five Dynasties， accelerating the dissemination of knowledge， religion， and literature. Zhejiang led the country as a powerhouse of the book industry. As of the Song Dynasty， Hangzhou became a printing center of the country， which in turn turned the metropolis into a center of culture and literature.

The booming printing industry in Hangzhou also saw the mushrooming of private libraries across the province. History mentions over 400 private book collectors and names 200-plus private libraries in Zhejiang in the 17 centuries from the Jin Dynasty（266-420） up to the Qing Dynasty

（1644-1911）. Today， four of them still exist. Tianyige Library in Ningbo  dates back to the Ming Dynasty. Wenlange Library in Hangzhou was an imperial institution of the Qing Dynasty. Yuhailou Library in Ruian is a private library that dates back to the Qing whereas Jiayetang Library is relatively young founded in the years of the Republic of China （1911-1949）. These libraries combine to house tens of thousands of ancient books in their collections in a bid to preserve knowl edge， carry on culture and provide future readers with education opportunities.