Longwei mishu 龍威秘書

Longwei mishu 龍威秘書 "Secret books of the Dragon Force" is a series collectanea (congshu 叢書) compiled by the Qing-period 清 (1644-1911) scholar Ma Junliang 馬俊良. It includes 177 books in ten collections (ji 集) with a total length of 323 juan.

Ma Junliang, courtesy name Qianshan 嵰山, hailed from Shimen 石門 (modern Tongxiang 桐鄉, Zhejiang), but there is practically nothing known about his life. The title of the series is inspired by the story of an immortal called Longwei Zhangren 龍威丈人 that is recorded in the Daoist encyclopaedia Yunji qiqian 雲笈七籤. The Longwei mishu includes books from the Han period 漢 (206 BCE-220 CE), extracted from the series Han-Wei congshu 漢魏叢書, down to the Qing period. Most of the ten collections have a title that clarifies which type of books is assembled, namely

1. 漢魏叢書采珍 Rara from the series Han-Wei congshu

2. 四庫論錄 Treatises from the "Four Storehouses"

3. 歷代詩話 Critics on poetry through the ages

4. 晉唐小說暢觀 Free overview of novellas from the Jin and Tang periods

5. 古今叢說拾遺 Selection of old and modern essays

6. 名臣四六奏章 Memorials of ministers written in rhythmical prose

7. 吳氏說鈴攬勝 Master Wu's panoramic view of treatises

8. 西河經義存醇 Preserved essences to the Classics' meanings by Master Xihe

9. 荒外奇書 Marvelous books about foreign countries

10. 說文繫傳 Compact commentary on the Shuowen jiezi

Ma Junliang has written an introduction (bianyu 弁語) to each of the ten collections. His series is unfortunately very selective, and the texts included have been altered or abbreviated. The Longwei mishu is therefore not of a very high quality. The commonly used version if the original print from 1794.