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Dr. LIU Xiangchun

Research Curator
Library
Shanghai Museum (Shanghai)

Fellowship Project

Dr. Liu will visit the Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong for 6 months (September 2025 – March 2026) to undertake research on the diaries and letters of Ma Jian archived within the museum. Furthermore, he will be responsible for cataloging the collection donated by Jian Youwen.   

Biography

Dr. Liu Xiangchun received his doctorate in literature from Fudan University in 2005 before joining the Shanghai Museum to work on the compilation and research of ancient books. He has been a Research Curator at Shanghai Museum since 2014, and is currently Member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of Cultural Relics; Member of the professional committee under the Ancient Books Preservation and Conservation Center in Shanghai; a council member of the Chinese Indexing Society; an expert member at the cultural relics appraisal committee of the China Maritime Museum; a visiting tutor at Wenbo Academy of East China University of Political Science and Law; and a researcher at the Traditional Chinese Painting Research Center of Beijing Fine Art Academy. 

Recent Development and Achievement

    Dr. Liu has long been engaged in the study of Chinese classical literature, the academic history of China during Qing Dynasty and the Republican era, the cataloging of ancient books, and archiving. In recent years, he has mainly devoted himself to the study of modern scholars’ letters and Jiangnan culture, having participated in several exhibitions, and has been engaged in the study of Xu Senyu, the noted cultural and museum scholar in the older generation China, for nearly 20 years. He is currently compiling the Xu Senyu Chronicle (《徐森玉年譜長編》; Xu Senyu nianpu changbian). 

    Constantly concerning the dispersal of cultural relics in Hong Kong, Dr. Liu is going to publish a collection of related research papers. In addition, he has been committed to the study of Jiangnan culture for many years, compiling Yuhuatang Diaries (《玉華堂日記》; Yuhuatang riji; published by Zhonghua Book Company), and will publish Collection of Essays of Shanghai Former Sages (《滬籍前賢文集經眼錄》; huji qianxian wenji jingyanlu). 

Selected Publication(s)

Books: 

  • 《海上古籍風雲錄(論文集)》,中華書局,2023年。
  • 《古有憙》(論文集),廣西師大出版社,2020年。
  • 《曲終雅聲:熹平石經及拓片研究》(專著),上海大學出版社,2019年。
  • 《古豔遇》(論文集),廣西師範大學出版社,2017年。
  • 《箋邊漫語:近現代學人手劄研究》(論文集),故宮出版社,2016年。
  • 《陳奐交遊研究》(專著),華東師範大學出版社,2010年。

 

Editorial of Ancient Books: 

  • 張元濟傅增湘往來書劄(手稿文獻整理),燕山出版社,2024。
  • 寶禮堂宋本書目(古籍整理),上海古籍出版社,2007年;中華書局,2020年(再版)。
  • 愛日精廬藏書記(古籍整理),上海古籍出版社,2014年;上海古籍出版社,2020年(再版)。
  • 積學齋藏書記(古籍整理),上海古籍出版社,2014年;上海古籍出版社,2020年(再版)。
  • 文祿堂訪書記(古籍整理),上海古籍出版社,2007年;中華書局,2019年(再版)。
  • 藝風堂友朋書劄(手稿文獻整理審閱),上海人民出版社,2018年。
  • 吉城日記(手稿文獻整理審閱),鳳凰出版社,2018年。
  • 《朱一新全集》之《拙庵雜存》、《拙庵律賦存》部分(古籍整理),上海人民出版社,2017年。
  • 過雲樓書畫記岳雪樓書畫錄(古籍整理),上海古籍出版社,2011年。
  • 經學博採錄(古籍整理),華東師範大學出版社,2010年。
  • 師友之貽:冒廣生先生友朋書劄(手稿文獻整理),2009年。