中国古代图书分类法

战国时诸子对文献的认识及分流别派，是文献分类思想的萌芽。古代文献分类正式出现在西汉，以刘歆所撰《七略》为标志，创立六部分类法。魏郑默制《中经》，开创四分法，《隋书·经籍志》正式确定四部分类法及经、史、子、集的部类名称。南宋郑樵首用十二分法并首创三级分类体例。清代《四库全书总目》采用四分法，表明四分法是中国古代图书分类的主要方法。

On Ancient Chinese Book Classification

Various thinkers ＇ knowledge of the historical documents and other schools in Warring States was the origin of thought of book classification. The official classification of ancient books appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, ＂Qi Lv＂ written by Liu Xin as a symbol,the creation of the six classifications. ＂Zhong Jing＂ written by Zheng Mo in the Wei Dynasty created the four classifications. ＂Sui Shu · Jing Ji Zhi＂ formally founded the four classifications and the names of classics, history, tags and volumes. Zheng Qiao in the Southern Song Dynasty first used the twelve classifications and the stylistic rules of three level classifications. In Qing Dynasty ＂Si Ku Quan Shu＂ used the four classifications, which suggests that the four classifications was the main method of the ancient Chinese book classification.