The Qing government approved the construction of Shi Jing Library. Until the abdication of the Qing Emperor, Shi Jing Library never officially received readers. After the Revolution of 1911, the Shi Jing Library was taken over by the Ministry of Education of the Beijing Government of the Republic of China and renamed the National Shi Jing Library. It opened for readers on August 27th, 2002. 19 17 The National Beiping Library was moved to Fang Jia Hutong (the former site of imperial academy, Xue Nan). In July 1928, it was renamed the National Beiping Library and moved to Jurentang, Zhongnanhai. 193 1 Jinwen Street Building on the west bank of Beihai Park (now the Ancient Books Museum of the National Library) was completed, covering an area of 76 mu. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the National Beiping Library was renamed as the National Beijing Library on March 6th 195 1 and Beijing Library on June 2nd 1, becoming the only national library in People's Republic of China (PRC). With the development of national construction and the increasing cultural demand of the public, Jinwen Street has been expanded several times, but it is still insufficient. 1In March 1975, Premier Zhou Enlai proposed and approved the construction of the new Beijing Library, which was located in Baishiqiao, the western suburb of Beijing, and was completed in 1987; 1998 65438+February 12 with the approval of the State Council, the Beijing Library was renamed the National Library, which was called the National Library of China. In 2000, the second phase of the new National Library began to use, providing readers with more perfect services. On the occasion of the 0/00th anniversary of the National Library, people can't help thinking of Mr. Miao, the founder of the National Library. Miao (1844- 19 19), Zi Yan, No.1 Hill, was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. He is a modern bibliophile, collator, educator, bibliographer, historian, local chronicler and engraver in China, and the founder of modern library in China and modern education in China. He was a scholar in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, and he inherited his family studies since childhood. Completed the Five Classics of Nianxiu in 1 1, and studied philology, exegetics and phonology. 24-year-old, admitted to Sichuan Province. 1876, at the age of 33, he will try Jinshi and was awarded editing by the Hanlin Academy. Since then, he has been engaged in editing and finishing for more than ten years. 1888 was the dean of Nanjing College, 189 1 year was the dean of Luoyuan College, 1894 was the dean of Nanjing Zhongshan College and Changzhou Longcheng College. 190 1 Editor-in-Chief of Chu Jiang Compilation Bureau,1Chief Inspector of the school in May, 902, responsible for the preparation of Sanjiang Normal School, the highest institution in the south of the Yangtze River, and went to Japan to study with seven presidents, including Xu Naichang and Liu Yizhi. The school then imitated the University of Tokyo, established the school in the former site of imperial academy, Nanjing, and later renamed Liangjiang Normal School to rebuild Nanjing Normal College, which was the beginning of the modern school history of Nanjing University. 1907 was hired to build Jiangnan Library (now Nanjing Library) as the general manager. 1909 was hired to establish Beijing Shi Jing Library and served as the director. 19 14 was the editor-in-chief of Qing history, and1912.22 died in Shanghai. As the first curator of the library, Miao established a system. Adhering to the spirit of "spreading the essence of sages and enlightening the future" and adhering to the concept of "collecting books for literature", he made Shi Jing Library shine a unique light in preserving cultural classics. He has repeatedly avoided the bad luck of the outflow of precious classics, made great contributions to the inheritance and promotion of China's national culture, and also showed his emphasis on international cultural exchanges. He organized the collection of Dunhuang classics to attend the exhibition of the Industrial Technology Museum held in Vienna for the eightieth birthday of the Austrian emperor, and actively promoted China classics. Starting from Miao, the ancient "library building" in China gradually changed into a "modern library", and Miao was known as the "father of modern library in China". Miao attached great importance to the collation of ancient books and found the ancient books of Yuan and Ming Dynasties in the Cabinet Library. Among them, the Song edition is still precious, and the collection in the secret pavilion of Lin 'an in the Song Dynasty has a scale that has not been seen by self-invited bibliophiles. The collection of true spectrum, genealogy, brand, preface and postscript of the Song and Yuan Dynasties was written, and a test was added. He loved epigraphy and compiled more than 1 1800 books, which was unprecedented for this epigraphist. He edited Tibetan Secretary, Sequel and Sequel. List the ancient books edited by our school in the preface and postscript, elaborate the reasons and analyze the similarities and differences. Their works include 8 volumes of Tang Yifeng's Collected Works and Continuation, 3 volumes of Ren Xin Draft, 5 volumes of Yi Ding Draft, Tomb of the Stone 18, 4 volumes of Reading Secretary and 8 volumes of Tibetan Secretary. The engraving series includes 5 episodes of Yunzizai Shrine series, 19 kinds, 5 volumes of Duiyulou series, 38 kinds of lotus fragments, and Cigarette Cards Dongtang essays 12 kinds.