Neige cangshu mulu 內閣藏書目錄, short Neige shumu 內閣書目 "Catalogue of books in the Grand Secretariat", is a bibliography compiled during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) under the supervision of Sun Nengchuan 孫能傅, courtesy name Yizhi 一之, and Zhang Xuan 張萱 (c. 1553-1636 or 1557-1641), courtesy name Mengqi 孟奇, style Jiuyue Shanren 九岳山人, Qingzhen Jushi 青真居士, or Xiyuan 西園. The latter also compiled the book catalogue Mige cangshu lu 秘閣藏書錄.
In the early 1430s the imperial library was transferred from Nanjing to Beijing. It was afterwards enlarged by acquisitions before being brought to the Hall of Literary Profundity (Wenyuange 文淵閣). During the Zhengtong reign-period 正統 it was deemed complete and was rearranged according to the sequence of words in the "Thousand-characters classic" Qianziwen 千字文. In 1605, Sun Nengchuan was ordered to revise and check the old catalogue.
The 8-juan long catalogue deviates from the traditional fourfold categorization and arranges texts according to ten categories.
1 | 聖制 | Shengzhi | Imperial edicts |
典制 | Dianzhi | Statutes | |
2 | 經 | Jing | Confucian Classics |
史 | Shi | Historiography | |
子 | Zi | "Masters and philosophers" | |
3 | 集 | Ji | Belles-lettres [of individual persons] |
4 | 總集 | Zongji | Collections and anthologies |
類書 | Leishu | Encyclopaedias | |
金石 | Jinshi | Books on bronze and stone inscriptions | |
圖經 | Tujing | Illustrated books | |
5 | 樂律 | Yuelü | Music and musical tuning |
字學 | Zixue | Lexicography | |
理學 | Lixue | Neo-Confucian writings | |
奏疏 | Zoushu | Memorials to the throne | |
6 | 傳記 | Zhuanji | Biographies |
技藝 | Jishu | Skills and arts | |
7 | 志乘 | Zhicheng | Administrative matters |
8 | 雜 | Za | Miscellaneous writings |
Each text is briefly described according to content and length, but no statements are made concerning the authors and their position in the administrative structure.
The bibliography was republished in 1991 by the Wenwu Press 文物出版社. It is included in the series Shiyuan congshu 適園叢書 and Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書.