Corrections of and Supplements to A Collection of Lyrics of Ming Dynasty

This paper has made supplements to A Collection of Lyrics of Ming Dynasty from two aspects. The first one is the authors' textual research. He has studied and corrected mistakes in the wrong authors who in fact were in Qing Dynasty, and the birth places, birth and death years, ranks in imperial examinations, official experience and political inclinations of authors concerned. The second one is the supplement to the collection. The author of this paper has found 18 lyrics from anthologies of individual authors, general collections of lyrics, local chronicles and notes. Besides, he also has studied the life stories of these authors involved.