王圻、王思义父子所纂《三才图会》,体量巨大,涉猎广博,内容多样,插图丰富,版刻精美,流传久远,影响巨大,不仅是图谱类书之冠,更是中国版画史、艺术史、科技史名著。此书远播海外,韩、日、美等国多有收藏。此书王思义完成五分之四,是主要编纂者。此书当为一〇七卷,非以往常见“一〇六卷”。此书共有插图表格六一二五幅,数量巨大,形式多样,内容繁复,堪称“图海”。陈梦雷《古今图书集成》采撷多达近七百处,日本寺岛良安《和汉三才图会》则为仿作,可见《三才图会》影响极为甚远。先出版两“图会”点校本,将两“图会”与《图书编》、《古今图书集成》等作品相结合,从文献学、版画史、艺术史、科技史、出版史、民俗学、中日文化交流、江户汉学等角度,进行比较研究,当为未来《图会》研究主要方向。 Wang San and Wang Siyi’s “Sancai Tutu”, a huge volume, extensive coverage, diversified content, rich illustrations, exquisite engraving, has a long history and tremendous influence. It is not only the highest class of Chinese pictorial book, but also the history of Chinese printmaking and art History, history of science and technology. The book is far-sighted overseas, South Korea, Japan, the United States and other countries have more collection. This book Wang Siyi completed four-fifths, is the main editor. This book should be one hundred and seventy volumes, not common in the past “one hundred and sixty ”. This book contains a total of six hundred and sixty-five illustrations, a huge number of forms, complicated content, called “map sea ”. Chen Menglei “ancient and modern book integration” as many as nearly seven hundred pick, Japan’s Temple Island Liang’an “and Han Sancai Figure will be imitation, we can see that” the three will be “far-reaching impact. The first publication of two ”figure will “ point school, the two ”figure will “ and ”book“, ”ancient and modern book integration“ and other works from the literature, history of printmaking, art history, history of science and technology, published History, folklore, Sino-Japanese cultural exchange, Edo-Han studies and other aspects of comparative study, as the future of the ”figure will" the main direction of study.