顧炎武《音學五書》四庫館臣評云：「發明古義，則自陳第之後，炎武屹為正宗」。《四庫全書總目》有「書成於崇禎癸未」之說，王國維、錢穆、汪宗衍等人亦皆以初刻於崇禎十六年為我，本文先由《音學五書》的成書時間及是書的先後進行考辨，得知顧氏著手《音學五書》不得早於順治二年，「五書」之刊竣已在康熙十九年三月之後。接著探析諸家書目所載及臺灣公藏單位現存《音學五書》板本，著錄所見各本的板式行款，並辨正「明崇禎十六年刊本」與「清康熙六年刊本」實沿襲諸家《顧炎武年譜》所戴之誤；並論定國家圖書館、傅斯年圖書館與東海大學圖書館等三館所藏，皆為康熙年間刊本，其板框損毀的差異，則為刷印次數的不同，非明崇禎十六年或清康熙六年刻本。 Those editors of Ku Yen-wu’s ‘Live Books Phonology’ commented that Ku Yen-wu was the leader who expounded his unprecedented point of view on those statements made by the people of former times. The summary of 《四庫全書》points out that ‘Live Books Phonology’ was completed in 崇禎癸末(十六年，1643). Wang Kou-wei, chen Mu, and Wang Tzung-yen considered that the first print of ‘Live Books Phonology’ was done in 崇禎十六年(1643). This article proceeds to verify the completion time of ‘Live Books Phonology’ as well as the printing order. Accordingly, it was known that the time Ku began to work with ‘Live Books Phonology’ was published after March, 康熙十九年(1680). The author, then, researches those records available in various catalogues as well as those ditions kept at Taiwan government organizations; puts each edition and form on record; identifies the error which the editon of 明崇禎十六(1643) and the edition of 清康熙六年(1667) was actually not succeeded <The Biography of Ku Yen-wu>; defines the edition collected by National Library, Fu Ssu-nien Library and Tunghai University Library is 康熙edition. The discrepancy of margins among them is caused by the numbers of, print, not by the difference between the edition of 明崇禎十六年(1643) and 清康熙六年(1667).
