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Abstract:: Zou Shijin’s zaju sanji 杂剧三集（ literally The Third Collection of Zaju） in the beginning of theQing Dynasty is the most important collection of zaju 杂剧（ literally variety play） after the first and secondcollections of Shen Tai’s shengming zaju 盛明杂剧（ literally Zaju in the Glorious Age of Ming Dynasty）.The first edition of Zou’s collection was published in the 18th year of Shun Zhi（ 1661） and revised in theearly summer of the 1st year of Kang Xi（ 1662） . These two editions were then revised and printed by DongKang’s songfenshi诵芬室（ literally room for chanting great poems） in the 30th year of the Republic of China（1941） . The Third Collection of Zaju went through such three major editorial changes and there are obviousdifferences among the three versions which show different pursuits of the editors. All kinds of the versionsavailable today can be classified into these three editorial systems，among which Dong Kang’s version is thebest. Luo Zhenyu’s xu huike shumu 续汇刻书目（literally The Following Catalogue of Collected Prints） isthe fourth editorial system independent of those three mentioned above. It is helpful to clarify the changes indifferent editions of The Third Collection of Zaju，for this can enable us not only to form a clearer picture ofdifferent editions but to adopt a scientific approach to the related issues as well.