明代文人勤學苦讀，嗜書如癡，窮年累月，堅持不輟，蔚然成風，「讀書」成了他們生活的一部分。藉著積極從事訪書、購書、借書、抄書等方法，努力搜求，取得書籍。經由訪探尋求積累藏書，並將古籍加以精校，更不惜巨資予以刊刻印行，雖僅是斷簡殘篇可讀，也不厭其煩且樂於沉溺其中，正因為文人投入古籍的珍藏、校勘、刊刻，進而出版，為明代保留了豐富的文化資產，對於古籍整理與文化保存，確實具有相當的貢獻與意義。明人喜愛讀書而傾力於藏書之人甚多，不但能賞心悅目亦可增智，刻書可增加藏書的蒐藏量，校書可使藏書更具價值與可讀性，藏書、校書、刻書三者與讀書是密不可分的，所以身為明代文人皆不憚其煩地從事此類工作，進而享受其讀書生活的樂趣。本文分為前言、藏書與讀書生活、校書與讀書生活、刻書與讀書生活、結語等五部分，來窺探明代文人讀書生活一隅。

In Ming Dynasty, scholars were obsessed with books. The addiction to reading was seen as a fashion life style. To expand their book collection, scholars were eager to get books by visiting,purchasing, borrowing, transcribing, etc. They can spend huge amount of money and lots of time to renovate antique books even the stray fragments for republishing. These efforts enriched Ming’scultural assets. There are many scholars devoted to collecting books, but correcting and printing are
also important skills to treasure up the books. This article is an overview on the portion of reading life in Ming Dynasty within five parts, including Preface, Collecting and Reading, Correcting and Reading, Printing and Reading, and Conclusion.