錢謙益（號牧齋）於清順治初年編撰《絳雲樓書目》，著錄其歷年庋藏之珍本書籍三千九百餘部。洎絳雲樓慘遭回祿，多年心血付之一炬，所剩無幾。因此，《絳雲樓書目》乃成為後人瞭解錢氏藏書的重要線索。康熙中，江蘇吳縣陳景雲替《絳雲樓書目》作注；其後，再經同邑吳翌鳳輾轉過錄。道光三十年（1850），伍崇曜據吳氏舊抄本刻入《粵雅堂叢書》第九集，該書遂普及人間。陳氏校注《絳雲樓書目》之主要項目，包括：原書卷數、作者姓名履歷，亦涉及內容要略、辨別正偽與評論得失，大抵可稱詳贍。然景雲先生年輩晚於牧齋，無法親自見到絳雲樓庋藏原本，只能利用相關書志、筆記及傳記資料，進行校注工作，故而其所記冊數、卷數、版本等，與錢氏藏書實況未必吻合。再者，為之調整類目，或加上作者等信息，也偶有失當的地方；至於海內外所藏各種吳翌鳳抄本，大抵係轉錄者，內容也略有出入。此外，近世以來，利用陳氏校注《絳雲樓書目》，亦每見失誤之處。凡此，皆值得吾人正視並加以探討。

In the early years of the Qing dynasty Shunzhi, Qian qianyi compiled Crimson cloud buildings bibliography, which is a collection of rare books. Unfortunately, Crimson cloud building bibliography was mostly destroyed, and this caused people to realize the importance of this collection. In 1850, according to Goh's old manuscripts, Wu Chongyao, carved the Guangdong yatang Ninth episode of the series, which became popular and widely spread.
Chen Jinyun's version of Crimson cloud building bibliography includes: executive summary, a number of original books, the author's positive and negative reviews, and his resume. Chen Jingyun’s young age prevented him from appreciating the original Crimson cloud building bibliography as Qian qianyi did. In addition, Chen Jingyun changed some categories from the original and was only able to reference from an inconsistent collection of records, notes, and biographical data. People reading Chen's version of Crimson cloud building bibliography will not gain an accurate representation of the original version. This study analyzes this problem in
detail.