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The block-printed edition of Mochi Bian, published by Jiuxiantang in the 53rd year of the Kangxi period during the Qing dynasty (1714), is known as the origin of all the other editions or copies that have been produced since the Qing dynasty. The Jiuxiantang edition had been republished with minor changes, such as removing or altering taboo characters and adding or removing prefaces or postscripts, from Kangxi to Qianlong. During the reign of Yongzheng, the Juixiantang edition was republished by Baoyanshanfang with negligible changes in the colophon and taboo characters. During the Qianlong period, all editions of Mochi Bian had been proofread and improved so that a correct version could be presented to Qianlong Emperor for his review. From then on, no more new editions were produced. However, the original copy of Mochi Bian from an earlier time, which all the Qing editions had referred to, was unexpectedly damaged by mice. Furthermore, the existing Qing editions suffered problems such as mistakes caused by collaborative proofreading and deficient referential versions. Consequently, the reliability of the Qing editions for literary and historical studies is compromised and remains undetermined.