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Mei Zhuo's 梅鷟 Shangshu kaoyi 尚書考異 and Shangshu pu 尚書譜 are significant milestones in the authentication of the Shangshu （尚書 Documents of the Elder); there is, however, no consensus on the authorship, relation between, or chronological order of the two books. Influenced by the Siku quanshu zongmu's 四庫全書總目 critique of the two books, since the 19^(th) century, Shangshu kaoyi has been generally regarded in academic circles as Mei's masterpiece. Nevertheless, in Shangshu guwen shuzheng 尚書古文疏證, the authoritative work on identifying forged ancient books, Yan Ruoqu's 閻若璩 comments on Mei Zhuo are based purely on Shangshu pu, without reference to Shangshu kaoyi. This deficiency has aroused suspicion among some scholars that Yan Ruoqu wished to deliberately obscure Mei Zhuo's influence on him. This paper aims to show that Shangshu kaoyi represents the initial fruits of Mei Zhuo's research on authenticating the Shangshu; instead, it is Shangshu pu that is the mature work that really embodies Mei's complete theory. Accordingly, the critique in the Siku quanshu zongll1u which praises Shangshu kaoyi while disparaging Shangshu pu is contrary to Mei Zhuo's original intentions; in contrast, Yan Ruoqu's summary, supported by Chen Di 陳第 and Huang Zongxi's 黃宗羲 preference for Shangshu pu during the Ming-Qing transition. is closer to the development of Mei's scholarship, and thus Yan cannot be said to have deliberately tried to conceal Mei's influence.