Abstract: There are many special titles of individual collections in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which indicate no information of authors or/and the feature of the book as a collection. This makes it difficult to figure out whether they are collected works or not simply by looking at the titles. However, as elaborative products of the authors, these special titles reveal information full of the significance of literary history, including the authors' personal experiences, emotions and ambitions, literary ideas and historical background.

Key words: individual collection, title, literary history