About the author

Xu Jun: publicly available information is limited, and details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background have not been clearly recorded. Judging from the thirteen works held in the collection, Xu Jun's writing centers mainly on anecdotal and historical themes. Representative works include the first through eighth volumes of the "Zhanggu" series, as well as "Cuiwei Quegu Ji (Zhonghua Book Company and Modern Academic Culture)". His works are often classified under classics, historical reading, and literary appreciation. They deal largely with modern academic culture, figures and their anecdotes, and book-world lore, with a tone that emphasizes documentary organization and narrative and carries a strong flavor of literary and historical essays. The continued publication of the "Zhanggu" volumes indicates a sustained commitment to writing and compiling in this field, offering readers accessible texts for understanding the threads of modern academic culture.

Written (14)

Green Prefabricated Revetment Structure Technology and Practice in Water Network Regions cover
Rating 3.6
Green Prefabricated Revetment Structure Technology and Practice in Water Network Regions 顾宽海 / 徐俊 / 仇华 / 吴锋 Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers · 2026 This book provides a systematic account of the key technologies and engineering practice of green prefabricated revetment structures in water-network …
Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Explosion Protection Technology cover
Rating 3.6
Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Explosion Protection Technology 段玉龙 / 范小花 / 徐俊 Chongqing University Press · 2024 This book focuses on the fundamental theories of combustion and explosion, as well as fire and explosion prevention and protection technical measures …
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Rating 3.1
The Web 3.0 Era: Innovative Thinking Empowering the Digital Future 徐俊 Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2023 Every iteration of the internet has significantly impacted how people work and live, and has spawned new growth drivers. As the next-generation intern…
Cuiwei Retrospections (Zhonghua Book Company and Modern Academic Culture) cover
Rating 4.0
Cuiwei Retrospections (Zhonghua Book Company and Modern Academic Culture) 徐俊 Zhonghua Book Company · 2022 Drawing on original archives and correspondence from Zhonghua Book Company, this book uncovers long-buried stories behind the publication of many clas…
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Rating 3.8
If C Were My Invention: A Master's Programming Course for Children Wang Yang / 徐俊 / Wang Rui Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2022 A primary school student who has never touched computer programming asks questions, and the author tries to answer from the perspective of the invento…
Anecdotes (First Collection) Hardcover cover
Rating 4.3
Anecdotes (First Collection) Hardcover 徐俊 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 We invited nearly twenty acclaimed contemporary writers, including Zhao Heng, Chen Tushou, Hu Wenhui, Yan Feng, and Tan Boniu, to train their focus on…
Cuìwēi Quègù Jí: Zhonghua Book Company and Modern Academic Culture cover
Rating 4.2
Cuìwēi Quègù Jí: Zhonghua Book Company and Modern Academic Culture 徐俊 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This book is a collection of essays by Xu Jun, former executive director and editor-in-chief of Zhonghua Book Company, with the subtitle "Zhonghua Boo…
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Rating 4.2
Historical Anecdotes (Volume 8) 徐俊 / 严晓星 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This volume opens with "Teacher Chonghe's Home" by Bai Qianshen, one of Zhang Chonghe's most accomplished students—every small detail revealing deep a…
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Rating 4.1
Anecdotes (Third Collection) 徐俊 / 严晓星 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This volume's veteran authors—Xue Ke, Hu Wenhui, Bai Qianshen, Ai Junchuan, Liu Cong, and others—again deliver outstanding work. Mr. Xue Ke's "The Pas…
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Rating 4.0
Anecdotes (Second Collection, Hardcover) 徐俊 / 严晓星 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 When the first volume of Reminiscences was published in 2016, it went through three printings within six months and was widely praised by readers. In …
Anecdotes (Volume 7) cover
Rating 3.9
Anecdotes (Volume 7) 徐俊 / 严晓星 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 Eleven years ago, Huang Yun and Hu Wenhui, two contributors to this journal, crossed pens in Wanxiang over their disagreement about the real-life prot…
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Rating 3.9
Anecdotes (Volume 6) 徐俊 / 严晓星 Zhonghua Book Company · 2020 The readers and authors of Gushi are mostly book lovers. This volume opens with Mr. Mao Ziliang's "1973–1979: Woodblock Books of the Shanghai Painting…
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Rating 4.2
Anecdotes and Lore (Volume 4) 徐俊 / 严晓星 Zhonghua Book Company · 2019 The first volume of Reminiscences (掌故) was published in 2016, the second in 2017, and the third in January 2018. Now, in answer to readers' eager anti…
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Rating 4.0
Anecdotes, Volume Five (Hardcover) 徐俊 Zhonghua Book Company · 2019 In 2016 the first volume of The掌故 appeared; now the fifth volume is published. Five volumes in four years may be said not to have disappointed the ear…

Publishers

Shanghai Scientific & Technical PublishersZhonghua Book CompanyPublishing House of Electronics IndustryChongqing University Press