Public Ritual
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Literature and history enthusiasts interested in Han dynasty ritual institutions and scholarly interactions
- Classical literature readers who need to trace the source of the "official etiquette" allusion
- University students studying ancient Chinese official culture and ethical relations
- General readers who wish to understand the Eastern Han factional proscription through a short text
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting a systematic general history or complete institutional history
- Beginners lacking patience for classical Chinese original texts and ancient regulations
- Casual readers seeking only light, story-driven reading
Reading tips
- First read the relevant passage in the "Biography of Fan Pang" in the Book of the Later Han, then return to the book's annotations and interpretation of "official etiquette."
- Prepare pen and paper to mark rare words and official titles, sorting out character relationships and the sequence of events while reading.
- After reading, try analogizing with modern workplace etiquette and write down your understanding of propriety and dignity.
- Can be read in comparison with historical sources on the Eastern Han factional proscription, avoiding treating a single anecdote as the whole picture.
About the publisher
Bashu Publishing House is a publisher centered on collating and publishing classical Chinese cultural texts, with its main publishing areas covering classical literature, Eastern philosophy, ancient poetry, and educational classics. Its library currently holds 1,075 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber, the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering, Renjian Cihua, and Out to the Frontier, involving authors such as Cao Xueqin, Wang Xizhi, Wang Guowei, Wang Changling, Liu Xie, and Yan Yu. These reflect the publisher's focus on literary classics, poetry criticism, and philosophical readings. Its publishing character lies in working around ancient texts and canonical works, with attention to textual collation and presentation. Public information on its more detailed publishing background and series plans is limited; this introduction is based only on the library's book information.
Contents
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- 公仪第九
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Anonymous is not a real personal name but a general Chinese designation for authors whose names are unknown, lost, or unsigned. Neither nationality nor dates of birth and death can be verified, and available public information is limited, so the works attributed to this name are the only basis for description. The collection holds 2,078 works under Anonymous, spanning medicine, classics, historical readings, ancient poetry, classical literature, and philosophy. Representative works include The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: Lingshu, Mencius, The Book of Documents, Nineteen Old Poems, Complete Song Ci, and The Peacock Flies Southeast. Most of these works took shape through long transmission and editing, emerging either from collective folk creation or from authors whose names were lost over time. In ancient China, the Book of Songs, the Great Learning, and many popular storybooks and plays were signed Anonymous because their authors could not be traced. Anonymous works cross the classics, histories, philosophical writings, medical texts, and poetry; their subjects are broad, and their styles vary from archaic simplicity to clear naturalness, making them important and influential sources for understanding ancient Chinese thought, medicine, and literature.
