Enriching the State

1. First read the original through, mark key terms such as "frugality and enriching the people," "strengthening the fundamental and restraining the secondary," and "clarifying roles so as to organize the group," then outline the argument paragraph by paragraph.
2. Read cross-referentially with relevant passages in "Royal Regulations" and "Discourse on Ritual" to understand the ritual and status framework behind the economic proposals.
3. After reading, write a summary in your own words of "how Xunzi resolves the relationship between state and people's wealth" to test your understanding.
4. If in a reading group, design a discussion question around "does enriching the state equal raising taxes?" and find evidence in the text.

Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) was a private publishing and distribution house in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republican periods, issuing traditional works by lithographic printing. Judging from the 1,194 titles in the collection, its publishing focused on classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, historical reading, traditional Chinese medical texts, and canonical works, along with books on literary appreciation. Representative titles include the poetry and prose collections of Du Fu and Ouyang Xiu; historical works such as the Book of Han and Zizhi Tongjian; classical texts such as the Book of Documents and Mencius; and specialized and literary classics such as Treatise on Cold Damage and Li Sao. Its author resources cover major figures across the ages, including Du Fu, Ban Gu, Sima Guang, Zhang Zhongjing, Qu Yuan, Ouyang Xiu, and Tang Shenwei, reflecting the house's characteristic reliance on traditional scholarship and medical literature while serving general readers. Public information on its early history and operational details is limited, so no conjecture is offered here.