Digital Chinese Studies
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Editor's review
In terms of structure, the book is divided into a section on theory and method and a section on cases and practice. The theoretical part systematically sets out the basic ideas of digital humanities and how computational thinking can be applied to national studies research; the practice part uses classics such as The Analects and the Book of Changes as examples to demonstrate specific applications including word-frequency statistics, social network analysis, and spatiotemporal visualization. This arrangement ensures both academic depth and readability.
The book’s distinctive value lies in breaking down the boundary between the humanities and technology. Traditional national studies researchers can gain new research tools from it, while technology workers can understand the thought paradigms of humanities research. The case involving a geographic information system for the Book of Songs is especially compelling, combining poetic texts with historical geographic data to recreate the cultural spatial picture of the Zhou dynasty.
It should be noted that this is not an introductory work. Readers need a certain foundation in national studies or data processing to fully understand the methodological significance. Yet precisely because of this professionalism, it becomes an important reference in the field of digital humanities. Against the current dual background of traditional culture revival and digital transformation, the book offers valuable cross-disciplinary thinking.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Scholars and graduate students engaged in digital humanities research
- National studies enthusiasts who want to study traditional culture with new methods
- University teachers interested in interdisciplinary approaches
- Cultural workers concerned with the modernization and transformation of traditional culture
Not a good fit for
- Readers who only want basic knowledge of national studies
- Traditional humanities researchers who reject technical methods entirely
Reading tips
- Read the glossary of technical terms in the appendix first to understand basic concepts
- Use the book’s cases to try analyzing a short text with simple tools
- Pay attention to the further reading at the end of each chapter to expand your knowledge
About the publisher
Posts & Telecom Press is known for its strengths in science and technology, computing, and information and communications titles, and has extended its publishing into photography, art, software learning, and inspirational growth, giving it a fairly diverse range. Its catalog includes computing and communications works such as Refactoring and Patterns (Revised Edition) and Huawei Switch Learning Guide (Second Edition), alongside bilingual collector's editions such as The Little Prince (Chinese-English-French illustrated collector's edition), The Great Gatsby, and Three Days to See. Beijing Ten Years: 1980-1990 and Ghost Blade: WLOP Personal Illustration Collection reflect its presence in photography and art. Its authors include Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Helen Keller, Joshua Kerievsky, Wang Da, Zhang Zhaozeng, and WLOP.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 二字及以下篇
- 三字篇
- 四字篇
- 五字篇
- 六字篇
- 七字篇
- 八字篇
- 九字篇
- 十字篇
- 十一字及以上篇
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About the author
Yin Xiaolin, born in April 1964 in Mianyang, Sichuan, graduated from Chongqing University and is an expert in the digitization of ancient Chinese texts. He served as director and researcher of the Institute of Electronic Documents at Capital Normal University, founded the Guoxue website, and led the development of large full-text databases of ancient works such as the Guoxue Baodian, making notable contributions to the collation and digital dissemination of classical texts. He also compiled reference works and readers including the Dictionary of Chinese Numeral Words and Guoxue Beilan. The library holds 33 of his works, with representative titles such as the Shiji, Sanguozhi, Hanshu, Hou Hanshu, and Suishu in the Guoxue Baodian series, the Complete Tang Prose, and the New Book of Tang and History of Ming in the Twenty-Six Histories. Most fall under Eastern philosophy and classic works, reflecting his editorial focus on organizing and popularizing traditional texts through digital technology.
