Ministry of Autumn: Minister of Crime

1. Read the relevant chapters of the Shangshu first, then use this book to understand the office's functions.
2. Keep pen and paper to map changes in the duties of "Qiu Guan—Si Kou" and form a timeline.
3. Cross-read with other materials on pre-Qin officialdom to avoid the limits of a single source.
4. After finishing, restate the office's core functions in a paragraph to test your understanding.

"Republic-era Commercial Press Original Editions" refers to original books printed by The Commercial Press during the Republican period, not a separate publishing house. Judging from the 300 titles held in the collection, its publishing focus centers on classical poetry and lyrics, literary appreciation, classic works, military texts, prose and miscellaneous writings, and Eastern philosophy. Representative titles include Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua, Zhong Rong's Shipin, the lyric collections of Xin Qiji and Liu Yong, Sun Wu's The Art of War, and Lü Buwei's Xianshi Lan. Its author resources are mainly classical writers, together with modern scholars such as Li Jingbang and Guo Huaruo, whose collations and annotations are also represented, giving the list a character centered on original texts while attending to annotation and appreciation. Public information on the precise Republican-era catalog and printings is limited; this overview is based only on the titles held in the collection.