Quelling Disorder
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Professional readers engaged in the collation of ancient texts and textual scholarship
- Scholars concerned with the chapter structure and loss of pre-Qin classics
- Thesis writers who need to cite the preserved-title information of "Qu Luan"
- Collectors interested in the collation conventions of Bashu Publishing House
Not a good fit for
- General readers hoping for a complete, readable story, since the chapter is lost and only the title remains
- Beginners who need the text for in-depth research but lack actual analyzable content
- Casual readers who prefer modern vernacular works and are unfamiliar with ancient-text conventions
Reading tips
- First read the editor's note and title annotations to understand how "lost" is marked in this book.
- Compare chapter order with other editions in the same batch and note similarities and differences in the preserved-title conventions.
- Use the book as a reference work, consulting it as needed rather than reading it through.
- Mark citable edition information as you read for future verification.
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
- 版权信息
- 胠乱第十四（亡佚）
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About the author
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.
