Tattooing
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A good fit for
- Readers interested in ancient penal systems and legal history
- Readers concerned with social history topics such as body culture and status markers
- Researchers gathering material who need basic knowledge of qing punishment for teaching or writing
- Readers who enjoy niche topical books and are willing to follow leads into further reading
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking a systematic and comprehensive general history of Chinese punishment
- Readers uncomfortable with bodily descriptions such as punishment and tattooing
- Professional researchers hoping for abundant annotations and scholarly textual research
Reading tips
- First sort out the definition, origins, and historical evolution of qing punishment, then read the book's specific content.
- While reading, note the sources of historical materials mentioned in the book and verify separately any places where the author is unidentified.
- Read alongside general works on legal history or social history to understand qing punishment within its institutional context.
- After reading, sort out the similarities and differences between qing punishment and tattooing customs to form your own topical notes.
About the publisher
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.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 正文一
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- 正文三
- 正文四
- 正文五
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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.
