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Shanghai Classics Publishing House

Also known as: 上海古籍出版社等, 上海古籍

Founded
1956
Country / Region
China
Notable books
A Brief Discussion of the Origins of Sui and Tang InstitutionsCollected Ci Poems of Xin QijiThe Peony Pavilion

685 books 623 authors

About the publisher

Shanghai Classics Publishing House is a professional publisher centered on the collation of ancient texts and academic research works. Its publishing areas cover historical readings, classical poetry, folk literature, literary appreciation, canonical works, and Eastern philosophy. Its books include Chen Yinke's A Brief Discussion of the Origins of the Sui and Tang Institutions, Xin Qiji's Chronological Annotated Edition of Jiaxuan's Ci (Simplified Edition), Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion, Liu Xie's The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, as well as New Annotations to Three Hundred Tang Poems (Collector's Edition), Annotated Edition of Han Changli's Collected Works (Simplified Edition, 3 volumes), and Youyang Zazu. Its authors include Chen Yinke, Xin Qiji, Tang Xianzu, Liu Xie, Deng Guangming, Hengtang Tuishi, Han Yu, and Ma Qichang. In terms of publishing characteristics, the house emphasizes collation, annotation, and compilation of ancient texts alongside academic research works, and continues to issue simplified and collector's editions that balance scholarship and accessibility. Public information about the publisher's fuller publishing profile is limited.

Published (685)

Junlang Oubi (Occasional Jottings) · Junlang Erbi (Second Series) · Zaiyuan Zazhi (Miscellany from the Garden) cover
Rating 3.8
Junlang Oubi (Occasional Jottings) · Junlang Erbi (Second Series) · Zaiyuan Zazhi (Miscellany from the Garden) 宋荦 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Junlang Oubi, by Song Luo and Liu Tingji of the Qing dynasty and collated by Jiang Wenxian and Wu Fayuan, consists of miscellaneous notes on what Song…
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Rating 3.8
Gengsi Bian · Jin Yan Leibian 陆粲 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Gengsi Bian, by Lu Can of the Ming (collated by Ma Yong), records strange tales and anecdotes of the early Ming: social news, auspicious omens and dis…
Qingxiang Zaji (Miscellany from the Green Case) · Chunzhu Jiwen (Notes from Spring Islet) cover
Rating 3.8
Qingxiang Zaji (Miscellany from the Green Case) · Chunzhu Jiwen (Notes from Spring Islet) 何薳 / 吴处厚 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This volume contains two works. Qingxiang Zaji, by Wu Chuhou of the Song dynasty and collated by Shang Cheng, was completed in 1087; its preface says …
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Rating 3.7
Dong Xuan Bi Lu · Lan Zhen Zi Lu 魏泰 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Dong Xuan Bi Lu, by Wei Tai of the Song (collated by Tian Songqing), records anecdotes of court and countryside across the six reigns from Taizu to Sh…
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Rating 3.7
Records from Court and Countryside · Friendly Discussions at Cloudy Stream 张鷟 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Written by Zhang Zhuo and Fan Shu of the Tang dynasty and collated by Heng He and Yangxian Sheng, this volume joins two works. Chaoye Qianzai records …
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Rating 3.6
Zhong Wu Ji Wen · Qu Wei Jiu Wen 龚明之 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Zhong Wu Ji Wen, by Gong Mingzhi of the Song (collated by Sun Juyuan), is a note collection of exceptionally broad scope: anecdotes and stories of off…
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Rating 3.6
A Detailed Exposition of The Art of War 邱复兴 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Sun Tzu was a renowned military theorist and practitioner in ancient China. His treatise The Art of War, also known as Sun Wu's Art of War or Master W…
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Rating 3.2
The Great Battle Against the Demon King's Forces (Volume One) 王永福 / 王国明 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This manuscript centers on the period after Gesar's accession to the throne, when Agu Jiadang incites discord between the Alang tribe and the Northern…
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Six Secret Teachings and Three Strategies: Annotated Translation 姜尚 / Huang Shigong / 唐书文 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 The Six Secret Teachings (Liu Tao) and the Three Strategies (San Lüe) are two famous ancient Chinese military treatises. During the Yuanfeng era of th…
The Collected Poems of Li He cover
The Collected Poems of Li He Li He / Wang Qi Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 The Tang poet Li He (790–816), courtesy name Changji, was a native of Changgu in Fuchang, Henan. He died at twenty-seven and was later called the "Poe…
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Rating 4.7
A General History of China (Simplified Chinese Edition) Lü Simian Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 This book is one of Lü Simian's "two general histories." The book is divided into two parts: the first half narrates the development of social economy…
The Book of Songs: Translated and Annotated, Color Illustrated Collector's Edition (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.7
The Book of Songs: Translated and Annotated, Color Illustrated Collector's Edition (2 Volumes) 程俊英 / 细井徇 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 "Shijing Yizhu" is a fully annotated and fully translated edition compiled by Professor Cheng Junying of the Institute of Ancient Books at East China …
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Rating 4.7
Records of the Three Kingdoms with Translation and Annotation Chen Shou / 裴松之 / Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 This book presents Three Kingdoms expert Fang Beichen's complete annotation and translation of the sixty-five-volume Records of the Three Kingdoms, wi…
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Rating 4.6
Sunzi: Translation and Annotation 郭化若 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 The Art of War is a famous ancient Chinese treatise on military science. This book gives equal weight to translation and annotation, and studies Sunzi…
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Rating 4.5
Reflections on Things at Hand Zhu Xi / 吕祖谦 / 叶采 / 茅星来 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 Compiled by Zhu Xi and Lü Zuqian of the Southern Song dynasty, Reflections on Things at Hand is an introductory work on Neo-Confucianism that selects …
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Rating 4.5
The Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Complete in 2 Volumes Zuo Qiuming Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 The Chunqiu Zuoshi Zhuan (Zuo Tradition) mostly uses historical records to explain the Spring and Autumn Annals. It begins in the first year of Duke Y…
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Rating 4.5
Six Records of a Floating Life with Translation and Annotation Shen Fu / 金文男 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 Shen Fu, courtesy name Sanbai, pseudonym Meiyi, was born in 1763 in Changzhou into a family of scholars. As a young man, at his father's bidding, he s…
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Rating 4.5
The Peony Pavilion Tang Xianzu / 陈同 / 谈则 / 钱宜 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 This book is one of Tang Xianzu's "Four Dreams of Linchuan" and a classic of Ming chuanqi drama. The commentators were Chen Tong, the fiancée of the Q…
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Rating 4.5
The Palace of Eternal Life Hong Sheng / 吴人 / 李保民 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 The Qing dynasty chuanqi play The Palace of Eternal Life is set against the rise and fall of the Tang dynasty and tells the deeply moving love story o…
Renwuzhi: Translation and Annotation cover
Rating 4.3
Renwuzhi: Translation and Annotation 刘邵 / 伏俊琏 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022 Renwu Zhi is the earliest work in China to systematically study human ability, personality, and political performance. Its author, Liu Shao, lived dur…

Frequent authors

Lü Simian (35)汪受宽 (18)赵昌平 (18)李国章 (17)Xiong Shili (13)Liang Qichao (11)Chen Yinke (11)Zhou Mi (8)Fang Beichen (8)Xin Qiji (8)Li Yu (7)丁如明 (6)