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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)

Shili Series (Complete 14 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.6
Shili Series (Complete 14 Volumes) Xiong Shili Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The author of this book is Xiong Shili, originally named Xiong Jizhi. Integrating Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, thoroughly versed in the classic…
Annotated Translation of Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.5
Annotated Translation of Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People (2 Volumes) 贾思勰 / 缪启愉 / 缪桂龙 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Qimin Yaoshu (Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People) is the earliest surviving and most complete ancient Chinese agricultural classic. In…
A History of Social Change in China (with an Interpretation of the Great Harmony) cover
Rating 4.5
A History of Social Change in China (with an Interpretation of the Great Harmony) Lü Simian Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Mr. Lü mainly uses modern sociological theory to expound Confucius's idea of the Great Harmony and to analyze the process of Chinese social change and…
Jingui Yaolue: A Translated and Annotated Edition (Revised Edition) cover
Rating 4.5
Jingui Yaolue: A Translated and Annotated Edition (Revised Edition) Zhang Zhongjing / 刘霭韵 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The Essentials of the Golden Cabinet (Jingui Yaolue) is the "miscellaneous diseases" section of the sixteen-volume Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscell…
Selected Works of Bai Juyi cover
Rating 4.5
Selected Works of Bai Juyi 王汝弼 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Bai Juyi, styled Letian, later called Mr. Zuoyin and also known as the Xiangshan Hermit, wrote a large body of satirical poems that touched on the rea…
History of Chinese Historiography cover
Rating 4.5
History of Chinese Historiography 金毓黻 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The Diary of the Quiet Studio (Jingwu Shi Riji) records in detail the process of writing Zhongguo Shixue Shi (A History of Chinese Historiography), wh…
Nine Works on the History of Chinese Cultural Thought (Two Volumes) cover
Rating 4.5
Nine Works on the History of Chinese Cultural Thought (Two Volumes) Lü Simian Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This volume collects nine of Lü Simian's works on the history of Chinese thought and culture: A Guide to Medical Texts, An Outline of the Classics, Ho…
Four Works on Philology cover
Rating 4.5
Four Works on Philology Lü Simian Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 A concentrated presentation of Lü Simian's studies in Chinese philology, comprising four works: Zhangju lun, Zhongguo wenzi bianqian kao, Zili lüeshuo…
Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Bronze Mirrors (Revised Edition) (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.5
Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Bronze Mirrors (Revised Edition) (2 Volumes) 孔祥星 / 刘一曼 / 鹏宇 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 An essential guide and reference for the study of Chinese bronze mirrors, this volume stands out in three respects. First, it draws extensively on arc…
Records of Instruction (Complete Edition with Full Annotation and Translation) cover
Rating 4.5
Records of Instruction (Complete Edition with Full Annotation and Translation) Wang Yangming Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Records of Instruction (Chuanxilu) is a compilation of sayings and letters by the great Ming-dynasty Confucian Wang Yangming, recorded and organized o…
Commentary and Textual Research on Jiaxuan's Ci cover
Rating 4.5
Commentary and Textual Research on Jiaxuan's Ci Xin Qiji / Liang Qichao / 梁启勋 / Li Zhiqiang Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The origins of An Annotated Edition of Jiaxuan's Ci lie in the summer of 1928, when Liang Qixun's elder brother, Liang Qichao, began work on a chronol…
Eight Works on Modern Chinese History cover
Rating 4.5
Eight Works on Modern Chinese History Lü Simian Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Includes A Course on Modern Chinese History, Prehistory of Early Modern China, An Introduction to the History of the Past Hundred Years of China, Supp…
A History of Chinese Society (2 Volumes, Simplified Edition) cover
Rating 4.5
A History of Chinese Society (2 Volumes, Simplified Edition) Lü Simian Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The History of Chinese Society is one of Mr. Lü's important historical works. Taking eighteen topics—such as agriculture, industry, and commerce; prop…
Ci Series (Complete in 18 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.5
Ci Series (Complete in 18 Volumes) 温庭筠 / Li Yu / 柳永 / Ouyang Xiu / Su Shi Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The Ci Series comprises eighteen volumes, each selecting the ci works of one of eighteen masters from the Tang, Song, and Qing dynasties, gathering th…
Biography of Wen Zhengming cover
Rating 4.5
Biography of Wen Zhengming 周道振 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Wen Zhengming was an outstanding painter, calligrapher, Daoist, and man of letters of the Ming dynasty. He excelled in poetry, prose, calligraphy, and…
Selected Works of Wang Wei and Meng Haoran cover
Rating 4.5
Selected Works of Wang Wei and Meng Haoran 王达津 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Wang Wei and Meng Haoran were writers of the earlier High Tang; in their early years they lived in an age of Tang prosperity, and both became known fo…
Two Histories of Chinese Ethnic Groups (Simplified Edition) cover
Rating 4.4
Two Histories of Chinese Ethnic Groups (Simplified Edition) Lü Simian Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The "Ethnic History" volume provides a systematic account of twelve major ethnic lineages in Chinese history, including the Han, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and…
Annotated Translation of the Kaogong ji (Revised Edition) cover
Rating 4.4
Annotated Translation of the Kaogong ji (Revised Edition) 闻人军 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The Book of Diverse Crafts is China's first compilation of handicraft techniques. Believed to date from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States perio…
Collected Poems of Du Fu (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.4
Collected Poems of Du Fu (2 Volumes) Du Fu / Qian Qianyi / 郝润华 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The Du Fu Poetry Collection (Qian's Annotated Du Fu Poems) is one of the more influential annotated editions of Du Fu's poetry. This collation: 1. use…
Essential Records of Ci Collections by Masters of Successive Dynasties (22 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.4
Essential Records of Ci Collections by Masters of Successive Dynasties (22 Volumes) 温庭筠 / Li Yu / 柳永 / Ouyang Xiu / Su Shi / Huang Tingjian / 秦观 / 贺铸 / Li Qingzhao / Lu You Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This 22-volume collection of essential ci poetry presents works by nineteen major poets across the dynasties, including Wen Tingyun, Wei Zhuang, Li Yu…

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)