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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)

Zhuyeting Zaji and Jinshishuo cover
Rating 3.9
Zhuyeting Zaji and Jinshishuo 姚元之 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This volume collects two works, Zhuyeting Zaji and Jinshishuo. Zhuyeting Zaji, by Yao Yuanzhi of the Qing dynasty and edited by Cao Guangfu, comprises…
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Rating 3.9
Gazing into the Profound: Essays Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Medieval China Joint Research Seminar 余欣 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This volume is a tenth-anniversary commemorative collection of essays from the Fudan Medieval China Research Group. Founded in October 2009 on shared …
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Rating 3.8
A Practical Guide to Commonly Used Traditional and Simplified Characters 孙国梁 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 A Practical Guide to Commonly Used Traditional and Simplified Characters analyzes and explains, entry by entry, the traditional and simplified forms o…
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Rating 3.8
Reunderstanding the Analects and the Way of Confucius 黄怀信 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 A New Understanding of the Analects and the Way of Confucius is divided into two parts. The upper part, "The Book," comprises sections on its composit…
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Rating 3.8
Chun Ming Tui Chao Lu (with Four Other Works) 宋敏求 / 尚成 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This volume collects five Song and Yuan note collections: Chun Ming Tui Chao Lu, Songmo Jiwen, Daoshan Qinghua, Beichuang Zhiguo Lu, and Shanfang Suib…
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Rating 3.8
New Discourses on Chen Yinke 《中华文史论丛》编辑部 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 2020 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Chen Yinke and the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Collected Works of Chen Yinke. To prese…
The Past and Present of Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion: Ming-Qing Literati Chuanqi Literature and Drama Criticism cover
Rating 3.8
The Past and Present of Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion: Ming-Qing Literati Chuanqi Literature and Drama Criticism 张雪莉 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Centered on Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion, this book gathers various annotated editions, adaptations, song-lyric anthologies, and stage scripts of …
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Rating 3.8
Words on Instructing Children (Translated and Annotated) 张履祥 / 张天杰 / 余荣军 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This book centers on Zhang Luxiang's Maxims for Instructing My Children (Xunzi Yu), supplemented by thirteen other important related texts, forming a …
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Rating 3.7
Precepts for Women; Models for the Boudoir 班昭 / Lü Kun / Huang Guanwen / 宋婕 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The seven chapters of Admonitions for Women are concise but comprehensive. Addressing the disadvantaged position of women in traditional society, they…
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Rating 3.6
Records After the Guests Withdraw · Que Sao Bian 赵与时 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Bin Tui Lu: In his preface, the author Zhao Yushi writes, 'Living idle at home while awaiting appointment, guests came to me daily. Whatever I had hea…
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Rating 3.6
Caomu Zi (and Three Other Works) 叶子奇 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Caomu Zi, written by Ye Ziqi of the Ming and punctuated by Wu Dongkun, was originally divided into twenty-two chapters but merged into eight chapters …
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Rating 3.5
Records of Collected Anomalies · Miscellaneous Records of Weary Travels 张师正 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Kuayizhi, in ten volumes, was written by Zhang Shizheng of the Song dynasty and collated by Fu Cheng. It records strange tales and unusual events of t…
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Rating 3.5
Wind Through the Pines: The Ci Poetry of China 沐斋 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This book presents 62 ci poems from the Tang through the Qing dynasties: 7 from the Tang and Five Dynasties, 21 from the Northern Song, 17 from the So…
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Rating 3.2
Gong Dingzi and the Early Qing Literary World 邓妙慈 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 This book examines the relationship between Gong Dingzi and the early Qing literary world. The author argues that the contrast between Gong's widespre…
Law and Morality: A Study of Wang Anshi's Scholarship and His Reform Movement cover
Law and Morality: A Study of Wang Anshi's Scholarship and His Reform Movement Xiao Yongkui Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Because he presided over the Xining Reforms, Wang Anshi drew countless conflicting evaluations in life and after death. Taking Northern Song scholarsh…
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Selected Works of Masters of Classical Chinese Literature (17 Volumes) 王维等 / Yu Xianhao Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 Selected Works of Masters of Classical Chinese Literature is a series of classical literature anthologies that Shanghai Classics Publishing House has …
Annotated Translation of Sima Guang's Family Models cover
Rating 4.8
Annotated Translation of Sima Guang's Family Models Sima Guang Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020 Family Models (Wengong Family Models) is a work on family instruction and family ethics compiled by the Northern Song statesman and historian Sima Gua…
Book of Rites: Translation and Annotation (Volume Two) cover
Rating 4.8
Book of Rites: Translation and Annotation (Volume Two) 杨天宇 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020 The Book of Rites (Liji) is a selected compilation of ritual texts from the pre-Qin through Qin-Han periods. It is essential reading for the study of …
Collected Works of Chen Yinke cover
Rating 4.8
Collected Works of Chen Yinke Chen Yinke Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020 The Collected Works of Chen Yinke comprises seven of his books: *Hanliutang Ji* (including 11 essays such as "On *Zaisheng Yuan*," with an appendix, *…
Book of Rites: Translation and Annotation (Volume One) cover
Rating 4.8
Book of Rites: Translation and Annotation (Volume One) 杨天宇 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020 The Book of Rites is an anthology of ritual studies documents from the pre-Qin period through the Qin and Han dynasties. It is essential reading for t…

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)