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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)

Chinese Poetry: Droplets of Wisdom cover
Rating 4.1
Chinese Poetry: Droplets of Wisdom 邵毅平 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Discovering beauty in the ordinary world of daily life is the wisdom of Chinese poetry. In Chinese Poetry: Pearls of Wisdom, Professor Shao Yiping of …
Lü Bu: The Wild Dancer of the Late Han Political Arena cover
Rating 4.1
Lü Bu: The Wild Dancer of the Late Han Political Arena Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 This series is a set of popular readers introducing Three Kingdoms figures. The author has long studied the historical facts of the Three Kingdoms per…
Bowang and Mingsha: The Convergence of Medieval Manuscript Studies and Modern Chinese Academic History cover
Rating 4.1
Bowang and Mingsha: The Convergence of Medieval Manuscript Studies and Modern Chinese Academic History 余欣 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 This book proposes the thesis of "convergence between the study of medieval manuscripts and the history of modern Chinese scholarship." Through an int…
Collected Talks from the Four Friends Studio cover
Rating 4.1
Collected Talks from the Four Friends Studio 何良俊 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are especially dis…
The Painted Realm of the Central Plains: A Study of Administrative Establishments in North China during the Jin-Yuan Transition cover
Rating 4.1
The Painted Realm of the Central Plains: A Study of Administrative Establishments in North China during the Jin-Yuan Transition 温海清 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 The multi-tiered, composite system of local administration that emerged in the Yuan dynasty occupies a distinctive place in the history of local admin…
Chinese Fiction: The Wisdom of Understanding Human Nature cover
Rating 4.1
Chinese Fiction: The Wisdom of Understanding Human Nature 邵毅平 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Fiction is a bright lamp that lets us see through to human nature and transcend the limits of our lives. In Chinese Fiction: The Wisdom of Seeing Thro…
Liu Bei: The Imperial Path of an 'Often Defeated' Hero cover
Rating 4.1
Liu Bei: The Imperial Path of an 'Often Defeated' Hero Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 This series is a set of popular readers introducing figures from the Three Kingdoms period. The author, a longtime researcher of Three Kingdoms histor…
A Study of Yan Shu's Classified Essentials cover
Rating 4.0
A Study of Yan Shu's Classified Essentials 唐雯 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Lei Yao (Classified Essentials) is a large reference encyclopedia compiled by the Northern Song statesman Yan Shu, who excerpted from various books he…
Miscellaneous Notes from Sunning by the Eaves cover
Rating 4.0
Miscellaneous Notes from Sunning by the Eaves Zhao Yi Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Traditional Chinese culture has a long intellectual lineage, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Its early fo…
Lu Xun: A Stormy Chronicle of a Famous General of Jiangdong cover
Rating 4.0
Lu Xun: A Stormy Chronicle of a Famous General of Jiangdong Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 This series is a popular introduction to figures from the Three Kingdoms period. The author has spent years studying the historical record of the era …
Yuan Shao: The Sorrowful Tears of the Warlord Alliance's Leader cover
Rating 4.0
Yuan Shao: The Sorrowful Tears of the Warlord Alliance's Leader Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 The basic positioning of Fang Beichen's "Talking About the Three Kingdoms" series is that of popular, accessible reading material grounded in solid sc…
Daily Etiquette of the Ancients cover
Rating 4.0
Daily Etiquette of the Ancients 曾亦 / 陈姿桦 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Ancient Chinese rites, the lifeblood running through state, society, and family, shaped every aspect of daily life in early China. Professor Zeng Yi h…
Miscellaneous Notes from the Bean Garden cover
Rating 3.9
Miscellaneous Notes from the Bean Garden 陆容 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early…
Six Secret Teachings · Three Strategies (Translated and Annotated) cover
Rating 3.9
Six Secret Teachings · Three Strategies (Translated and Annotated) 唐书文 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 The Six Secret Teachings and the Three Strategies are two famous military classics of ancient China. In the Yuanfeng era of the Song, both were includ…
The Chicken Rib Compendium · The Precious Ear Collection cover
Rating 3.9
The Chicken Rib Compendium · The Precious Ear Collection 张端义 / 庄绰 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Jilei Bian consists of three juan and over three hundred notebook entries in all, discussing such matters as the identification of objects, commentary…
Sun Quan: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow of a Wise Ruler for Half His Life cover
Rating 3.8
Sun Quan: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow of a Wise Ruler for Half His Life Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 "Fang Beichen on the Three Kingdoms" is a series of popular, accessible books grounded in solid scholarship. Unlike the classical prose of the Records…
Cao Pi: The Qingping Melody of a Literary Emperor cover
Rating 3.8
Cao Pi: The Qingping Melody of a Literary Emperor Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 "Fang Beichen on the Three Kingdoms" is a series of popular, accessible books grounded in solid scholarship. Unlike the classical prose of the Records…
The Cup That Reflects the World cover
Rating 3.7
The Cup That Reflects the World 酌元亭主人 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Zhaoshi Bei (The Cup That Reflects the World) is a collection of vernacular short stories from the Qing dynasty, written in the style of huaben storyt…
Sima Yi: The Formation-Breaking Melody of the Invincible Endurer cover
Rating 3.7
Sima Yi: The Formation-Breaking Melody of the Invincible Endurer Fang Beichen Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 The "Fang Beichen on the Three Kingdoms" series is positioned as accessible, popular reading grounded in solid scholarship—neither as abstruse as the …
Annual Jottings from the Twin Locust Studio cover
Rating 3.6
Annual Jottings from the Twin Locust Studio 黄瑜 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Chinese traditional culture has a long and profound intellectual heritage, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness and literary quality.…

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)