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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)

Sincerity and Truth: A Critical Study of Tao Yuanming cover
Rating 4.3
Sincerity and Truth: A Critical Study of Tao Yuanming 刘奕 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This book is a comprehensive, in-depth study devoted solely to Tao Yuanming. Divided into three parts—the historical world, the spiritual realm, and t…
Wu Za Zu (Five Assorted Records) cover
Rating 4.3
Wu Za Zu (Five Assorted Records) 谢肇淛 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Wu Za Zu (Five Assorted Records), by Xie Zhaozhe of the Ming dynasty and collated by Fu Cheng, is a sixteen-juan work in five parts: two on heaven, tw…
Guixin Zashi (Miscellaneous Records) cover
Rating 4.3
Guixin Zashi (Miscellaneous Records) Zhou Mi Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Gui Xin Zashi (Miscellaneous Records from Guixin) was written by Zhou Mi, who lived across the late Song and early Yuan transition, and collated by Wa…
Sui and Tang: The Turn of Civilization cover
Rating 4.3
Sui and Tang: The Turn of Civilization 孙英刚 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Sui and Tang: The Turn of a Civilization offers a full panorama of the An Lushan Rebellion and a detailed analysis of late Tang warlord separatism. Th…
Disenchantment: Heaven-Human Resonance, Modern Science, and the Transformation of Late Qing Cosmology cover
Rating 4.3
Disenchantment: Heaven-Human Resonance, Modern Science, and the Transformation of Late Qing Cosmology 张洪彬 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 In traditional China, over a long period, both state ritual and daily life were pervaded by belief in and awe of Heaven, the Way of Heaven, and countl…
A History of Literary Thought in the Eastern Han cover
Rating 4.2
A History of Literary Thought in the Eastern Han 张峰屹 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This book traces the evolution of literary thought over the two hundred years of the Eastern Han. Dividing the period into three major historical phas…
China's Four Great Family Instructions cover
Rating 4.2
China's Four Great Family Instructions Yan Zhitui / Sima Guang / 袁采 / Yuan Huang (Yuan Liaofan) Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This series consists of four volumes: The Family Instructions of the Yan Clan, Sima Guang's Family Models, The Yuan Clan's Model for the World, and Yu…
Liunan Suibi (Jottings South of the Willows) · Liunan Xubi (Its Sequel) cover
Rating 4.2
Liunan Suibi (Jottings South of the Willows) · Liunan Xubi (Its Sequel) 王应奎 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Liunan Suibi (Jottings South of the Willows), with its sequel Liunan Xubi, was written by Wang Yingkui of the Qing dynasty and collated by Yi Rou. The…
Interviews with Wang Shuizhao cover
Rating 4.2
Interviews with Wang Shuizhao Wang Shuizhao / 侯体健 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This book is an interview collection that Mr. Wang Shui-zhao and his disciple Hou Tijian spent years deliberating and publishing. It consists of 12 in…
On Literature and History (Wenshi Tongyi) cover
Rating 4.2
On Literature and History (Wenshi Tongyi) Zhang Xuecheng Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Wenshi Tongyi (On Literature and History), written by Zhang Xuecheng, is a groundbreaking work. It advocates using the past to understand the present,…
Jade Dew from the Crane Grove cover
Rating 4.2
Jade Dew from the Crane Grove 罗大经 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Helin Yulu (Jade Dew from Crane Forest), compiled by Luo Dajing of the Song dynasty, collated and punctuated by Tian Songqing. In eighteen juan, the w…
Gui Tian Lu (with Five Other Works) cover
Rating 4.2
Gui Tian Lu (with Five Other Works) Ouyang Xiu Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This volume collects six Song note collections: Nantang Jinshi, Jianglinji Zazhi, Gui Tian Lu, Huaman Lu, Bozhai Bian, and Kongshi Tanyuan. Nantang Ji…
The Shao Family's Record of Things Seen and Heard · Sequel cover
Rating 4.2
The Shao Family's Record of Things Seen and Heard · Sequel 邵博 / 邵伯温 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Also known as "Henan Shao's Record of Things Seen and Heard," or "Record of Things Seen and Heard, First Series," this work chiefly aims to transmit a…
Liangban Qiuyu'an Suibi cover
Rating 4.2
Liangban Qiuyu'an Suibi 梁绍壬 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Liangban Qiuyu'an Suibi is a famous miscellaneous compilation of collected jottings, with extremely rich contents that fall broadly into four categori…
Xunzi: Translation and Annotation cover
Rating 4.1
Xunzi: Translation and Annotation 张觉 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This volume is a collection of the sayings and writings of Xunzi, a major representative of the Confucian school. Xunzi was one of the great thinkers …
Yongdong Xiaopin (Complete in Two Volumes) cover
Rating 4.1
Yongdong Xiaopin (Complete in Two Volumes) 朱国祯 / 王根林 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Yongdong Xiaopin was written by Zhu Guozhen of the Ming dynasty and edited by Wang Genlin. In thirty-two juan, the book is rich in content and reliabl…
Sichao Wenjian Lu (Records of Four Reigns) · Suiyin Manlu (Casual Notes in Retirement) cover
Rating 4.1
Sichao Wenjian Lu (Records of Four Reigns) · Suiyin Manlu (Casual Notes in Retirement) 叶绍翁 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Sichao Wenjian Lu (Records of Four Reigns), by Ye Shaoweng of the Song dynasty and collated by Shang Cheng, is a five-juan work of 209 entries, mostly…
Records of the Mysterious and Strange · Sequel to Records of the Mysterious and Strange cover
Rating 4.1
Records of the Mysterious and Strange · Sequel to Records of the Mysterious and Strange 牛僧孺 / 李复言 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Comprising Xuan Guai Lu and Xu Xuan Guai Lu, this collection spans strange and supernatural tales from the Liang dynasty of the Southern Dynasties thr…
Quelling the Demons' Revolt cover
Rating 4.1
Quelling the Demons' Revolt Luo Guanzhong / Feng Menglong / 钟夫 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This is a supernatural novel from the Ming dynasty. Built around the "Wang Ze rebellion in Beizhou" of the Song dynasty, it tells how the monk Danzi p…
Lenglu Zashi cover
Rating 4.1
Lenglu Zashi 陆以湉 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Lenglu Zashi, by Lu Yitian (1801–1865) of the Qing dynasty, is a volume in the Qing Historical Materials Notes series. In eight juan, it consists of c…

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)