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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)

Shu Yuan Za Ji (Miscellaneous Notes from the Bean Garden) cover
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Shu Yuan Za Ji (Miscellaneous Notes from the Bean Garden) 陆容 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Shu Yuan Za Ji (Miscellaneous Notes from the Bean Garden), by Lu Rong of the Ming dynasty and collated by Li Jianli, has been praised as 'the first am…
Talks from Pingzhou (Pingzhou Ketan) and Notes from the Laoxue'an Study (Laoxue'an Biji) cover
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Talks from Pingzhou (Pingzhou Ketan) and Notes from the Laoxue'an Study (Laoxue'an Biji) 朱彧 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Talks from Pingzhou (Pingzhou Ketan) records mostly what Zhu Yu saw and heard while accompanying his father Zhu Fu on official travels and postings. I…
Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital (Xijing Zaji) and Five Other Works cover
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Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital (Xijing Zaji) and Five Other Works 刘歆 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Xijing Zaji (Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital), attributed to Liu Xin of the Han and compiled by Ge Hong of the Jin, collects character sk…
The Aesthetic Wisdom of the Zhouyi (Revised Edition) cover
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The Aesthetic Wisdom of the Zhouyi (Revised Edition) 王振复 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 There are many editions of the Zhuzi Yulei. This book takes the 140-chapter old manuscript Huizhou edition of the Zhuzi Yulei held in the library of K…
Huizhu Lu cover
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Huizhu Lu 王明清 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Huizhu Lu is divided into four parts: Qianlu (Former Record), Houlu (Latter Record), Sanlu (Third Record), and Yuhua (Supplementary Talks), composed o…
Bei Meng Suo Yan cover
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Bei Meng Suo Yan 孙光宪 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Bei Meng Suo Yan, by Sun Guangxian of the Five Dynasties period (collated by Lin Aiyuan), was written while Sun was serving as an official in Jianglin…
History of the Deer-Tail Whisk · Records of the Marquis's Stew cover
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History of the Deer-Tail Whisk · Records of the Marquis's Stew 赵令时 / 王得臣 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 "Zhuchen Shi" (History of the Duster) was compiled by Wang Dechen of the Song Dynasty and punctuated and collated by Yu Zongxian. The work is "especia…
Miscellaneous Talks from the Garden of Walking (2 Volumes) cover
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Miscellaneous Talks from the Garden of Walking (2 Volumes) Qian Yong Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Most of what is recorded here was personally experienced by the author, and even what he heard from others is always attributed to its source, giving …
New Tales of the Great Tang (and Five Other Works) cover
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New Tales of the Great Tang (and Five Other Works) 刘肃 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This book follows the format of Liu Yiqing's Shishuo Xinyu, recording the words and deeds of Tang figures in thirteen juan and thirty categories such …
Forming Nature and Preserving It: The Evolution of the Confucian School's Learning of Forming Virtue cover
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Forming Nature and Preserving It: The Evolution of the Confucian School's Learning of Forming Virtue 何益鑫 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This book is the author's attempt to rewrite the intellectual history of pre-Qin Confucianism. The introduction explores the evolution of Confucian th…
Xiangshan Yelu (Wild Records of Mt. Xiang) · Xulu · Yuhu Qinghua (Jade Pot Pure Talk) cover
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Xiangshan Yelu (Wild Records of Mt. Xiang) · Xulu · Yuhu Qinghua (Jade Pot Pure Talk) 文莹 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This volume brings together three works of classical anecdotal writing: Xiangshan Yelu in three juan and its Sequel (Xulu) in one juan, both by Wen Yi…
Integrating the 'West' and Continuing the Lost: Essays on Specialized Astronomical and Mathematical Learning in the Qianjia Era cover
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Integrating the 'West' and Continuing the Lost: Essays on Specialized Astronomical and Mathematical Learning in the Qianjia Era 陈志辉 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Qian-Jia scholarship represents the summit of Chinese learning in the past four hundred years. Taking the specialized study of astronomy and mathemati…
Qingsuo Gaoyi cover
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Qingsuo Gaoyi 刘斧 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Qingsuo Gaoyi was written by Liu Fu of the Northern Song dynasty and edited by Shi Linliang. Its contents are rather miscellaneous, including supernat…
Yanyi Yimou Lu (A Record of Plans Bequeathed to Posterity) · Mozhuang Manlu (Casual Notes from the Ink Manor) cover
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Yanyi Yimou Lu (A Record of Plans Bequeathed to Posterity) · Mozhuang Manlu (Casual Notes from the Ink Manor) 王栐 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Yanyi Yimou Lu (A Record of Plans Bequeathed to Posterity), written by Wang Yong of the Song dynasty and collated by Kong Yi, is a five-juan work reco…
Touxia Lu (Records of the Cast-Off Axle) · Yuzhao Xinzhi (New Jade-Mirror Records) cover
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Touxia Lu (Records of the Cast-Off Axle) · Yuzhao Xinzhi (New Jade-Mirror Records) 王明清 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Touxia Lu, written by Wang Mingqing of the Song dynasty and collated by Zhu Juru, records mostly strange tales and uncanny events, occasionally touchi…
Records of Examining the Divine · Records of the Kui Chariot cover
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Records of Examining the Divine · Records of the Kui Chariot Xu Xuan Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 "Ji Shen Lu," by Xu Xuan of the Song dynasty, collated and punctuated by Fu Cheng. This book is a collection of zhiguai fiction. Its entries mostly co…
New Book of the Southern Region · Conversations of Guests at the Thatched Pavilion cover
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New Book of the Southern Region · Conversations of Guests at the Thatched Pavilion 黄休复 / 钱易 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Compiled by Qian Yi, South of the Southern Court and Tales from the Thatched Pavilion was completed during the Dazhong Xiangfu era (1008–1016). Accord…
Sequel to the Old News of the Liu Family (and Seven Other Works) cover
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Sequel to the Old News of the Liu Family (and Seven Other Works) 李德裕 / 丁如明 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This volume collects eight works: Ciliushi Jiuwen, Boyizhi, Zuanyiji, Yuquanzi, Luyiji, Jinhuazi, Ganze Yao, and Duyizhi.
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Shanju Xinyu and Zhizheng Zhaji 孔齐 / 杨瑀 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 This volume collects two classical note-books, Shanju Xinyu and Zhizheng Zhaji. Shanju Xinyu, also titled Shanju Xinhua, was written by Yang Yu of the…
Junlang Oubi (Occasional Jottings) · Junlang Erbi (Second Series) · Zaiyuan Zazhi (Miscellany from the Garden) cover
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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…

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)