About the publisher
Public information on Shanghai Dazhong Book Company is currently limited. Judging from the three titles held in the database, its publishing interests cover such categories as parenting, folk literature, and social fiction, with a particular emphasis on the collection and retelling of folk tales. Representative titles include Children's Shanhaijing: Folk Stories and Children's Shanhaijing: Folk Legends, both aimed at young readers and adapting folk narratives into story texts suitable for reading. Another title is Cheng Zhanlu's The Four Heroes of Tang, Zhu, Wen, and Zhou (The Romance of Tang Bohu's Three Smiles), which belongs to the social fiction vein and offers a popular treatment of traditional literati themes. Among the authors represented are Ms. Lühe and Cheng Zhanlu, who took part in compiling folk stories and writing popular fiction respectively. Overall, the press's publications show a certain focus on traditional folk literature and popular narrative, and may be of interest to readers concerned with folk-tale adaptations and popular fiction.
