Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House

Founded
1958
Country / Region
China
Notable books
Grand Dictionary of Chinese LiteratureGrand Dictionary of Chinese Literature, History and Philosophy (6 Volumes)Li Bai's Poetry Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition)

139 books 46 authors

About the publisher

Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House is a specialized publisher distinguished by comprehensive, language, and subject-specific dictionaries, with deep experience in reference-book compilation. Its library contains 129 titles spanning ancient poetry, literature, history, social sciences, literary appreciation, and popular science. Representative works include large subject dictionaries such as the Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese History, the Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Literature, and the Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Literature, History, and Philosophy, alongside literary appreciation titles such as the Appreciation Dictionary of Li Bai's Poetry, the Appreciation Dictionary of Su Shi's Prose and Poetry, and the Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Tang Poems, as well as volumes of the Great Dictionary of the Chinese Language. Its contributors include the Literary Appreciation Dictionary Compilation Center of Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House and scholars such as Zheng Tianting, Tan Qixiang, Qian Zhonglian, Zhang Peiheng, Fu Xuanzong, Xia Zhengnong, and Chen Zhili, reflecting a publishing character that balances dictionary compilation with literary appreciation.

Published (139)

Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Tang Poems (New Edition 1) cover
Rating 4.7
Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Tang Poems (New Edition 1) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2025 Hengtang Tuishi's Three Hundred Tang Poems has long been widely circulated and known to virtually every household—a true classic. Yet constrained by t…
Appreciation Dictionary of Guwen Guanzhi (New Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
Appreciation Dictionary of Guwen Guanzhi (New Edition) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2025 The "Three Hundred Poems Appreciation Dictionary" series is a small set of classical literature appreciation books from our publishing house, which ha…
Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Song Ci Poems: New Edition cover
Rating 4.6
Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Song Ci Poems: New Edition Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2025 The paperback edition of the Dictionary of Appreciation of Three Hundred Song Ci Poems is a classic selected reader of Song ci published by Shanghai L…
Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Yuan Qu Songs (New Edition) cover
Rating 4.4
Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Yuan Qu Songs (New Edition) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2025 Yuan opera is one of the most accomplished treasures of Chinese literature. Gathering the essence of earlier literary traditions and marked by a sharp…
Questions and Answers on the Basics of Daoism, Illustrated Edition (Second Edition) cover
Rating 4.3
Questions and Answers on the Basics of Daoism, Illustrated Edition (Second Edition) 陈莲笙 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2025 This book is a revision of our 2012 edition of Taoism Common Knowledge Q&A (Illustrated). Combining text and images and using accessible language, it …
A Discourse on the Black-and-White Nicknames in Water Margin cover
Rating 3.5
A Discourse on the Black-and-White Nicknames in Water Margin Sheng Xunchang Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2025 Research on the Water Margin has become a prominent field today. Studying the names and nicknames of Water Margin characters is one modest topic withi…
Li Bai's Poetry Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) cover
Rating 4.8
Li Bai's Poetry Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 This volume is one of the publisher's Chinese Literature Appreciation Dictionary series. It selects 118 representative works by Li Bai—113 poems, 2 ci…
Grand Dictionary of Chinese Literature, History and Philosophy (6 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.8
Grand Dictionary of Chinese Literature, History and Philosophy (6 Volumes) Zheng Tianting / Tan Qixiang / Qian Zhonglian / Zhang Peiheng Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 This six-volume dictionary set, published by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, brings together major reference works in literature, history, …
Grand Dictionary of Chinese History cover
Rating 4.8
Grand Dictionary of Chinese History Zheng Tianting / Tan Qixiang Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 Initiated in [year] by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with the participation of many leading Chinese historians, The Great Dictionary of Chine…
Grand Dictionary of Chinese Literature cover
Rating 4.8
Grand Dictionary of Chinese Literature Qian Zhonglian / Zhang Peiheng / Fu Xuancong Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 Contains over 18,000 entries on Chinese literature, grouped into major categories such as authors, schools and societies, works, terms, scholarly work…
Su Shi's Poetry and Prose Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.7
Su Shi's Poetry and Prose Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition (2 Volumes) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 This collection features more than 200 of Su Dongpo's poems, ci lyrics, and prose works, with insightful appreciation essays by such contemporary mast…
Collected Essays of Lu Xun (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.7
Collected Essays of Lu Xun (2 Volumes) Lu Xun / 上海鲁迅纪念馆 / Li Hao Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 This book is one volume of the "Illustrated Collected Works of Lu Xun: Official Edition of the Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall." Collected Essays of Lu …
Xin Qiji's Ci Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition cover
Rating 4.7
Xin Qiji's Ci Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 This volume belongs to our series of appreciation guides to the finest works of major literary figures. It selects 82 representative works by Xin Qiji…
Li Shangyin's Poetry Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition cover
Rating 4.6
Li Shangyin's Poetry Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 As one of the finest volumes in the Chinese Literary Masterpieces Appreciation Dictionary series, this dictionary selects representative poems by Li S…
Li Qingzhao's Poetry and Ci Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition cover
Rating 4.6
Li Qingzhao's Poetry and Ci Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 A volume in Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House's "Classic Chinese Literature Appreciation Dictionaries" series, this collector's edition offers…
Wang Wei's Poetry Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
Wang Wei's Poetry Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 Douban-rated! A selection of Wang Wei's most representative poems, with appreciative essays by contemporary literary scholars Zhou Zhenfu, Huo Songlin…
Tao Yuanming's Poetry and Prose Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition cover
Rating 4.6
Tao Yuanming's Poetry and Prose Appreciation Dictionary: Collector's Edition Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 This volume selects 76 representative works by Tao Yuanming—65 poems and 10 prose pieces—with appreciation essays on each written by distinguished con…
Lu You's Poetry and Prose Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
Lu You's Poetry and Prose Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 A five-star rated title on Dangdang! This collection selects representative poems, ci lyrics, and prose by Lu You, with appreciation essays for each p…
Complete Works of Qu Wanli: An Interpretation of the Book of Songs cover
Rating 4.6
Complete Works of Qu Wanli: An Interpretation of the Book of Songs Qu Wanli Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 The Book of Songs Interpreted is one volume of The Complete Works of Qu Wanli. This book is a compilatory commentary in nature, neither exclusively fo…
Tang Xianzu's Qu and Prose Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) cover
Rating 4.5
Tang Xianzu's Qu and Prose Appreciation Dictionary (Collector's Edition) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 This collection selects representative works by Tang Xianzu—including selections from his drama, poetry, ci, and prose—with appreciation essays by suc…

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