Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House

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

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)

A Study of the Vocabulary of the Gan Dialects of Hunan cover
Rating 3.8
A Study of the Vocabulary of the Gan Dialects of Hunan 代少若 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 Taking “Hunan Gan vocabulary” as its object of study, this book presents a comprehensive survey of the Gan dialect as it exists within Hunan. It argue…
Zhang Juzheng's Commentary on the Book of Documents cover
Rating 3.8
Zhang Juzheng's Commentary on the Book of Documents 陈生玺 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 "Zhang Juzheng understood the changing times and had the courage to take responsibility. In the early reign of Emperor Shenzong, he revived what had d…
Appreciation of Literary Classics: Famous Pieces of the Songs of Chu cover
Rating 3.8
Appreciation of Literary Classics: Famous Pieces of the Songs of Chu Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 The "Literary Classics Appreciation" series offers engaging appreciations of literary classics that have had a profound influence on the history of Ch…
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Rating 3.8
Appreciation of Landscape Poems Through the Ages 辞书文学鉴赏辞典编纂中心 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 This volume gathers one hundred landscape poems from successive dynasties, all celebrated works by major poets that represent the highest literary ach…
Appreciation of Inspirational Poems Through the Ages cover
Rating 3.7
Appreciation of Inspirational Poems Through the Ages 辞书文学鉴赏辞典编纂中心 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 Taking "Life Should Be Heroic" from Li Qingzhao's Southern Song quatrain "Summer Day" as its title, this book carefully selects 101 inspirational poem…
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Rating 3.7
Fun Geography 罗祖德 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 We revere science because it is true and beautiful. History shows that whoever masters scientific truth holds the future. Science has a dry and seriou…
A Study of Semantic-Functional Changes in Chinese Modal Verbs of Possibility from the Pre-Qin Period to the Two Han Dynasties cover
Rating 3.7
A Study of Semantic-Functional Changes in Chinese Modal Verbs of Possibility from the Pre-Qin Period to the Two Han Dynasties 余素勤 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 On the basis of a detailed examination of textual examples, this book focuses on the development paths and mechanisms of modal verbs such as neng, ke,…
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Rating 3.6
Historical Figures in the Eyes of Mao Zedong Sheng Xunchang Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 This volume gathers Mao Zedong's remarkable assessments of more than two hundred historical figures from China. These commentaries are a testament to …
Appreciation of Poems on Spring Through the Ages cover
Rating 3.6
Appreciation of Poems on Spring Through the Ages 辞书文学鉴赏辞典编纂中心 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023 This volume takes its title from Zhang Ruoxu's Tang poem "Spring River in the Moonlight" and selects 110 celebrated poems on the theme of spring from …
Chinese Literature Appreciation Dictionary (New Edition): Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, and Classical Prose (6-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.7
Chinese Literature Appreciation Dictionary (New Edition): Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, and Classical Prose (6-Volume Set) Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House / Yu Pingbo Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2020 The Chinese Literature Appreciation Dictionary is a classic reference series that Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House has gradually built since …
Dai Dunbang Paints Dream of the Red Chamber: The Grand View Romance cover
Dai Dunbang Paints Dream of the Red Chamber: The Grand View Romance 戴敦邦 / 戴红儒 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2019 Following his Newly Illustrated Complete Dream of the Red Chamber, the painter Dai Dunbang returns to the novel with this collection of color Chinese …
Dai Dunbang Paints Water Margin: Driven to Liangshan cover
Rating 4.3
Dai Dunbang Paints Water Margin: Driven to Liangshan 戴敦邦 / 戴红儒 Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2018 This is one volume in the series Dai Dunbang Paints the Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Fiction, collecting more than 250 color Chinese paintings by…
An Appreciation Companion to the Twenty-Four Histories cover
Rating 3.8
An Appreciation Companion to the Twenty-Four Histories Gu Xiaoming Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2017 The Ershisi Shi Appreciation Dictionary, edited by Gu Xiaoming, professor of history at Fudan University, was published by Shanghai Lexicographical Pu…
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Law and the Rise of Capitalism Michael E. Tigar / Madeleine R. Levy Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2014 This book is a work of legal social history by the American lawyer and law professor Michael E. Tigar (in collaboration with Madeleine R. Levy), with …
A Companion to the Poetry and Prose of Bai Juyi cover
A Companion to the Poetry and Prose of Bai Juyi Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2014 A Companion to the Poetry and Prose of Bai Juyi is one volume in Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House's Companions to Masterworks of Chinese Lite…
A Dictionary of Tang Poetry Appreciation cover
Rating 4.8
A Dictionary of Tang Poetry Appreciation Yu Pingbo / Xiao Difei / Cheng Qianfan / 马茂元 / Zhou Ruchang / Zhou Zhenfu / Huo Songlin Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2013 A Dictionary of Tang Poetry Appreciation is the founding volume of Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House's "Chinese Literature Appreciation Dictio…
Kangxi Dictionary (Punctuated and Collated Edition) cover
Kangxi Dictionary (Punctuated and Collated Edition) Compilation Office of the Grand Chinese Dictionary Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2007 The Kangxi Dictionary was completed in the fifty-fifth year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty (1716). Compiled by imperial order under the gener…
Rupert Hoogewerf and the China Rich List: The Story Behind the Rankings, Told for the First Time cover
Rupert Hoogewerf and the China Rich List: The Story Behind the Rankings, Told for the First Time Hurun Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2006 Rupert Hoogewerf and the China Rich List is a memoir by Rupert Hoogewerf, published by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House in 2006, with the sub…
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The Flying Trunk Hans Christian Andersen Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2005 The Flying Trunk is one of the classic fairy tales by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Its original Danish title is Den flyvende Kuffert, an…

Frequent authors

Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House (52)Xia Zhengnong (42)Chen Zhili (38)陈生玺 (6)上海辞书出版社 (3)上海鲁迅纪念馆 (3)戴敦邦 (3)戴红儒 (3)Li Hao (3)Sheng Xunchang (3)辞书文学鉴赏辞典编纂中心 (3)Zhu Liyuan (2)