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Zhonghua Book Company

Also known as: 中华书局(北京), 中华书局(北京), 中华书局(香港), 中华书局等, 中華書局, 中华书局有限公司

Founded
1912
Country / Region
China
Notable books
Dream of the Red Chamber (2 Volumes)Records of the Three KingdomsAncient Chinese: Revised and Re-typeset Edition (Complete in 4 Volumes)

2613 books 1964 authors

About the publisher

Zhonghua Book Company is a publisher known for collating ancient texts and academic publishing, with its output centered on Eastern philosophy, culture, classic works, art, and historical reading. Its library contains 532 titles, including Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms, Guo Qingfan's Collected Commentaries on Zhuangzi, the four-volume Chinese Literature: Four Great Classical Novels, and the two-volume Table of Seal and Clerical Script Forms from Qin, Han, Wei, and Jin. These titles span historical classics, commentaries on the philosophers, classical novels, and philological reference works. Representative authors include Chen Shou, Guo Qingfan, Wu Cheng'en, Shi Nai'an, Cao Xueqin, Luo Guanzhong, Xu Wenwu, and the Hanyu Dazidian character-form group, reflecting a focus on primary sources and scholarly editors. Its publishing character lies in combining authoritative editions and annotated texts with both accessible classics and specialized research. Public information on its fuller catalog is limited; this note describes only the directions evident in the library's holdings.

Published (2613)

1587, A Year of No Significance cover
Rating 4.7
1587, A Year of No Significance Ray Huang Zhonghua Book Company · 2026 In 1587, the fifteenth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, all appeared calm on the surface, but in truth it marked a critical turning point …
Discourses on Salt and Iron (Complete Text, Full Annotations and Translation) cover
Rating 4.5
Discourses on Salt and Iron (Complete Text, Full Annotations and Translation) 桓宽 / 陈桐生 Zhonghua Book Company · 2026 The Discourses on Salt and Iron is a work compiled by Huan Kuan of the Western Han dynasty, based on and "elaborated from" the official record of the …
The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva cover
The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva 实叉难陀 Zhonghua Book Company · 2026 The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva, commonly known as the Earth Store Sutra, was translated by the Tang-dynasty Tripitaka Master Si…
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Standards for Students 李毓秀 / 李逸安 Zhonghua Book Company · 2026 Dizigui, originally titled Xunmeng Wen (Instructions for the Young), was written by Li Yuxiu, an educator and scholar of the early Qing dynasty, and l…
Records of the Three Kingdoms cover
Rating 4.9
Records of the Three Kingdoms Chen Shou Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 A dynastic history in the biographical (jizhuanti) style, covering the period from the late Eastern Han through the rise of Wei, Shu, and Wu and the e…
Taxation, Corvée, and Silver in the Ming Dynasty cover
Rating 4.8
Taxation, Corvée, and Silver in the Ming Dynasty Liang Fangzhong Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This book is one of the four volumes in the 2025 new edition of The Collected Works of Liang Fangzhong published by Zhonghua Book Company. It was sele…
The Tang-Song "Ancient Prose Movement" and Literati-Official Literature cover
Rating 4.8
The Tang-Song "Ancient Prose Movement" and Literati-Official Literature Zhu Gang Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This is a representative scholarly monograph on the Tang-Song "Ancient Prose Movement" by Professor Zhu Gang of the Department of Chinese Language and…
Records of the Three Kingdoms cover
Rating 4.8
Records of the Three Kingdoms Chen Shou Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Written by Chen Shou, a historian of the Western Jin dynasty, Records of the Three Kingdoms is a dynastic history in the biographical (jizhuanti) styl…
Book of Han cover
Rating 4.7
Book of Han Ban Gu Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 China's first dynastic history in the biographical (annal-biography) style, compiled by the Eastern Han historian Ban Gu and completed with supplement…
Shang's Study of the Zhouyi cover
Rating 4.7
Shang's Study of the Zhouyi 尚秉和 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 A classic work that offers an in-depth interpretation of the classics and commentaries of the Zhouyi (Book of Changes), written with great dedication …
The Grain Courier System of the Ming Dynasty (Revised and Expanded Edition) cover
Rating 4.7
The Grain Courier System of the Ming Dynasty (Revised and Expanded Edition) Liang Fangzhong Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 The grain courier system was an important and distinctive link in the Ming dynasty's land tax system. In the fourth year of Hongwu (1371), Zhu Yuanzha…
Extensive Records of the Taiping Era cover
Rating 4.7
Extensive Records of the Taiping Era Li Fang Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Commissioned by Emperor Taizong of Song and compiled in the early Northern Song dynasty by Li Fang and others, this is a comprehensive collection of c…
A History of Chinese Armor (Two-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.6
A History of Chinese Armor (Two-Volume Set) 龚剑 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 In the history of human civilization, every people's history of war is an important part of its national memory. Through unending warfare, the culture…
Inner Northern Kingdom, Outer China: Studies in Mongol-Yuan History cover
Rating 4.6
Inner Northern Kingdom, Outer China: Studies in Mongol-Yuan History Chi-ch'ing Hsiao Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This book is a collection of representative essays personally selected by Xiao Qiqing (1937–2012), academician of Taiwan's Academia Sinica and interna…
A History of Chinese Armor cover
Rating 4.6
A History of Chinese Armor 龚剑 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 In the history of human civilization, every people's history of war forms an essential part of its collective memory. Through unending warfare, the cu…
A History of Chinese Armor (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.6
A History of Chinese Armor (2 Volumes) 龚剑 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 A History of Chinese Armor is a comprehensive history of Chinese armor written by Gong Jian, a scholar and collector of military equipment, based on m…
A History of Chinese Armor cover
Rating 4.6
A History of Chinese Armor 龚剑 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 The History of Chinese Armor is the first comprehensive survey to systematically trace the development of Chinese armor over three millennia. Written …
A History of Chinese Armor (Two-Volume Set) [Volume Two] cover
Rating 4.6
A History of Chinese Armor (Two-Volume Set) [Volume Two] 龚剑 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 In the history of human civilization, every nation's history of war is an important part of its national memory. Through constant warfare, the culture…
Andersen's Fairy Tales cover
Rating 4.5
Andersen's Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen / Jin Tao Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales is a world-renowned collection by the Danish master of the fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen. These stories ar…
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Rating 4.5
Renjian Cihua Wang Guowei / Xu Diaofu Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Renjian Cihua is a work of literary criticism by the modern scholar Wang Guowei, written in the traditional form of cihua (remarks on ci poetry) and f…

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