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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 KingdomsCollected Explanations of the Zhuangzi

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)

Collected Works of Zhuge Liang cover
Rating 4.5
Collected Works of Zhuge Liang Zhuge Liang Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 The Collected Works of Zhuge Liang brings together many of Zhuge Liang's important strategic plans, memorials, and letters. Among them, "The Caolu Dia…
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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…
Chronicle of the Two Song Dynasties at War (Volume 1): A Record of Song-Liao War and Peace in the Late Tenth Century cover
Rating 4.5
Chronicle of the Two Song Dynasties at War (Volume 1): A Record of Song-Liao War and Peace in the Late Tenth Century Gu Hongyi Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This is the first volume of the series Chronicle of the Two Song Dynasties at War. Taking Song-Liao relations in the late tenth century as its main th…
The Two Song Wars, Volume 2: A True Record of Song–Xia War and Peace in the Eleventh Century cover
Rating 4.5
The Two Song Wars, Volume 2: A True Record of Song–Xia War and Peace in the Eleventh Century Gu Hongyi Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This is the second of four volumes in The Two Song Wars: A True Record of War and Peace Among Song, Liao, Western Xia, Jin, and Mongol-Yuan. It focuse…
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Rating 4.4
Guanzi 管仲 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 A comprehensive masterpiece traditionally attributed to Guan Zhong, the renowned chancellor of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period, an…
Yuchu Xinzhi (2 Volumes): Complete Texts, Full Annotations, and Full Translations of Chinese Classic Masterworks Series (Two-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.4
Yuchu Xinzhi (2 Volumes): Complete Texts, Full Annotations, and Full Translations of Chinese Classic Masterworks Series (Two-Volume Set) 邵颖涛 / 岳立松 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Yu Chu Xin Zhi (New Records of Yu Chu) in twenty juan is a collection of classical-language short note-form tales from the late Ming and early Qing. T…
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Rating 4.4
Collected Talks on the Western Hunt in the Gengzi Year 吴永 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This book recounts the upheaval of the Boxer Rebellion in the late Qing dynasty, when the Dowager Empress and the Emperor fled west. My friend Wu Yuch…
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Rating 4.4
The Origins and Development of Classical Chinese Poetics 钱志熙 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 The Ya, Song, and Feng sections of the Book of Songs and the Sao of Chu are the fountainhead and classics of Chinese poetic history. The Music Bureau …
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Rating 4.3
The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue 赵晔 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 A historical work recounting the affairs of the states of Wu and Yue during the Spring and Autumn period, written by Zhao Ye of the Eastern Han. Origi…
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Rating 4.3
The Jiawu Naval Battle Chen Yue Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 The First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, which took place 130 years ago, was an important turning point in the fate of modern China. The naval engage…
Tang Yulin (2 Volumes): Complete Texts, Full Annotations, and Full Translations of Chinese Classic Masterworks Series (Two-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.3
Tang Yulin (2 Volumes): Complete Texts, Full Annotations, and Full Translations of Chinese Classic Masterworks Series (Two-Volume Set) 王兴芬 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Tang Yulin (2 vols) -- Chinese Classics: Complete Text, Full Annotation, Full Translation Series (Set of 2 volumes)
Investiture of the Gods: The Most Classic of Chinese Classical Novels cover
Rating 4.2
Investiture of the Gods: The Most Classic of Chinese Classical Novels Xu Zhonglin Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Investiture of the Gods, commonly known as Fengshen Bang, is one of the most celebrated supernatural novels of ancient China. Compiled by Xu Zhonglin …
The Evolution of the Literary Tradition: Lectures on the History of Ancient Chinese Literature cover
Rating 4.2
The Evolution of the Literary Tradition: Lectures on the History of Ancient Chinese Literature 陈引驰 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This book is a lecture series by Professor Chen Yinchí of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University on the history of anci…
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Rating 4.2
Investiture of the Gods Xu Zhonglin Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Set against the historical backdrop of the fall of Shang and the rise of Zhou, Investiture of the Gods unfolds along the temporal and spatial thread o…
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Rating 4.2
The Complete Biography of Zuo Zongtang 秦翰才 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This work presents a detailed account of Zuo Zongtang's life. It begins with his family background: the Zuo clan had lived in Xiangyin, Hunan since th…
New Records of Yu Chu (Part One) cover
Rating 4.2
New Records of Yu Chu (Part One) 邵颖涛 / 岳立松 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Yu Chu Xin Zhi (Volume One) is a twenty-juan collection of classical-language short notebook tales from the late Ming and early Qing. Its pieces range…
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Rating 4.2
New Records of Yu Chu 邵颖涛 / 岳立松 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Yu Chu Xin Zhi (New Records of Yu Chu) comprises twenty juan and is a collection of classical-language short notebook fiction from the late Ming and e…
Chronological Tables of the Officials of the Secretariat and Chancellery in the Tang Dynasty: National Social Science Fund Post-Funding Project (Two-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.1
Chronological Tables of the Officials of the Secretariat and Chancellery in the Tang Dynasty: National Social Science Fund Post-Funding Project (Two-Volume Set) 李振中 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 This book is a comprehensive and systematic study of the subordinate officials of the Tang dynasty’s Zhongshu and Menxia provinces. It integrates meth…
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Rating 4.1
Dongpo's Jottings Su Shi Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Dongpo's Jottings (Dongpo Zhilin) is a collection of notes by Su Shi (style name Zizhan, sobriquet Dongpo Jushi), the great Northern Song writer. Its …
Tang Yulin (Part Two) cover
Rating 4.1
Tang Yulin (Part Two) 王兴芬 Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Tang Yulin (Part Two) is a classical Chinese anecdotal notebook compiled by the Northern Song scholar Wang Dang, recording anecdotes and miscellaneous…

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