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China Book Publishing House specializes in publishing cultural studies titles. Its 139 books in the database cover history, literary appreciation, culture, Eastern philosophy, military affairs, and world history. Representative titles include Chinese academic classics such as Xiang Da's Tang Dynasty Chang'an and the Civilization of the Western Regions, Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Fiction, Liu Yizheng's History of Chinese Culture, and Wen Yiduo's New Interpretations of the Classics, as well as world history and military translations such as J. F. C. Fuller's The Decisive Battles of the Western World and Their Influence upon History. Its authors and translators range from Xiang Da, Lu Xun, Liu Yizheng, and Wen Yiduo to Wang Ziwu, Li Chenxi, and Xiaoxiao Bingren, giving the press a publishing profile that values both classic Chinese scholarship and contemporary translations of foreign studies.

Published (146)

Three Hundred Cities in Tang Poetry (Two-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.8
Three Hundred Cities in Tang Poetry (Two-Volume Set) 邹纪孟 China Book Publishing House · 2026 This is an anthology of Tang poetry themed on cities. The Tang Empire spanned a vast territory, and even its smaller cities each had a distinct charac…
Persuading All Under Heaven: Guiguzi's Chinese Art of Communication cover
Rating 3.6
Persuading All Under Heaven: Guiguzi's Chinese Art of Communication 翟玉忠 China Book Publishing House · 2026 Humans are social animals. Social interaction requires mutual communication and persuasion. In this sense, the纵横 art of "connecting the aspirations of…
Rise to the Top cover
Rating 3.2
Rise to the Top 王清平 China Book Publishing House · 2026 In their official careers, Xuemei and Xuerong are a pair of glamorous sisters before the public eye—twin stars of the current leadership team waiting …
A New Reading of Sun Tzu's Art of War cover
Rating 3.7
A New Reading of Sun Tzu's Art of War Hu Yuanbin / 郭艳红 China Book Publishing House · 2025 The New Curriculum Classic Chinese Illustrated New Reading: A New Reading of The Art of War is rich in dialectical thought, exploring the opposition a…
Strolling in the Hutongs: Chongwen cover
Rating 3.7
Strolling in the Hutongs: Chongwen 马晓东 China Book Publishing House · 2025 This is the third volume in the author's acclaimed hutong series following the publication of Rambles in the Hutong, focusing on the alleys of the are…
A New Reading of the Thousand Character Classic cover
Rating 3.6
A New Reading of the Thousand Character Classic 郭艳红 / Hu Yuanbin China Book Publishing House · 2025 The New Reading of the Thousand Character Classic is a four-character rhymed text, neatly parallel in structure, clear in organization, and brilliant …
A New Reading of Poems of a Thousand Families cover
Rating 3.6
A New Reading of Poems of a Thousand Families 郭艳红 / Hu Yuanbin China Book Publishing House · 2025 Adapted from the Guoxue Meihui New Reading series, New Readings of Thousand Family Poems brings together famous poems by celebrated Tang and Song poet…
A New Reading of the Standards for Being a Good Pupil and Child cover
Rating 3.3
A New Reading of the Standards for Being a Good Pupil and Child Hu Yuanbin / 郭艳红 China Book Publishing House · 2025 A New Reading of Dizigui is based on Xunmengwen (Instructions for Children), a famous ancient Chinese primer compiled by Li Yuxiu in the Qing dynasty.…
Four Seasons of Food: The Finest Flavors Hidden in the Changing Seasons cover
Rating 3.0
Four Seasons of Food: The Finest Flavors Hidden in the Changing Seasons 黄丹丽 China Book Publishing House · 2025 This book consists of four volumes plus a supplementary booklet. Built around the solar terms, it introduces readers to the cultural traditions, custo…
Sanxin Poetry cover
Rating 2.8
Sanxin Poetry 英华继宏 China Book Publishing House · 2025 Built on the author's earlier collection Three Hundred Poems of Lingering Fragrance, Three New Poems is a curated volume of poems retained, removed, r…
Quick Reference Handbook of World History (Color Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 3.6
Quick Reference Handbook of World History (Color Illustrated Edition) 谌兵 / 龚雪莲 China Book Publishing House · 2024 Part of the Color Quick-Reference Handbook series, this book combines the strengths of a professional dictionary and an encyclopedia. Emphasizing huma…
History of Chinese Culture (Volume I) cover
Rating 4.7
History of Chinese Culture (Volume I) Liu Yizheng China Book Publishing House · 2023 The book Chinese Cultural History traces the evolution of Chinese culture from remotest antiquity to the establishment of the Republic in modern times…
New Meanings in the Classics cover
Rating 4.7
New Meanings in the Classics Wen Yiduo China Book Publishing House · 2023 Classical New Meanings embodies the new approach to classical Chinese literature that set Wen Yiduo apart from traditional scholarship. It gathers the…
Tang Dynasty Chang'an and the Civilization of the Western Regions (Volume 2) cover
Rating 4.7
Tang Dynasty Chang'an and the Civilization of the Western Regions (Volume 2) 向达 China Book Publishing House · 2023 The book “Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and Western Regions Civilization” collects 23 papers published by Mr. Xiang Da between 1926 and 1954 on the his…
Tang Dynasty Chang'an and the Civilization of the Western Regions (Volume 1) cover
Rating 4.7
Tang Dynasty Chang'an and the Civilization of the Western Regions (Volume 1) 向达 China Book Publishing House · 2023 The book Tang Dynasty Chang'an and Western Regions Civilization collects 23 papers published by Mr. Xiang Da between 1926 and 1954 on the history of S…
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction cover
Rating 4.7
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction Lu Xun China Book Publishing House · 2023 A monograph on the history of Chinese fiction compiled by Mr. Lu Xun. In twenty-eight chapters it traces the emergence, development, and evolution of …
Decisive Battles of the Western World and Their Influence on History cover
Rating 4.6
Decisive Battles of the Western World and Their Influence on History J.F.C.富勒 / 王子午 / 李晨曦 / 小小冰人 China Book Publishing House · 2023 Military strategist and historian J. F. C. Fuller devoted thirty years to completing this culminating work of battle history. The book comprises three…
History of Chinese Culture (Volume II) cover
Rating 4.5
History of Chinese Culture (Volume II) Liu Yizheng China Book Publishing House · 2023 The book traces the evolution of Chinese culture from antiquity to the founding of the Republic, and is divided into three parts. Part One, on ancient…
General Treatise on Classical Studies cover
Rating 4.3
General Treatise on Classical Studies Qian Jibo China Book Publishing House · 2023 The Comprehensive History of Classical Scholarship is a representative work by Qian Jibo. Its distinguishing features are as follows: first, it is str…
Maugham's Autobiography cover
Rating 4.3
Maugham's Autobiography W. Somerset Maugham China Book Publishing House · 2023 This volume combines two works: Strictly Personal and The Summing Up. Strictly Personal is Maugham's memoir of the Second World War years and is of gr…

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