Shanghai Zhongxi Book Company Limited

Shanghai Zhongxi Book Company Limited is a publisher dedicated to the principle of “integrating Chinese and Western learning and establishing itself through scholarship,” focusing on the collation of unearthed documents, original academic works in the humanities and social sciences, and educational books. Its catalog reflects directions spanning philosophical reading, foreign literature, social culture, essays and miscellany, and film and television. Representative titles include Robert van Gulik’s The Lore of the Chinese Lute, Qiu Xigui’s New Studies on the Laozi, and works from the Sanskrit Literature Translation Series such as Kadambari, Malavika and Agnimitra, The Story of the Throne and The Hundred Counsels of the True Path, and The Tale of the Beautiful Face and The Tale of the Necklace, translated by scholars including Huang Baosheng. The press also publishes social and cultural works such as Prelude to the Gentry Class: Vagrants and Local Magnates, the Civil Service Examinations and Neo-Confucianism in the Two Song Dynasties, as well as philosophical readings for young people such as Beginnings: Philosophy for Young People, Volume 1: Science, Technology and Ethics. Authors represented in the catalog include Robert van Gulik, Qiu Xigui, Huang Baosheng, Bhasa, and Bana, reflecting its distinctive commitment to integrating Chinese and Western scholarship. Public information is limited; this introduction emphasizes the publishing directions reflected in the catalog.