Beijing Publishing House
- Founded
- 1956
- Country / Region
- China
- Notable books
- Great Minds for Everyone: From the SoilPrisoner of War Diary: 1940–1945Close Readings of Lu Xun's Works
About the publisher
Beijing Publishing House is a comprehensive Chinese publisher whose history, according to public information, dates back to the 1940s and which has operated under its current name since 1956. Its eight titles in our catalog span social fiction, essays and miscellaneous writings, history, language and self-help for young readers. Representative works include Ye Guangqin's Cain Sangzi and Wang Meng's A Lifetime of Living: Wang Meng's Life Experience, as well as The First Book to Understand China's Structure: From Vassal States to Empire and East-West Dialogue: A Conversation Between Media Tycoons. For young readers, there are Du Xingdong's creativity course and several series of financial wisdom stories and ability-building books. Its authors include Ye Guangqin, Wang Meng, Liu Changle and Murdoch, reflecting a publishing profile that values both literature and intellectual culture. Public information is limited, so further directions are not known.
Water Margin and Chinese Society
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
Water Margin and Chinese Society is an essay-style study by political scientist and legal scholar Sa Mengwu, who rereads Water Margin through a sociol…
Lectures on Classical Chinese Poetry
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
Lectures on Classical Chinese Poetry is a compilation of writings by the renowned scholar of classical literature Pu Jiangqing, edited by Pu Hanming a…
A Study of Tao Yuanming
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
A Study of Tao Yuanming is scholar Xiao Wangqing's representative work applying modern literary-critical concepts to the study of Tao Yuanming. The bo…
Great Masters, Small Books: Lectures on Classical Chinese Poetry
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
This volume gathers Pu Jiangqing's (1904–1957) writings on poetry, ci, qu, and drama. It consists chiefly of lectures on classical poetry that he deli…
Lectures on Classical Chinese Poetry
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
This book is a compilation of writings on poetry, ci, qu and drama by the renowned classical literature scholar Pu Jiangqing, edited into book form by…
Dajia Xiaoshu: Folk Customs and Superstition (Hardcover)
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
Folk Customs and Superstition originated as Jiang Shaoyuan's lecture notes for his course "Ritual Customs and Superstition" at Peking University in th…
Great Masters, Small Books: Folk Customs and Superstition (Hardcover)
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
This book is a representative work by Jiang Shaoyuan, one of the founders of modern Chinese folklore studies. It originated as lecture notes for his c…
A Brief Survey of Classical Poetry and Prose
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
A Brief Survey of Classical Poetry and Prose is a collection of essays on classical Chinese poetry and prose by Wu Xiaoru (1922–2014), a professor and…
Everyone's Little Library: Two Thousand Years (Hardcover)
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
A slim little book, yet it dares to dissect more than two thousand years, from Qin to Qing, as a single whole. Hu Sheng does not tell the stories of e…
Bridge Chronicles (Master's Little Book Series, Hardcover)
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
Bridge Chronicles is a collection of popular-science essays on Chinese bridges by the bridge engineer Mao Yisheng, published as part of Beijing Publis…
Dajia Xiaoshu: Remarks on the Ci of Su and Xin
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
Remarks on the Ci of Su and Xin is Gu Sui's (1897–1960) representative work of ci criticism, combining his Remarks on Jiaxuan's Ci and Remarks on Dong…
Dajia Xiaoshu: An Outline of Prosody in Classical Chinese Poetry and Ci
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
Dajia Xiaoshu: An Outline of Prosody in Classical Chinese Poetry and Ci is a popular introduction to classical prosody written for general readers by …
A Brief Guide to Poetry and Ci Rhyme Schemes
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
An Outline of Poetic and Lyric Prosody is an accessible primer by linguist Wang Li on the appreciation and composition of classical Chinese poetry, pu…
Everyone's Library: A Brief History of Bridges (Hardcover)
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
This book gathers Mao Yisheng's popular-science essays on Chinese bridges. It includes "Bridges," "Talks on Bridges," "Unfolding a Grand Plan: Turning…
Everyone's Little Book: A Portrait of the Heroes of Liangshan Marsh
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
A Portrait of the Heroes of Liangshan Marsh is a collection of character essays written by the author Meng Chao in the 1940s, first serialized in Hong…
An Outline History of the Two Song Dynasties
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
An Outline History of the Two Song Dynasties is an unfinished manuscript left by historian Zhang Yinlin as a continuation of the Song portion of his O…
Dajia Xiaoshu: History Set
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
Dajia Xiaoshu (“Great Scholars' Little Books”) is a popular series that Beijing Publishing House has maintained since the 1990s, taking its name from …
Brief Talks on Dream of the Red Chamber
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
A Short Course on Red Mansions is a popular guide by Red Chamber scholar Zhou Ruchang that explains Dream of the Red Chamber to general readers. Its m…
Great Masters' Little Books: Essays of a Clumsy Craftsman (Hardcover)
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
This book is a collection of architectural essays by the architectural historian Liang Sicheng, included in Beijing Publishing House's "Great Masters'…
Common Knowledge Library: Laozi, Confucius, Mozi and Their Schools (Hardcover)
Beijing Publishing House · 2016
This book is a compilation of Liang Qichao's representative achievements in the study of pre-Qin thinkers, included in the "Common Knowledge Library" …
Frequent authors
Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences (40)Wang Hongtu (7)Zhou Xiangyu (6)Luo Xiyao (6)Lü Simian (5)浦江清 (5)Wang Yanchun (5)俞陛云 (4)Wang Li (4)Jin Xingyao (4)Gu Jiegang (4)He Yikun (3)