Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd.
Also known as: 嶽麓書社
About the publisher
Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. is a publisher known for collating and issuing Chinese classical literature and traditional cultural works, with its catalogue centering on classical literature, philosophical readings, Eastern philosophy, military studies, and social culture. Representative titles include illustrated collector's editions of A Dream of Red Mansions, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, as well as Socrates' Dialogues, Confucius and the Analects, and War: Humanity, Society, and Shaped History. Its authors range from classical writers such as Cao Xueqin, Luo Guanzhong, Wu Cheng'en, Pu Songling, and Shi Nai'an to Chinese and foreign figures including Xenophon, Zhu Zheng, and Kwong Kin-hang. The press emphasizes collated texts paired with illustrated collector's editions, balancing scholarship and general reading, and has formed a publishing profile featuring popular editions of classics alongside philosophical and sociocultural topics. Given limited public information, this description focuses on the publishing directions reflected in its catalogue.
Frequent authors
Zeng Guofan (15)Zhang Hongjie (13)Tang Haoming (7)Feng Menglong (6)张一南 (6)李正 (5)柳宗悦 (5)Qian Mu (Ch'ien Mu) (5)Yu Qiuyu (3)Yue Nan (3)Lin Yutang (3)Liang Shiqiu (3)