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.
Published (142)
Rating 5.0★ Dream of the Red Chamber (Illustrated Collector's Edition) (2-Volume Set) Cao Xueqin Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 One of China's four great classical novels. Originally titled The Story of the Stone, it unfolds against the rise and fall of the four great families—… Rating 4.9★ Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Two Volumes, Illustrated Collector's Edition) Luo Guanzhong / 朱正 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 One of the four great classical novels of China, this work—formally titled Romance of the Three Kingdoms—opens with the Oath in the Peach Garden and d… Rating 4.9★ Journey to the West (Two Volumes, Illustrated Collector's Edition) Wu Cheng'en Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 One of China's four great classical novels, this 100-chapter work tells the story of Tang Sanzang and his three disciples as they endure many trials o… Rating 4.8★ Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Illustrated Collector's Edition (Two Volumes) Pu Songling Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 "Liaozhai" was the name of Pu Songling's study; zhi means "to record," and yi means "strange tales." The work is divided into twelve volumes comprisin… Rating 4.7★ Water Margin (Illustrated Collector's Edition) (2-Volume Set) Shi Nai'an Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 One of the four great classical novels of China, also known as The Water Margin of Loyalty and Righteousness, this work depicts the late Northern Song… Rating 4.7★ The Dialogues of Socrates 色诺芬 / 邝健行 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 A single book to understand the life philosophy and art of speech of Socrates, the father of Western philosophy. Steve Jobs declared that he would tra… Rating 4.6★ Confucius and The Analects Qian Mu (Ch'ien Mu) Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 This book is Qian Mu's heavyweight exposition of Confucius's teachings and his method of teaching the Analects, a distillation of thought that penetra… Rating 4.6★ War: Human Nature, Society, and the History That Was Shaped 玛格丽特·麦克米伦 / 巴扬 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 Is peace an anomaly? In nine chapters, Margaret MacMillan, Emeritus Professor of International History at Oxford University, ranges from ancient Gree… Rating 4.5★ My Country and My People Lin Yutang / 黄嘉德 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 Originally titled My Country and My People and also translated as The Chinese, this book is Lin Yutang's breakthrough work and representative piece in… Rating 4.5★ Who Is Afraid of Gender 朱迪斯·巴特勒 / 刁俊春 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 The author of Gender Trouble takes on the "gender panic" in this much-discussed polemic. Judith Butler, one of the most influential gender theorists o… Rating 4.5★ Return to the Classics: Illustrated Collector's Edition of Classical Masterpieces (10 Volumes) Luo Guanzhong / Cao Xueqin / Shi Nai'an / Wu Cheng'en / Wu Jingzi / Xu Zhonglin / Feng Menglong Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 This set includes Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Illustrated Collector's Edition, Dream of the Red Chamber: Illustrated Collector's Edition, Water Mar… Rating 4.4★ Memoirs of Jiang Tingfu Tsiang Ting-fu (T.F. Tsiang) Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 As an "important figure" with a unique career and standing, Jiang Tingfu's memoir holds considerable value as a historical source. The book is the Chi… Rating 4.4★ Zizhi Tongjian in Vernacular Chinese Sima Guang / Zhang Hongru Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 “In light of past events, guidance for governance,” it spans sixteen dynasties and 1,362 years. Since its completion, Zizhi Tongjian has been a classi… Rating 4.4★ Six Records of a Floating Life (Illustrated Collector's Edition) Shen Fu Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 An autobiographical prose work recounting the everyday life the author and his wife shared in kindred tastes, his travels to many places, and the hard… Rating 4.3★ Chengzhong Mengxuetang Illustrated Character Lessons 刘树屏 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 Every Chinese character carries its own virtue and spirit. Even a single character like “天” (heaven) or “人” (human) may embody the ancient philosophy … Rating 4.3★ Stories to Awaken the World: Illustrated Collector's Edition Feng Menglong Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 Stories to Awaken the World collects forty tales in diverse styles. Through Feng Menglong's creative editing, many of these vernacular stories have be… Rating 4.3★ The World Order: The World at the Juncture of Civilizational Transition Cho-Yun Hsu / 冯俊文 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 A long-awaited work by the eminent historian Hsu Cho-yun. Facing an increasingly chaotic world, a 94-year-old man offers an urgent appeal to the prese… Rating 4.3★ Yuen Ren Chao: An Early Autobiography 赵元任 Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 This autobiography was written by Zhao Yuanren, a renowned Chinese linguist, about the first thirty years of his life. Rather than offering much refle… Rating 4.3★ Soul and Mind Qian Mu (Ch'ien Mu) Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 This book is an important work in which Mr. Qian Mu explores the Chinese worldview and view of life, and a concise history of the formation of Chinese… Rating 4.3★ Lü Simian's Concise History of China Lü Simian Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026 Chinese general histories are many, but Lü Simian's stands as a model among them, and has remained a bestseller since publication. This book integrate…Frequent authors
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