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Lijiang Publishing House

Also known as: 漓江出版, 漓江出版社有限公司

Founded
1980
Country / Region
China
Notable books
Dawn Blossoms Plucked at DuskDawn Blossoms Plucked at DuskMicrocosmos: A History of Earth's Life Starring Bacteria

245 books 238 authors

About the publisher

Lijiang Publishing House focuses on Chinese and foreign literature, humanities and social sciences, cultural life, and parent-child education, and is particularly known for translating and introducing foreign literature; its "Nobel Prize in Literature Laureates Series" has had a lasting influence on readers. Judging from the 193 books in the collection, the press publishes modern prose classics such as Lu Xun's Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, ancient poetry and Eastern philosophy texts including Qu Yuan's The Songs of Chu and the works of Xunzi, educational works such as De Amicis's Cuore, and philosophy titles such as The Origin and Goal of History. Its authors include well-known Chinese and foreign writers and scholars such as Lu Xun, Qu Yuan, Xunzi, Hu Dalei, and Xia Mianzun. Overall, the press balances the organization of classic texts with the introduction of foreign works, forming a publishing profile that gives equal weight to literature, philosophy, and education.

Published (245)

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Living Alone Stella Benson Lijiang Publishing House · 2025 Living Alone is a fantasy novel by the British novelist, poet, and travel writer Stella Benson (1892–1933). The Chinese edition was translated by Fu M…
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Rating 4.4
Murder in the Cathedral T.S.艾略特 / 李文俊 / 袁伟 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 The verse play Murder in the Cathedral is Eliot's representative dramatic work, written and published in 1935. Adapted from real historical events, it…
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Rating 4.4
The Origin and Goal of History 卡尔·雅斯贝斯 / 李夏菲 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 In this book, Jaspers advances a famous thesis: that world history contains an "Axial Age." The Axial Age refers to the period between 800 and 200 BCE…
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Rating 4.3
The Forbidden City: A History of China Since the Fifteenth Century 郑欣淼 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 With a history of 600 years, the Forbidden City (the Palace Museum) carries the bloodline of Chinese culture, serves as an indispensable window for un…
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Rating 4.1
Art in the Village: Field Notes on Village Community Traditions 乔晓光 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork in ethnography and art, the author distills firsthand experiences and observations into nineteen essays…
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Rating 4.1
The Wind Walks in the Woods: Light and Shadow · Traces Ji Xianlin Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 This book selects more than 60 works by Mr. Ji Xianlin, recording his impressions from visits and travels around the world. In his writings on visits …
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Rating 4.1
The Wind Walks in the Woods: Ups and Downs · The Times Ji Xianlin Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 This collection mainly gathers Ji Xianlin's essays lamenting the passage of years and reflecting on the vicissitudes of human life. Spanning from his …
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Rating 4.0
The Wind Walks in the Woods: Sentiments · People Ji Xianlin Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 This collection features more than 60 lyrical essays by Ji Xianlin on people and events, including teachers, relatives and friends as well as stranger…
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Rating 4.0
The Wind Walks in the Woods: Poetic Realm · Nature Ji Xianlin Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 This volume gathers more than sixty of Mr. Ji's lyrical essays on scenery and objects—all celebrated pieces, many of them anthologized in primary and …
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Rating 3.9
Letters to Time: The Oral Memoir of Liu Shuoliang 刘硕良 / 张俊显 / 李逊 / 唐迎欣 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 This book is an oral memoir in which the renowned publisher Liu Shuoliang, in his late eighties, looks back on his life. It recounts his experiences a…
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Rating 3.9
The Moon Is Roundest in One's Hometown Ji Xianlin Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 A blade of grass's heart. Mother and son. My home. Life's sorrows and bitterness, departed loved ones and memories, embodied in plain language—dense p…
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Rating 3.9
Recalling the Years Like Flowing Water Ji Xianlin Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 Ji Xianlin reads people and perceives the kindness of a lineage passed down from mentor to disciple; he reads them and mourns bosom friends far off at…
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Rating 3.8
One Tree, One Bodhi Ji Xianlin Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 Muddleheadedness is a rare gift. Think thrice before you act. Three discourses on life. A heart graced with conscience, a pen devoted to moral letters…
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Rating 3.6
Awareness at the Threshold of Life and Death: The Life Awakening of 25 Ordinary People 何恒清 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 The author traveled across the country to hold candid conversations with 25 ordinary people who have faced life-and-death trials—mostly serious illnes…
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Rating 3.5
The Charm of Yangshuo 李元君 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 A captivating work of immersive travel writing, The Allure of Yangshuo traces the spiritual evolution of this storied small city in southern China, ce…
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Rating 3.5
True Colors 卢义虎 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 After eight years as commander of a special forces unit, Niu Haicheng retires from military service, somewhat disheartened, and draws lots to enter th…
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Rating 3.4
The Wilderness of Time 何述强 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 This is a selection of essays by He Shuqiang, a writer of the Mulao ethnic group from Guangxi, gathering nearly 40 representative pieces from his rece…
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Rating 3.4
Rainy Night, Foggy Dream 德格多鹏奈 / 计莲芳 / 严修莹 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 Rainy Night, Foggy Dream is a psychological novel. Ma Deyi, a young PhD in psychology and university lecturer, visits his elder relative Wu Minkai, a …
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Rating 3.4
Song Dynasty Literati and Guangxi 周雪瓴 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 The historian Chen Yinke once said: "The culture of the Chinese nation, through thousands of years of evolution, reached its zenith in the Zhao-Song e…
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Rating 3.3
Old Times by the Nanliu River 张一明 Lijiang Publishing House · 2024 Bobai County, under Yulin City in Guangxi, is the world's largest Hakka community. Through reminiscence, this book records the author's daily life and…

Frequent authors

Guillermo del Toro (15)Chuck Hogan (15)本书编写组 (10)Ji Xianlin (7)Yu Hua (6)广西壮族自治区国土资源规划院 (6)广西交通投资集团 (5)广西壮族自治区生态环境厅 (5)邵燕君 (5)约瑟夫·罗特 (4)Lu Xun (4)Landi Meichen (3)