Thread-Binding Books Publishing House

Also known as: 綫装书局, 綫裝書局, 线装书局有限公司, 线装书局出版社, 线装书局出版社有限公司

Founded
1993
Country / Region
China
Notable books
A Separate Biography of Liu Rushi (3 Volumes)Rediscovering Modern ChinaA Detailed Explanation of the Scripture of Clarity and Stillness

167 books 173 authors

About the publisher

Thread-Binding Books Publishing House publishes major works of classical Chinese culture and contemporary academic writings in traditional thread-bound form, and also issues books on social sciences, poetry, calligraphy and painting, and local chronicles and yearbooks. Judging from the 105 titles in its catalogue, its publishing focuses on traditional culture and the humanities: on the one hand, historical and modern-history works such as Liu Rushi Biezhuan and Rediscovering Modern China, as well as annotated editions of Buddhist and Daoist classics including Detailed Explanations of the Qingjing Jing, Annotations on Liaofan's Four Lessons, and an Appreciation of the Ksitigarbha Sutra in Small Regular Script; on the other, works on spiritual cultivation and literary culture such as Awakening: Venerable Master Hsing Yun's Lessons on Spiritual Practice, Family and Country, and Earth Bones. Its authors include scholars and writers such as Chen Yinke, Ma Yong, Xiao Dengfu, Venerable Master Hsing Yun, Yuan Liaofan, Zeng Qiyun and Xiao Renfu, reflecting a publishing profile that relies on distinguished scholars and emphasizes classic annotation and elegant book design.

Published (167)

The Great Confucius (Volume II) cover
Rating 3.0
The Great Confucius (Volume II) 王凤海 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This book focuses on the key stages of Confucius's later years, using "at sixty, my ear was attuned" and "at seventy, I could follow my heart's desire…
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Rating 3.0
Samsara: Notes from a Non-Mainstream Investigation 黄老邪 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This novel presents Huang Laoxie, an antihero who is neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and brings to light the real state and growing pains of corp…
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Rating 3.0
Light of Justice: Prequel + ① 光照大地 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 The prequel centers on the great war among the gods at the dawn of creation. The main story follows the growth of Zhuo Ziguang, son of the Sun God, as…
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Rating 2.8
Metaverse 王子佳人 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 In ancient times, the Heavenly Emperor Yuanmo ruled over all things in the world, and his wife was the Phoenix Emperor Feng'er. The Heavenly Emperor Y…
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Rating 2.8
Fertile Soil 林晓川 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 Wot Hat (Fertile Soil) is a multilayered story about family bonds, attachment to one's native land, life's struggles, and the journey of growing up. A…
A Wild Girl's Hilarious Workplace Adventures cover
Rating 2.8
A Wild Girl's Hilarious Workplace Adventures 莫纳 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 The novel follows Sophie, a "wild girl" fresh out of university, as she stumbles through workplace "adventures" in industries from internet and educat…
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Rating 2.8
Shattered Jade of the Investiture of the Gods: Interpreting the Legend of the Gods' Investiture 谢建华 / 谢明 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This book interprets the essence of Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Bang) chapter by chapter. It analyzes and explains the main characters of the Xi…
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Rating 2.7
A Heart's Boat Crossing the Sea 刘凯 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This is a poetry collection about "crossing." Crossing oneself, and crossing those unspeakable times. With restrained and precise language, the poet c…
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Rating 2.7
Slow Reflections on the Sound of Tides Mulberry超人 / 桑榆非晚 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This is a social science e-book centered on deep thinking. The work is built around the construction of three worlds—past, present, and future—drawing…
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Rating 2.7
True Love Makes People So Beautiful: The Death of a Hermit 付祥喜 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 Two widowed brothers in their seventies depend on each other for survival. When the village chief's brick and tile factory is shut down, the retiremen…
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Rating 2.5
Painting Dreams on a New Path: New Approaches Help Unfold Life's Blueprint 杨明 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This book focuses on the psychological adjustment and career planning of students after the college entrance examination. It first analyzes the causes…
Rhymes from the Journey of the Heart cover
Rating 2.5
Rhymes from the Journey of the Heart 李兴隆 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This book collects more than one thousand poems, ci, and qu, five prose-poems, and over one hundred and fifty couplets. The works come from social lif…
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Rating 2.2
Warning Earth 那俊武 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 Hundreds of millions of years ago, as new intelligent life began to stir on Earth, another "Earth" at the far end of the universe unexpectedly took th…
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Rating 4.2
A Detailed Explanation of the Scripture of Clarity and Stillness 萧登福 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2025 The book Annotations on the Scripture of Clarity and Stillness consists of two parts: a study of The Most High Lord Lao's Wondrous Scripture of Consta…
Awakening: Master Hsing Yun's Lessons in Spiritual Practice cover
Rating 4.0
Awakening: Master Hsing Yun's Lessons in Spiritual Practice Hsing Yun Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2025 Master Hsing Yun teaches that the value of life lies in "love" and its meaning in "cherishing." Grounded in the Buddhist wisdom that "earth, water, fi…
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Rating 3.8
Appreciating the Ksitigarbha Sutra (in Small Regular Script) 曾琦云 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2025 The Kṣitigarbha Sutra is a Buddhist classic that has circulated widely from ancient times to the present. Known as the Buddhist sutra of filial piety,…
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Rating 3.7
Home and Country Xiao Renfu Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2025 Liu Jushan, deputy director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and concurrently general manager of the Urban Construction Company, is …
Earth Bones cover
Rating 3.6
Earth Bones 赤耳贝 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2025 The history of the Liu, Yang, Mei, and Lan families; the divergent fates of the four Liu sisters; the legendary lives of the varied ordinary folk of D…
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Rating 3.6
Contactless Physiological Indicator Monitoring Technology: Principles, Applications and Future 康伟 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2025 This book systematically explores contactless physiological monitoring technologies, analyzing the limitations of conventional contact-based monitorin…
A Lesson from the Past 2: Japan's Lost 30 Years and Its Declining Birthrate and Aging Population cover
Rating 3.6
A Lesson from the Past 2: Japan's Lost 30 Years and Its Declining Birthrate and Aging Population 蔡林海 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2025 Precedents Revisited 2: Japan's Lost Three Decades and Its Declining Birthrate and Aging Population (hereinafter referred to as "this book") is the se…

Frequent authors

Yuan Weishi (4)东方慧子 (3)Qiao Boliang (3)Cui Ge (3)Guiguzi (3)余克强 (2)康笑笑 (2)Hsing Yun (2)曾琦云 (2)毕敦一 (2)王凤海 (2)Xiao Renfu (2)