Pre-Qin Texts
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Classic of Mountains and Seas (Complete Edition with Full Annotation and Translation)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2022
The Classic of Mountains and Seas is one of the oldest extant Chinese texts on geography and natural history. In eighteen scrolls and roughly 31,000 c…
The Book of Documents (Chinese Classics Collection, Upgraded Edition)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2016
The Book of Documents, originally titled Shu (The Book), is the earliest extant compilation of ancient Chinese political documents and one of the Conf…
The Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven (Complete Text, Full Annotations, Full Translation)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2019
The Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven, originally titled Record of the Zhou King's Progress, is the only pre-Qin text from the "Jizhong bamboo slips"—une…
Strategies of the Warring States (Complete Edition with Full Annotation and Translation)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2012
The Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce) is a compilation of state-by-state records documenting the persuasive speeches, debates, and politic…
The Little Calendar of Xia
Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024
Traditional Chinese thought and culture has a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early intelle…
Selected Prose of the Pre-Qin Period (2 Volumes)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2021
This volume selects over 220 pieces from seventeen works ranging from the Book of Documents to the Lüshi Chunqiu. The selection balances literary qual…
The Book of Documents and the Book of Rites: Selected Readings
Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026
The Book of Documents (Shangshu) is a compilation of writings that trace ancient deeds, divided into the Yu, Xia, Shang, and Zhou sections. As one of …
The Textual Formation and Historical Writing of the Zuo Zhuan
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2025
Drawing extensively on excavated documents, this book provides a comprehensive and systematic study of the textual formation and historical writing of…
Rites of Zhou
Liaohai Publishing House · 2025
The Rites of Zhou, also known as the Offices of Zhou or the Classic of Zhou Offices, is a compilation that gathers the official institutions of the Zh…
The Waterways Classic
· 2024
Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features, and t…
New Research on The Art of War: Centered on the Yinqueshan Bamboo Slip Text, a National Social Science Fund Post-Funding Project
Zhonghua Book Company · 2023
Xiong Jianping, born in 1973 in Chaohu, Anhui, holds an MA in Military Science and a PhD in History. He is Director and Professor of the Sun Tzu Resea…
Mutianzi Zhuan: Translation and Annotation; Yandanzi: Translation and Annotation
Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022
In this edition, Mu Tianzi Zhuan is collated, translated, and annotated on the basis of the 1990 Shanghai Classics Publishing House facsimile of the M…
A Study of the Culture of Chinese Characters in the New Text Shangshu
Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2021
Chinese characters are a vital vehicle of traditional Chinese culture, carrying rich cultural connotations. Taking the Modern-Text Shangshu as its tex…
Saying with Purpose: The Origins and Development of "Shu"-Type Documents in the Pre-Qin Period
Zhonghua Book Company · 2021
The "shu" examined in this book refers to a category of documents formed from the speeches delivered by rulers and ministers in the course of administ…
Reading Zuo Zhuan This Way
Henan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021
As the authoritative interpretation of the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Zuo Commentary has circulated in China for over two thousand years. It has lo…
Guoyu: Chinese Classic Masterpieces
Zhonghua Book Company · 2020
Guoyu (Discourses of the States) is a compilation of primary historical sources that records, state by state, the political discourse of kings, lords,…
Imperial Lineage
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
Lu Zhong's clan took a wife from the Guifang clan. The younger sister of the Guifang clan was called Nü Shuang, and she bore six sons. She was pregnan…
Duke Ai Asked Confucius
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
Duke Ai Asked Confucius
The Announcement of Luo
Bashu Publishing House · 2020
After the Duke of Shao had surveyed the site, the Duke of Zhou went to build Chengzhou and sent an envoy to report the divination, whereupon the Luo G…
The Great Declaration, Part II
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
The "Great Declaration" belongs to Mei Ze's Old Text Shangshu and is divided into upper, middle, and lower sections; the New Text Shangshu does not co…