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Book Burning: A History of the Suffering of Knowledge
民主与建设出版社 · 2023
Preserving knowledge has always been an arduous struggle: the famed Library of Alexandria declined through poor management; only Sir Bodley's vast inv…
Collected Papers of the Center for Studies in Chinese Ancient Documents, Peking University: Volume 28
Peking University Press · 2025
The editor of this volume is the Center for Research in Chinese Ancient Documents at Peking University, a substantive academic institution jointly est…
A History of Book Engraving in Jiangsu
Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2024
This book provides a detailed account of the historical evolution of book engraving and publishing in Jiangsu. The region has a long and distinguished…
The Splendid Flowers: Interviews from Xueli Hall
Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023
The "Xuelitang Interviews" series is edited by Wang E, professor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University. Brillian…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Six)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
In the Song dynasty, the Imperial College printing plates were, by regulation, made available to scholars who could pay for paper and ink and print co…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Five)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
In the Ming dynasty, among official publications, the editions of the Southern and Northern Directorates in the two capitals were the most flourishing…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Four)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
Various Confucian school editions. In the Jimao year of the Zhiyuan era (the 16th year, corresponding to the 2nd year of the Xiangxing era of Emperor …
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Two)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
Ancient books had no printed editions, so everything came from hand-copying, sometimes with essentials abridged for easy perusal. For example, the Lia…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume One)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
The Song dynasty statesman Sima Guang once said: "To leave gold to one's descendants, they may not be able to keep it all; to leave books to one's des…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Three)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
In the Song dynasty, official publications included the Guozijian editions. The classics, histories, and philosophical works printed by successive rei…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Nine)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
The complete edition of Prince Li's Xiaoting zalu, xulu contains an entry on the imperially authorized works of the present dynasty, respectfully reco…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Eight)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
The technique of printing books with movable type—I suspect it actually began in the Five Dynasties. The copper-plate edition of the Jin Tianfu era is…
Pure Conversations in the Book Forest (Volume Seven)
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
After Song editions come Yuan editions. But Yuan editions often derive from Song editions, so when a fine Song edition has been lost, a surviving Yuan…
The Steed Resting at the Manger: A Collection
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019
The Collected Works of Fu Li is a collection of essays by the renowned contemporary bibliographer and textual scholar Shen Jin, who, past seventy, sti…