Late Qing and Republic

60 books

Soul of Iron Mountain cover
Rating 2.8
Soul of Iron Mountain 胡世博 / 熊勇 China Culture and History Press · 2024 In the south of Qijiang County, Chongqing, stands a towering mountain that pierces the clouds. Buried within it are rich deposits of iron ore. From th…
A Brief Account of the Capital · Records of Beijing cover
Rating 3.6
A Brief Account of the Capital · Records of Beijing 金醒吾 · 2025 This book is a volume in the "Collection of Rare Early Beijing Dialect Texts," part of the National Publication Foundation project "Collation, Annotat…
Fresh Flavors (Complete Three Volumes) cover
Rating 3.6
Fresh Flavors (Complete Three Volumes) 损公 Peking University Press · 2025 This book is one volume in the "Late Qing and Early Republican Beijing-Flavor Fiction Series" of the "Collation, Annotation, and Study of Rare Early B…
Modern Art Master Wu Changshuo cover
Rating 3.1
Modern Art Master Wu Changshuo Yang Hongwei Yuanfang Publishing House · 2026 Wu Changshuo was a renowned painter, calligrapher, and seal carver of the late Qing and Republican periods, a representative of the "Post-Haipai" scho…
The Season of Flowing Fire (Parts 1 and 2) cover
Rating 3.7
The Season of Flowing Fire (Parts 1 and 2) 侯波 Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Set against the social and historical backdrop of the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China, *The Blazing Season* presents a panoramic view of t…
The Capacity for Self-Expansion: New Perspectives on Zhang Taiyan's Thought (Daohan Series) cover
Rating 4.5
The Capacity for Self-Expansion: New Perspectives on Zhang Taiyan's Thought (Daohan Series) 张志强 / 江湄 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is one volume in the "Daohan Series" and collects the author's recent new studies on Zhang Taiyan, including an introduction and six chapter…
The Parasol Tree Courtyard cover
Rating 3.7
The Parasol Tree Courtyard Lin Xi Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Through the rise and fall of three generations of the Yu family, a prominent Tianjin household, *Wutong Courtyard* traces the fortunes of Tianjin (Tia…
A Study of Nationalism and the 'Unification of Speech and Writing' Movement in Late Qing and Republican China cover
Rating 3.7
A Study of Nationalism and the 'Unification of Speech and Writing' Movement in Late Qing and Republican China 高建青 Peking University Press · 2026 Language reform has profoundly influenced China's modern nation-state modernization process and social transformation in recent times. On this basis, …
Uncollected Writings from the Ice-Drinking Studio: Revised and Enlarged Edition cover
Rating 4.6
Uncollected Writings from the Ice-Drinking Studio: Revised and Enlarged Edition Liang Qichao / Xia Xiaohong Peking University Press · 2026 This volume collects Liang Qichao's previously published writings not included in the Collected Works of the Ice-Drinker's Studio (Yinbingshi Heji), f…
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Rating 3.8
Equality 邱伟云 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2026 This book traces the modern transformation of the concept of equality (pingdeng) during the late Qing and Republican periods, situating it within the …
On Painting from the Yi Garden cover
Rating 4.2
On Painting from the Yi Garden 松年 / 关和璋 People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2026 After Song Nian settled in Jinan, he excelled in landscape, bird-and-flower, figure, and orchid-and-bamboo painting, and his fame quickly spread throu…
Practical Social Science Series: Village Governance in North China: Power, Discourse, and Institutional Change (1875–1936) cover
Rating 4.1
Practical Social Science Series: Village Governance in North China: Power, Discourse, and Institutional Change (1875–1936) 李怀印 / Philip C. C. Huang Guangxi Normal University Press · 2026 This book is a scholarly monograph on the rural socio-economic history of the late Qing and Republican periods. Focusing on rural governance in North …
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Rating 3.4
Chronological Biography of Xia Suntong 夏志兰 / 夏武康 China Culture and History Press · 2026 Xia Suntong (1857–1942), courtesy names Runzhi, Huisheng, Hui'an and Wuhui, later styled Run'an, was a native of Jiangyin, Jiangsu. His life spanned t…
The Chinese Female Detective: A Collection of Lü Simian's Fiction cover
Rating 3.6
The Chinese Female Detective: A Collection of Lü Simian's Fiction Lü Simian China Culture and History Press · 2025 Lü Simian was a modern Chinese historian and a master of Chinese classics. A prolific author, he achieved great distinction in both history and litera…
A Hypothetical Draft Constitution for China cover
Rating 3.6
A Hypothetical Draft Constitution for China 张伯烈 · 2025 Today the nations of the world are much like a grand emporium. The constitutions of the world's nations are much like the wares on display in that emp…
On the Official System cover
Rating 3.7
On the Official System 曾彝进 / 李景龢 · 2025 The two parts of On Official Systems (Guanzhi) originated in discussions held in Tokyo some years ago with the Japanese scholar Dr. Ariga Nagao; they …
Record of Interviews on the Constitution cover
Rating 3.6
Record of Interviews on the Constitution 唐宝锷 · 2025 At the dawn of the dynasty's revival, the court, determined to put its internal administration in order, shrank not from the lessons of distant lands.…
On the Constitution of the Great Qing cover
Rating 3.8
On the Constitution of the Great Qing 保廷梁 · 2025 The essential meaning of constitutional government lies in defining the organization of government, clarifying where supreme authority resides, and sh…
Memoir of Qing Pei: Me and the Chinese Customs (1874–1921) cover
Rating 4.2
Memoir of Qing Pei: Me and the Chinese Customs (1874–1921) 庆丕 / 朱卫斌 / 冯晖 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2025 This book is the memoir of Qing Pi, a foreign employee of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Born in London, Qing Pi was the son of a senior regist…
Righteousness and Institutions Do Not Abandon Each Other: Meng Wentong and Modern Academia cover
Rating 4.0
Righteousness and Institutions Do Not Abandon Each Other: Meng Wentong and Modern Academia 张凯 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2025 Taking Meng Wentong's scholarship and career as its thread, this book traces the intellectual genealogy of late Qing and Republican academia as it mov…