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Beacon Fire over Jinzhou 1894 (Selected Novel of the Dalian "5511" Project for Fine Literary and Artistic Works)
Dalian Publishing House · 2025
Thirty years ago, the principal wife of the Jin household gave birth to twins. A mysterious fire killed both the master and his wife, but the children…
The Biography of Hu Xueyan
China Friendship Publishing Company · 2026
Hu Xueyan's life was a legendary rise and, still more, a commercial ordeal. Starting out as an apprentice in a money shop, he rose through exceptional…
The Tale of Lanruo
· 2026
[Historical romance with an ensemble cast + palace intrigue and rise to power + mutual salvation] A Late Qing take on Story of Yanxi Palace—two heroin…
Biography of Zeng Guofan
Volumes Publishing Company · 2025
From a dejected scholar who failed the imperial examination six times to a towering figure of the late Qing court hailed as a "minister of restoration…
Wronged Souls Beneath the Cross
Beiyue Literature & Art Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2025
In the ninth year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing dynasty, children went missing again and again in Tianjin, several cases a day, sowing panic and un…
The Foremost Figure of the Late Qing: The Legend of Zeng Guofan
大吕文化 · 2025
The late Qing was the most tragic era in Chinese history, but also the era when Chinese people opened their eyes to the world. It was in such an era o…
The Logic of Getting Things Done: Learning to Assess the Situation from Zeng Guofan
· 2025
The way of heaven and earth combines hardness and softness—an unshakeable truth. Everything has both a hard and a soft side, and neither can be neglec…
Cold Moon, Lone Lamp: Tang Haoming's Essays on Reading History
Tianjin Ancient Books Publishing House · 2025
Why did Zeng Guofan not become emperor? Was Zeng Guofan a traitor and sellout? How did Zeng Guofan recognize and employ people? Why did Zeng Guofan fe…
A Grand View of Unofficial Histories of the Qing Dynasty: The Qing World of Arts and Letters
· 2025
This is a compilation of historical sources that brings together the best of Qing dynasty unofficial histories and anecdotal records, divided into fiv…
A Grand View of Unofficial Histories of the Qing Dynasty: Anecdotes of Qing Figures
· 2025
This is a compilation of historical sources that brings together the best of Qing dynasty unofficial histories and anecdotal records, divided into fiv…
A Grand View of Unofficial Histories of the Qing Dynasty: Historical Materials of the Qing
· 2025
This is a compilation of historical sources that brings together the best of Qing dynasty unofficial histories and anecdotes, divided into five sectio…
A Record of Heads
Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
A boy digging a hole alone at home is frightened insane by a skull unearthed in the darkness. An eighty-year-old Taoist priest comes to visit and disc…
Hu Xueyan's Wondrous Use of Momentum
· 2024
Hu Xueyan believed that his business dealings were tied to the times, a conviction rooted in his own experience. His successes and failures alike were…
Hu Xueyan's Methods of Making Connections
· 2024
Hu Xueyan believed: at home you rely on your parents, away from home you rely on friends—I rely on friends even at home, so I cannot but think for my …
Hu Xueyan's Skill in Smoothing Relations
· 2024
Hu Xueyan believed that in dealing with people and affairs one must take "rounding the world" (yuanshi) as the guiding principle. The philosophy of yu…
Hu Xueyan's Strategies of Planning
· 2024
Hu Xueyan believed that whether in dealing with people or in business, one must plan. With these strategies of planning, Hu Xueyan's understanding and…
Biographies of Modern Chivalrous Heroes (Part One)
· 2024
A classic by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng. Taking the martyrdom of the late Qing "Six Gentlemen of the Reform Movement" as its temporal anchor, the narrative…
Biographies of Modern Chivalrous Heroes (Part Three)
· 2024
A classic by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng. Taking the martyrdom of the late-Qing "Six Gentlemen of the Hundred Days' Reform" as its chronological anchor, the…
Emperor Guangxu
China Culture and History Press · 2024
The author gives an objective account of Emperor Guangxu's life, tracing his personal fortunes against the social and historical backdrop of his time.…
Biographies of Modern Chivalrous Heroes (Part Two)
· 2024
A classic by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng. Taking the execution of the late Qing "Six Gentlemen of the Wuxu Reform" as its temporal anchor, the narrative rea…