About the author
Guo Biqiang is an author known in Chinese-language book resources for compiling historical documents related to the Nanjing Massacre. Public information about him is limited, and his dates of birth and death, nationality, and educational background are not clearly recorded. The database currently holds 17 of his works, most of them volumes in the Nanjing Massacre Historical Materials Collection, including citizens' petitions, surveys and statistics by the Japanese Army Atrocities Investigation Committee, surveys of war losses, investigations of earlier casualties and property losses, and statistics from the Compensation Committee. These works fall under documentary literature and historical reading, centering on original archives and survey statistics and focusing on documenting wartime suffering and losses, which gives them considerable value as historical sources. His editorial style emphasizes the compilation of documents and the organization of data, with restrained narration, providing basic materials for research on the Nanjing Massacre and wartime losses in China.
Written (17)
Rating 4.2★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 43: Survey of Citizens' Property Losses 2 Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2020 As the most primary source material on civilian losses during the Nanjing Massacre, these civilian property loss report forms generally record the cir… Rating 4.2★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 45: Survey of Citizens' Property Losses 4 Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2020 The survey materials collected in this volume faithfully reflect the enormous property losses inflicted on Nanjing citizens by the Japanese invasion o… Rating 4.2★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 44: Survey of Citizens' Property Losses 3 Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2020 Some of the collected materials include photographs of lost property and various certificates, further enhancing the authenticity and evidentiary valu… Rating 4.2★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 47: Survey of Citizens' Property Losses 6 Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2020 In addition to property loss surveys, this volume includes the meeting minutes of the Executive Yuan's Compensation Committee, making it a valuable re… Rating 4.2★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 46: Survey of Citizens' Property Losses 5 Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2020 Among the citizen property loss report forms included in this volume are not only the losses of the poor in their places of residence and daily necess… Rating 4.1★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 21: Investigation Statistics of the Committee for the Investigation of Japanese Crimes (Part II) Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2020 The Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre is a large-scale scholarly undertaking. The collection, collation, and translation and … Rating 4.4★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 23: Citizens' Petitions in the Nanjing Massacre Case Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 / 张建宁 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 The sources for this volume are mainly archival materials held by the Nanjing Archives and the Second Historical Archives of China, the vast majority … Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 15: Early Investigation of Population Casualties and Property Losses Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume mainly compiles materials from investigations into casualties and property losses during the Nanjing Massacre conducted by various parties… Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 21: Investigation and Statistics of the Japanese Army Atrocities Investigation Committee (Part III) Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume mainly contains the investigations conducted by the Nanjing Municipal Government, the Nanjing Provisional Consultative Council, the Capita… Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 22: Investigation and Statistics of the Compensation Committee Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 On November 13, 1945, the National Government established the Compensation Investigation Committee, renamed from the War Damage Investigation Committe… Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 20: Investigation and Statistics of the Japanese Army Atrocities Investigation Committee (Part II) Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume mainly contains enemy war crimes investigation forms, objectively reconstructing the true historical circumstances of the Nanjing Massacre… Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 19: Investigation and Statistics of the Japanese Army Atrocities Investigation Committee (Part I) 郭必强 / 姜良芹 / Zhang Xianwen Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 The main sources for this volume are documents held by the Second Historical Archives of China and the Nanjing Municipal Archives. Its content include… Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 18: Investigation and Statistics of the War of Resistance Losses Investigation Committee (Part III) Zhang Xianwen / 徐康英 / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume continues the Nanjing citizen property loss report forms from the middle volume and also includes property loss report tables of the priva… Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 17: Investigation and Statistics of the War of Resistance Losses Investigation Committee (Part II) Zhang Xianwen / 徐康英 / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume mainly presents reports on property losses suffered by Nanjing residents, using tables to visually demonstrate the property damage inflict… Rating 4.3★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 16: Investigation and Statistics of the War of Resistance Losses Investigation Committee (Part I) Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 姜良芹 / 徐康英 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume is divided into three parts: the origins and initial implementation of the war damage survey, an overview of the organization and work of … Rating 4.2★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 42: Survey of Citizens' Property Losses 1 Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume mainly collects archival records from the Compensation Committee concerning investigations into the property losses suffered by Nanjing ci… Rating 4.2★ Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 66: Citizen Petitions from the Japanese-Puppet Period Zhang Xianwen / 郭必强 / 夏蓓 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017 This volume is divided into two main parts. The first consists of petitions filed by citizens on their own behalf; it also includes a "Petition by Yu …Publishers
Jiangsu People's Publishing House