About the author
Huang Shen is an author about whom limited public information is available; details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded, and only three of his works are known. Judging from the titles held in the collection, his writings touch on Eastern philosophy, classical poetry, and literary appreciation, with representative works including Ri Zhi Lu, The Collected Works of Zhu Xi, and Selected Commentaries on Xu Xiake's Travels. Ri Zhi Lu is the famous work of Gu Yanwu, The Collected Works of Zhu Xi concerns Song-dynasty Neo-Confucian texts, and Selected Commentaries on Xu Xiake's Travels is an annotated selection of travel writings. Together these works span philosophy, poetry, and literary criticism, reflecting the author's engagement with the compilation, selection, and interpretation of classical texts. His writing emphasizes the organization and evaluation of canonical works and is aimed at readers interested in traditional culture. Given the limited material, this introduction is based only on the subject matter and categories of his works and offers no speculation about his life.
Written (3)
Rating 4.3★ Collected Works of Zhu Xi 黄珅 / Zeng Zaozhuang / Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Zhu Xi, a representative figure of the Min school of Neo-Confucianism and commonly known as Master Zhu, was an outstanding master in carrying forward … Rating 4.8★ Records of Daily Knowledge Gu Yanwu / 黄珅 · 2022 Richeng lu (Record of Daily Knowledge) is the representative work of Gu Yanwu, the renowned scholar and great thinker of the late Ming and early Qing,… Rating 3.8★ Selections from the Travels of Xu Xiake, with Commentary 黄珅 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020 The Ming-dynasty author Xu Hongzu (Hao Xiake) wrote Xu Xiake's Travels, a celebrated work of ancient Chinese literature. Cast in diary form, it record…Publishers
Shanghai Classics Publishing HousePhoenix Books, Ltd.