1. Illustrated Tributes to the Imperial Ch'ing
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This text in nine chapters was compiled by Fuheng, Tung Hao, and others, and it was illustrated by Men Ch’ing-an and others. The text is divided geographically ......

2. Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
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Throughout Chinese history, ancient books have been complied and edited into collections in order to study the ways of old and honor superior literary works. A monument of this fine tradition ......

3. Vast Documents of the Yung-lo Era
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"Vast Documents of the Yung-lo Era" represents a grand ‘lei-shu’ project of the Ming dynasty. In 1403, not long after the founding of the Ming dynasty, the Yung-lo Emperor wanted ...

4. Painting Catalogue of the Hsüan-ho Collection
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This book is a catalogue describing the imperial collection of painting in the inner court under Emperor Hui-tsung ......

5. Classified Draft of the Yüan-feng Era
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Tseng Kung (style name, Tzu-ku) was a native of Nan-feng in Chien-ch'ang (modern Nan-feng, Kiangsi). A lifelong collector of books, he assembled a library of rare works that he also collated himself, ...... ...

6. Literary Collection of Liu Ping-ko
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Liu Yü-hsi (style name Meng-te), is also known as Ping-k’o and came from Chung-shan. He was a poet of the T'ang dynasty (618-907) whose literary collection was compiled into 40 chüan ......

7. Dynastic Regulations for Sagacious Rule of the Great Yüan
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Documents concerning the system of Yüan dynasty rule, with the exception of those mentioned in the official Yüan history and this book, have all been lost. This Yüan imprint is not only the earliest surviving ...

8. The Analects
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Though entitled “Lun-yü (The Analects)”, this volume in fact represents “Lun-yü chi-chieh (The Collected Exegeses of the Analects)”.  ......

9. Six Writings by Master K'ung
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Confucius is one of the most venerated figures in the history of China, and his descendants have been respected ever since. When the Northern Sung fell in 1126 and the government fled south, ......

10. Essentials to the Collected Meaning of The Four Books
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After the fall of the Sung dynasty in 1279, the scholar Liu Yin turned to a life of seclusion. Known for his lofty character and disposition, he was highly esteemed by contemporaries.  ......

11. Literary Collection of Nan-hsüan
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Nan-hsüan was the sobriquet of Chang Shih, a native of Szechwan. The famous Neo-Confucianist Chu Hsi (1130-1200) praised Chang in his eulogy for his character and erudition, ......

12. Illustrated Text of the Hsüan-ho Emissary to Korea
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Geographical and travel texts have a long history in China, extending as far back as the Shang and Chou dynasties (17th-3rd c. BC), when specific officials dealt with compiling and organizing geographical ...

13. Erh-ya
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The “Erh-ya” is an ancient text devoted to philology, but the identity of the author(s) still remains unclear today. As to the age of the text, the Ch'ing (1644-1911) editors of the Ssu-k'u ...

14. Literary Collection of Fan Wen-cheng
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Fan Chung-yen (style name Hsi-wen), also known as Fan Wen-cheng, was a native of Wu-hsien, Kiangsu province. Left fatherless when still an infant, he went on to become a diligent student ......

15. New Imprint of the Grand and Illuminous Explication of Huai-nan-tzu
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The book "Huai-nan-tzu" was written in the Western Han (206 BC-9 AD) under Liu An, a member of the imperial clan. According to the literary section of "The Book of Han", ......

16. Principal Meaning to The Book of Etiquette and Ceremony
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Wei Liao-weng received his Presented Scholar (chin-shih) civil service degree in 1199 and went on to serve as an official in the Southern Sung (1127-1279). ......

17. Anthology of Works by Master Hui-an
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This Sung edition of the “Anthology of Works by Master Hui-an” includes the official Chekiang edition published during the reign of Emperor Ning-tsung (1195-1223) as compiled by a Mr. Ch'ü  ...

18. Memoirs of Master Chao-te's Readings in the Chün Studio
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Chao Kung-wu, a native of Shantung, resided in the Chao-te ward of the capital K'ai-feng (Pien-liang)--hence his name "Mr. Chao-te" as indicated in the title of this book.  ......

19. Commentaries on the Rites of Chou
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In China, woodblock editions of the traditional Classics were made as early as the Five Dynasties (907-960). They were carved into wood based on engraved stone Classics of the T'ang dynasty  ...... ...

20. New Revised Imprint of Tu Fu's Poetry with Annotations
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Tu Fu (712-770) was one of the greatest poets in Chinese history. Witnessing the An Lu-shan rebellion and the restoration of imperial rule in the mid-8th century, ......