A 20th Century Book Series on Ancient Chinese Culture
The book series has won a high reputation in the academic field and among readers after its publication. It is said that the series has triggered the recent craze in studies of Chinese culture. The most prominent features of the series are: 1)Careful selection: the books included in the series are very carefully chosen, being each masterpieces written by great masters in the field; 2)Careful emendation of each book is entrusted to indiviual editors as their sole duty regarding matters such as proof-reading, correcting of misused or misprinted characters and punctuation marks; 3)Proper length: the books chosen are all choice works with high academic value and considerable popularity. They are the results of their authors' many years' work.
So far, twelve books, in two volumes, of the serieshave been published. They are: Lectures on Chinese Culture by Zhang Taiyan. Research Methods of Chinese History by Liang Qichao, A History of Song and Yuan Plays by Wang Guowei. The Source and Course of the New Literature in China by Zhou Zuoren. Notes on Confucian Classics by Lu Simian. A Textual Study in Sima Qian's Historical Records by Zhu Dongrun. A History of Taoism by Xu Dishan, A General Introduction to cipoetry by Wu Mei. On the Theory of Poerty as Experssion of Ideals by Zhu Ziqing. Mythology and Poetry by Wen Yiduo. Reading Notes on Wen Xin Dial Long by Huang Kan, and A History of Medieval Chinese Idelolgy by Hu Shi.
