Rongzhai

Author: Hong Mai
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: The Complete Notes from the Guest Studio includes five collections: Notes (16 volumes), Continued Notes (16 volumes), Third Notes (16 volumes), Fourth Notes (16 volumes), and Fifth Notes (10 volumes), totaling 74 volumes. The content of each volume does not follow a strict chronological order or classification by event type; it is entirely the author's personal notes from daily reading. Notes from the Guest Studio is a work covering an extremely broad range of topics, profound and extensive in content. It discusses everything from Confucian classics, historical records, the Hundred Schools of Thought, poetry, prose, and literary compositions to the systems and institutions of past dynasties, as well as medicine, divination, astronomy, and astrology. Moreover, its precise and analysis, as well as its insightful discussions and evaluations, are highly praised.