Tang Haoming comments on Zeng Guofan's memorial

Author: Tang Haoming
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book, Tang Haoming's Commentary on Zeng Guofan's Memorial Reports, is a companion piece to Tang Haoming's Commentary on Zeng Guofan's Family Letters, published by Yue Lu Publishing House in 2002. The editor has selected forty-seven memorial reports from the over 2,000 extant reports of Zeng Guofan, providing commentary on the historical context in which these reports were produced, related events both within and outside the reports, their role at the time, and their historical impact. Through these commentaries, the book attempts to unveil a glimpse of the intricate and subtle official culture of the late Qing Dynasty.
A memorial report is essentially a form of report. To provide modern readers with a model for writing reports, the book analyzes the writing techniques of the selected reports, highlighting the aspects that can be (learned from) in this genre of writing. It also extracts the most brilliant sentences from the reports to catch the reader's attention. Additionally, translations are provided to help readers better understand the original reports.