Reading magazine

Author: Wang Niansun
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Publishing Date: 2000-09-01
Features: This book is a specialized work on collating ancient texts, recorded in the form of reading notes, documenting the results of Wang Niansun's late-life research on ancient classics. The "Reading Notes" collated historical texts include The Lost Zhou Book, The Statesmen of the Warring States, Records of the Grand Historian, and The Book of Han, while the philosophical texts include The, The Spring and Autumn Annals of Yanzi, The Mozi, The Xunzi, and The Huainanzi. Additionally, there are materials on Han Dynasty inscriptions. These were all published before Wang Niansun's death. After Wang Niansun passed away, Wang Yinji organized two volumes of Supplementary Reading Notes from his unfinished manuscripts. The first volume includes The Later Han Book, Laozi, Zhuangzi, The Spring and Autumn Annals of Lu, Han Feizi, and The Sayings of Yan, while the second volume includes The Songs of Chu and The Selections.