A Comprehensive History of Chinese Ink (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Zheng Jiewen
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This research project involves reviewing nearly three thousand ancient books and extracting thousands of research materials from over 210 works for classification. These materials are broadly divided into three categories: First, collecting reviews, introductions, and references to Mozi, Mohism, and the Mohists from the writings of the Warring States philosophers and their contemporaries, thereby tracing the formation history of Mohism and studying the later Mohists. Second, gathering reviews, introductions, and references to Mozi, Mohism, and the Mohists from classical literature from the Qin and Han dynasties to the late Qing Dynasty, to study the transmission history of Mohism from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. Third, compiling bibliographies of modern and contemporary works to create the Bibliography of Mohism in Chinese History and the Bibliography of Mohism Research Papers in China. Based on these, reviewing modern and contemporary works on the collation and research of the Mozi and Mohism, thereby studying and writing the history of the collation and research of the Mozi and Mohism over the past century.