Yue Man Tang Shi Zha Ji Quan Bian (Complete Two Volumes)

Author: Li Cimeng (Qing Dynasty)
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Publishing Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is in traditional vertical Chinese characters. Li Cimeng was skilled in poetry and prose, renowned for its broad content and elegant language. He also had extensive knowledge of Confucian classics and history, including interpretations of ancient texts, verification of historical sources, evaluations of figures, and even his own experiences and descriptions of political events during the late Qing Dynasty, which hold significant historical value in modern history. His writings are abundant, with The Diary of Yue Man Tang being particularly famous, highly valued for its academic significance and having a broad influence among scholars in the late Qing Dynasty. Li Cimeng also authored numerous reading notes. In 1927, the National Library of Peking purchased his manuscripts, all of which were his historical research notes, compiled and published in 1932 under the title Reading Notes on History from Yue Man Tang, comprising thirty volumes. These include two volumes of notes on the Records of the Grand Historian, seven volumes on the Book of Han, seven volumes on the Book of the Later Han, one volume on the Records of the Three Kingdoms, five volumes on the Book of Jin, one volume each on the Books of Song, Liang, Northern Wei, Sui, one volume on the Book of the Southern Dynasties, and three volumes on the Book of the Northern Dynasties. The notes are rich in factual detail and rigorous in scholarship, demonstrating profound historical insight and serving as valuable references for later historians.