History of Chinese Literature (Second Edition), Volume 1

Author: Yuan Xingpei, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book is a product of the "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century" by the Ministry of Education. It serves as both a university textbook and an academic research work. The book advocates for a literature-centered approach and places literature within a broad cultural context, providing a detailed description of the development of ancient Chinese literature. It includes innovative research and discussions, with detailed footnotes in each chapter introducing various scholarly viewpoints. At the end of each volume, there are recommended reading lists to guide further research, showcasing its distinctive openness, forward-thinking nature, and substantial information content. Since its publication, it has won the National Book Award, the First Prize of the Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Beijing, and the First Prize of the National Outstanding University Textbooks. This revision maintains the original writing purpose, guiding principles, format, structure, features, and length while addressing identified omissions, cautiously adding new materials and incorporating recent findings, with some content additions and deletions. The format and writing style have been further standardized. This book is suitable as a general textbook for Chinese departments in universities and can also be referenced by lovers and researchers of ancient Chinese literature.