The Complete Works of Xu Zhimo (8 Volumes)

Author: Han Shishan (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This complete collection aims to provide readers and researchers with a relatively comprehensive and accurate reading of Xu Zhimo's works, not a critical edition. The collection is arranged by category and chronology. All works are divided into seven categories: prose, poetry, fiction, drama, correspondence, diaries, and translations. Among the translations, there are further subcategories: translated texts, translated poems, translated fiction, and translated drama. Correspondence is categorized by recipient. It is divided into eight volumes. The arrangement order is as follows: Volumes 1 to 3 are prose, Volume 4 is poetry, Volume 5 is fiction, drama, and diaries, Volume 6 is correspondence, and Volumes 7 and 8 are translations. Volume 8 includes Xu Zhimo's "Chronology of Writings and Translations" and "Bibliography of Individual Works." The Complete Collection of Xu Zhimo took 8 years to compile and is an 8-volume set, totaling approximately 2.5 million words. It encompasses all of Xu Zhimo's works that are currently available. Han Shishan, the chief editor, is also one of the scholars who study Xu Zhimo. According to him, The Complete Collection integrates the discoveries of experts and scholars from all over the country over the past decade, who have provided many previously uncollected manuscripts of Xu Zhimo.