Notes on the Qing People's Note-taking Method (Complete Two Volumes)

Author: Zhang Shunhui
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Publishing Date: 2001-02-01
Features: This book is a follow-up to A Catalogue of Qing Dynasty Literary Collections, serving as another work summarizing the achievements of Qing Dynasty scholarship. It selects 100 academic-value-bearing notes from Qing scholars and corrects their errors or extends their profound insights. The main themes of the book are well-summarized by Professor Li Xueqin's Notes on Reading. Here, the author would like to add two points. First, this book is the author's mature work. Prior to this, he had completed a series of works, from Comprehensive Treatise on Textual Criticism to Annotated Notes on Shuowen Jiezi, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of textual criticism, bibliography, phonology, and etymology. Therefore, his evaluations of the relevant views of Qing scholars are often well-considered and serve as valuable references for scholars of textual studies and classical studies. Second, in his writing, the author adheres to the ancient principle of seeking truth from facts, striving to eliminate preconceptions and achieve accuracy.