Collection of Zhang Hengjia, the first Principal of Peking University

Author: (Qing) Zhang Hengjia
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This collection includes four volumes of "Collected Works of Zhang Wenhou Gong" (including the prefaces of the original collection, Preface 1, Preface 2, and Volume 1's Explanations and Responses, Volume 2's Essays and Examinations, Volume 3's Letters and Inscriptions, Volume 4's Memos, Resolutions, Announcements, Eulogies, Historical Records, Epitaphs, Tombstones, and "Collected Odes" in two volumes, totaling thirty pieces); additionally, five selected poems from Chen Yan's "Collected Poems of Modern Poets" are included, listed as "Collected Poems." Most of these writings were printed in woodblock type, without punctuation. To facilitate reading, we have specially invited Zhang Wenzhi, a graduate of Peking University, to mark the first volume of the collected works and the thirty odes, as well as Peng Xianping, Li Rencu, and Wei Ziqiang, who have respectively marked the second, third, and fourth volumes. We thank them for their careful annotations and significant efforts amidst their busy schedules. The collection is preceded by a brief biography of my grandfather. At the end of the collection, there is Chen Yan's "Biography of Zhang Gong, Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites." Excerpts from Zhou Qiuguang's edited "Collected Works of Xiong Xiling" are included, featuring Xiong Xiling's annotations from the Changsha School of Classical Studies and my grandfather's comments. Zhou Qiuguang presented me with "The Biography of Xiong Xiling," and I hereby extend my gratitude to him.