Lectures and Miscellaneous Manuscripts -- A Collection of Chen Yinque

Author: Chen Yinque
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Publishing Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Professor Chen Yinque, throughout his life, wrote with the moral compass of "freedom of thought and independence of spirit" in his academic career. His works are numerous, leaving a legacy for future generations, opening up a completely new realm in the study of history. His personal charisma is admired by posterity. This book is a collection of his lecture notes and miscellaneous historical manuscripts compiled during his teaching career, with scattered historical drafts, being the first time it is published in China. In accordance with Professor Chen's wishes during his lifetime, the entire book is printed in traditional Chinese characters in vertical layout. Names of people, places, and book titles are not marked with symbols. Generally, common characters are used, with a few variant characters retained. He is renowned overseas, and his academic influence spans the world. This book is a collection of Professor Chen Yinque's lecture notes and miscellaneous manuscripts. The Letter Collection, Reading Notes II, Reading Notes III, Lectures and Miscellaneous Manuscripts are newly compiled. The editorial style of the entire book is as follows:
1. The content collected has been preserved in its original published form. For works revised by the author, the latest revised version is adopted. Unpublished manuscripts are mainly based on the author's handwriting.
2. All published and unpublished works in this collection have been proofread. Discrepancies in style or errors in text are corrected. Citations are generally checked against current annotated editions, such as the Twenty-Four Histories and Zizhi Tongjian. For historical materials without annotated editions, most are checked against common editions. A small number of the author's comments and discussions are targeted at the original version, and the original form of the citations is retained accordingly. All such changes are not marked as corrections.
3. For published papers, prefaces, epilogues, and letters, the original publication source and date are appended. Unpublished manuscripts are as far as possible annotated with the writing date.
4. In accordance with the author's wishes during his lifetime, the entire book is printed in traditional Chinese characters. Names of people, places, and book titles are not marked with symbols. Generally, common characters are used, with a few variant characters retained. This book is a collection of Professor Chen Yinque's lecture notes and miscellaneous manuscripts. The Letter Collection, Reading Notes II, Reading Notes III, Lectures and Miscellaneous Manuscripts are newly compiled. The editorial style of the entire book is as follows:
1. The content collected has been preserved in its original published form. For works revised by the author, the latest revised version is adopted. Unpublished manuscripts are mainly based on the author's handwriting.
2. All published and unpublished works in this collection have been proofread. Discrepancies in style or errors in text are corrected. Citations are generally checked against current annotated editions, such as the Twenty-Four Histories and Zizhi Tongjian. For historical materials without annotated editions, most are checked against common editions. A small number of the author's comments and discussions are targeted at the original version, and the original form of the citations is retained accordingly. All such changes are not marked as corrections.
3. For published papers, prefaces, epilogues, and letters, the original publication source and date are appended. Unpublished manuscripts are as far as possible annotated with the writing date.
4. In accordance with the author's wishes during his lifetime, the entire book is printed in traditional Chinese characters. Names of people, places, and book titles are not marked with symbols. Generally, common characters are used, with a few variant characters retained. In citations, content added for readability is enclosed in [ ], while author's explanatory text is enclosed in ( ). Text in the manuscript that is difficult to identify is marked with □.