Li Shangyin's Collected Works: An Annotated Chronology (Complete 5 Volumes)

Author: Liu Xuekai, Yu Shuchen
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This series is a chronological annotated edition of extant Li Shangyin's writings. It includes: chronologically arranged texts, supplementary chronologically arranged texts, lost fragments of Li Shangyin's writings compiled by Feng Hao, newly compiled lost fragments, and more.
1. This series is a chronological annotated edition of extant Li Shangyin's writings.
2. Although the annotations by Xu, Feng, and Qian include chronological studies, they are organized by genre. This book, however, adopts a chronological arrangement.
3. The textual collation of this book uses the Qing-era compiled Complete Tang Writings as the base text, with references to Literary Gems and Essentials of Tang Writings. It also incorporates the textual corrections of Xu, Feng, Qian, Zhang, and Cen.
4. The annotations generally follow the chronological order of the scholars, with occasional adjustments where the scholar's era precedes the era of the cited work or vice versa, depending on the circumstances.
5. Some of the included texts feature comments by annotators or selectors, which are quoted after each annotation and marked with (Author's Name).
6. The texts of Li Shangyin included in this book are divided into sections based on their length.
7. The base texts, collated texts, chronological studies, and annotations used in this book, as well as relevant research and translation works.
8. At the end of the book, appendices include the titles of lost Li Shangyin writings, a categorical index of Li Shangyin's writings, prefaces and general principles of various editions, bibliographic records in historical chronicles and catalogs, and references for listed texts.