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: essays, poems, novels, dramas, letters, diaries, and translated works. Among the translated works, there are further subcategories: translated texts, translated poems, translated novels, and translated dramas. Letters are categorized by the recipient. The collection is divided into eight volumes. The arrangement order is as follows: Volumes 1 to 3 are essays, Volume 4 is poems, Volume 5 is novels, dramas, and diaries, Volume 6 is letters, and Volumes 7 and 8 are translated works. Volume 8 includes Xu Zhimo's "Chronology of Writings and Translations" and "Bibliography of Individual Works." The Complete Works of Xu Zhimo took 8 years to compile and is an 8-volume set, collecting approximately 2.5 million words of Xu Zhimo's poetry, essays, novels, dramas, translated texts, letters, and diaries, encompassing all works of Xu Zhimo that are currently accessible. Han Shishan, the chief editor, is also one of the scholars who study Xu Zhimo. According to him, The Complete Works 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.