Collected Works of Wei Shuzi (Volume 1, 2, and 3)

Author: Wei Xi (Qing Dynasty)
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Publishing Date: 2003-06-28
Features: Wei Shuzi Collection is the poetry and prose collection of Wei Xi, including 20 volumes of essays, 3 volumes of Catalog, 8 volumes of poems, and nearly 33 volumes in total. According to the General Rules of Wei Shuzi Collection written by Wei Shijie, Wei Xi's other works include Remnants of the Book of Documents (1 volume), The Book of Zuo's Commentary on Governance (10 volumes), Drafted Memorial on Qin (1 volume), and Inner Teachings, most of which are no longer extant. However, the main part of Wei Xi's life's works has been collected in Tongjian (Two Editions) and other works. Wei Shuzi Collection is passed down through the Ningdu San Wei Complete Collection. The Ningdu San Wei Complete Collection includes Wei Bozi Collection (10 volumes), Wei Shuzi Collection (13 volumes), and Wei Jizi Collection (16 volumes), totaling 59 volumes, with additional works of the younger generation of the Wei family (the "Small San Wei") appended, published in two separate editions. It was first printed during the Kangxi era and was known as the Yi Tang Collection. Wei Xi was rich in talent and profound in knowledge. His writing style was bold and unrestrained, with often unconventional and difficult-to-understand sentence structures, and his ideas were also obscure and challenging to grasp.