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Author: Hong Mai (Southern Song Dynasty), edited by Xia Zuyao and Zhou Hongwu
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Publishing Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Record of the Yue Studio was compiled by the Southern Song scholar Hong Mai over more than 40 years of effort. Its content is vast and profound, covering a wide range of topics such as the rise and fall of dynasties, strategic wisdom, social conduct, literary anecdotes, and historical curiosities, and has long been cherished by rulers. The book is extensive, encompassing everything from classics and poetry to medical and astronomical knowledge, with its meticulous research and insightful commentary highly praised. Its academic rigor and readability are no less than any historical text, making it a comprehensive encyclopedia of the pre-Song era, covering political history, personal anecdotes, literary classics, and institutional practices of various dynasties. Hong Mai (1123-1202) was a renowned Southern Song literary figure, styled Jinglu, and known as the "Yue Studio." He was from Poyang (now part of Jiangxi Province) and passed the imperial examinations during the Shaoxing era, rising to the position of Academician of the Dongming Hall. A man of vast knowledge, he was called a "learned and erudite scholar." In addition to Record of the Yue Studio, he wrote the supernatural collection Yijian Zhi and compiled Ten Thousand Tang Poems.