The Emperor's Four Treasures
R. Kent Guy
The compilation of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (Ssu-k'u ch'üan-shu) was one of the most ambitious intellectual projects of the Ch'ing dynasty. Initiated by imperial command in 1772, the project sought to evaluate, edit, and reproduce the finest Chinese writings in the four traditional categories: Confucian classics, histories, philosophy, and belles lettres. Guy's study gives a balanced account of the project and its significance.
Hardcover 1987
Government Control of the Press in Modern China, 1900-1949
Lee-hsia Hsu Ting
Hardcover 1975
The Literary Underground of the Old Regime
Robert Darnton
Paperback