Congshu jicheng chubian

Congshu jicheng chubian ( Chinese 叢書集成初編 / 丛书集成初编 - "Comprehensive collection of Congshu, first part"), abbreviation: CSJCCB , or Congshu jicheng ( Chinese 叢書集成 / 丛书集成 ), abbreviation: CSJC , is a Chinese compilation ( congshu ), which in the second half of the 1930s in Shanghai at the Commercial Press ( Shangwu yinshuguan appeared). It was compiled by Wang Yunwu . It is a compilation (congshu) from congshu (丛书 / 叢書 / cóngshū).

The criteria for selection were rarity and practical use. It contains a total of 100 congshu, divided into three categories: general, specialized and regional, it contains a total of 4000 works.

Web links

Contents overview ( Memento from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Congshu - uwch-4.humanities.washington.edu
sino.uni-heidelberg.de
Photo of a front page

References and footnotes

↑ The word chubian 初编 indicates that the work was broader from the beginning, a sequel (续编 / 續編 / xùbiān) was later published in Taiwan and more recently in Shanghai by Shanghai shudian上海书店.
↑ Wang Yunwu (王雲五 / 王云五 / Wáng Yúnwǔ) (1888–1979) was editor-in-chief and managing director of Commercial Press since the 1920s and last but not least: the inventor of the square index ( Chinese 四角號碼 / 四角号码 , pinyin sìjiǎo hàomǎ ).

↑ uwch-4.humanities.washington.edu

[1] The word chubian 初编 indicates that the work was broader from the beginning, a sequel (续编 / 續編 / xùbiān) was later published in Taiwan and more recently in Shanghai by Shanghai shudian上海书店.

[2] Wang Yunwu (王雲五 / 王云五 / Wáng Yúnwǔ) (1888–1979) was editor-in-chief and managing director of Commercial Press since the 1920s and last but not least: the inventor of the square index ( Chinese 四角號碼 / 四角号码 , pinyin sìjiǎo hàomǎ ).

[3] uwch-4.humanities.washington.edu