Miscellaneous Notes on One Hundred Classical Classics and History (Eight Volumes in Total)

Chinese classics from past dynasties are known to be so vast that even one person cannot exhaust them all in his lifetime. What's more, we are in the era of "intelligent interconnection" and there is so much modern knowledge and skills to master. After all, the time to explore ancient books is limited. After all, the age when ancient texts were formed is far away from us. The words and sentences, the ideological connotations, the laws and regulations involved, and the characters and geography in the articles are no longer familiar to us. For a modern person who has not received much professional training in literature and history, it is often unavoidable to look at the book and sigh, but there is no way to start with the treasures. For this reason, an excellent anthology can serve as a stepping stone for people who love literature and history to study ancient literature. The anthology of articles from past dynasties compiled by Zeng Guofan of the Qing Dynasty, "Hundred Classics of Classics and History" is one such anthology that meets the needs of modern people in reading ancient books. In the Qing Dynasty, "The Classics and Histories" was another widely circulated and far-reaching influence on ancient prose anthology after "Guanwen Guanzhi" and "Ancient Chinese Dictionaries". The compilation of "Jingshi Baijia Zachao" began at the beginning of the first year of Xianfeng (1851) and was published in the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860). The selected articles in this book range from the pre-Qin and Han dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties. They are organized into twenty-six volumes according to genre classification. It contains more than 700 fine articles from past dynasties, including political commentaries, poems, edicts, memorials, official mottos, writings, eulogies, sacrificial texts, inscriptions, prefaces and postscripts, biographies, narratives, travel notes, and annals. It is a comprehensive book that draws on a wide range of materials, integrates classics, history, and Confucianism, and integrates ideological, artistic, and practical aspects.