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A Collection of Maps(Di tu zong yao/地圖綜要)
Edited by Zhu Guoda et al./朱國達等輯
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The Maps of Imperial Ming Dynasty(Huang ming zhi fang di tu/皇明職方地圖)
Chen Zushou/陳組綬
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Knowledge of Words and Pronunciation(Tong ya/通雅)
Fang Yizhi/方以智
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Chuan Shan’s Posthumous Papers(Chuan shan yi shu/船山遺書)
Wang Fuzhi/王夫之
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Summary of the Connection between Words(Zi guan tiyao/字貫提要)
Wang Xihou/王錫侯
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Collection of Reading Pictures(Du hua lu/讀畫錄)
Zhou Lianggong/周亮工
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Collection of the Wild Gains(Ye huo bian/野獲編)
Shen Defu/沈德符
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Key Points of Coast Defense(Haifang zuanyao/海防纂要)
Wang Zaijin/王在晉
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A Summary of Military Art(Bing lu/兵錄)
He Rubin/何汝賓
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A Subject Awaits for the Sage King(Mingyi dai fang lu/明夷待訪錄)
Huang Zongxi/黃宗羲
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A Chronological Biography of Wang Yangming(Yangming xiansheng nianpu/陽明先生年譜)
Li Zhi/李贄
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The Marshes of Mount Liang(Shui hu zhuan/水滸傳)
Shi Nai’an/施耐庵
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The Revolutionary Army(Ge ming jun/革命軍)
Zou Rong/邹容
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Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties(Sui tang yan yi/隋唐演義)
Chu Renhuo/褚人獲
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A Corpus of Classified Military Writings/Treatise on Armament Technology(Wu bei zhi/武備志)
Mao Yuanyi/茅元儀
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Records of Lectures of Thousands of Trees and Grass Hall(Wan mu cao tang xue lu/萬木草堂講學錄)
Kang Youwei/康有為
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Notes on the Daily Accumulation of Knowledge(Ri zhi lu/日知錄)
Gu Yanwu/顧炎武
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Theory of Humanity(Ren xue/仁學)
Tan Sitong/譚嗣同
POLITICAL
Although diverse political reasons accounted for the prohibition of a variety of books, this project manages to identify four specific categories. First, books banned for “advocating robbery,” i.e. fomenting rebellion and revolution, such as the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties (Suitang yanyi 隋唐演義), the Marshes of Mount Liang (Shui hu zhuan 水滸傳), the Revolutionary Army (Geming jun 革命軍). Consequently, maps and books on the art of war could not be possessed by the commoners for they were potential tools for launching rebellions against the authority. Second, books banned for authorial reasons. Specifically, their authors were often punished, imprisoned, or executed for their political stands during faction struggles. Famous names include Fang Xiaoru, Gu Yanwu, Qu Dajun, and the late Qing reformers. Third, books banned for their partisan tendencies. A great amount of history books were accused of advocating nostalgia for the Ming ruling house and promulgating anti-Qing thoughts, such as the Record of the Ten Days in Yangzhou (Yangzhou shiri ji 揚州十日記), A Record of Historical Events of Ming Dynasty (Ming shi jishi benmo 明史記事本末). Forth, books banned for their contentious contents. Subjects showing disrespect for or implying sarcastic remarks on the Qing throne were prohibited, such as Chuan Shan’s Posthumous Papers (Chuanshan yishu 船山遺書), A Collection of Reading Pictures (Du hua lu 讀畫錄).