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Eastern Culture Nucleus: Chinese Rare Books in the USC Libraries

Collected Poems and Writings from the Studio of Mt. Xiaocang 小倉山房詩集; 小倉山房文集; 小倉山房外集 (1769)

These anthologies of poems and writings were authored by Yuan Mei 袁枚 (1716-1797; courtesy name 字 Zicai 子才), a prestigious poet, writer, calligrapher and painter of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Xiaocang shanfang 小倉山房 (Studio of Mt. Xiaocang) is his studio name. The ex libris seal on the first page of the poem anthology is from the donor Dr. Chow Tse-Tsung 周策縱 (1916-2007), a world-famous scholar on the May Fourth Movement and The Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢.
Donated by Dr. Chow Tse-Tsung. Preface date: 1796 (Jichou year of the Qianlong reign 乾隆己丑).

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1. Selected Poems by Su Shi 東坡詩選 (1621)
2. Selected Poems on Objects 咏物詩選 (1725) This anthology of poems on objects was compiled by Yu Yan 俞琰 (active 18th century; courtesy name 字 Changren 長仁) around 1725 (Yisi year [of the Yongzheng reign] [雍正]乙巳) according to the colophon. The ex libris seal on the first page of this book is from the donor Dr. Chow Tse-Tsung 周策縱 (1916-2007), a world-famous scholar on the May Fourth Movement and The Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢.
  Donated by Dr. Chow Tse-Tsung. Date/edition: 1725 (Yisi year [of the Yongzheng reign] [雍正]乙巳) | 清雍正三年寧儉堂刻本.
3. Collected Works by Sima Guang 司馬文正公集 (1744) Sima Guang 司馬光 (1019-1086; posthumous title Wenzheng 文正) was a distinguished historian and statesman in the Northern Song dynasty. Especially, he compiled the monumental Zizhi tongjian 資治通鑑 (Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), the first comprehensive chronicle of Chinese history covering the period between 403 BC and 959 AD.
  Donated by Dr. Peter Marie Suski. Date/edition: 1744 | 清乾隆甲子 [1744] 刻乾隆五十五年 [1790] 補修本.
4. Collected Poems and Writings from the Studio of Mt. Xiaocang 小倉山房詩集; 小倉山房文集; 小倉山房外集 (1769) These anthologies of poems and writings were authored by Yuan Mei 袁枚 (1716-1797; courtesy name 字 Zicai 子才), a prestigious poet, writer, calligrapher and painter of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Xiaocang shanfang 小倉山房 (Studio of Mt. Xiaocang) is his studio name. The ex libris seal on the first page of the poem anthology is from the donor Dr. Chow Tse-Tsung 周策縱 (1916-2007), a world-famous scholar on the May Fourth Movement and The Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢.
  Donated by Dr. Chow Tse-Tsung. Preface date: 1796 (Jichou year of the Qianlong reign 乾隆己丑).