That one publisher s Zizhi Tongjian is better

The best version of Zizhi Tongjian is the one published by Chung Hwa Book Company.

Zizhi Tongjian (Chang Jianzuo "Tongjian") is a multi-volume chronicle edited by the Northern Song Dynasty historian Sima Guang, with a total of 294 volumes and completed in 19 years. Mainly based on time and events, it was written from the 23rd year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BC) to the sixth year of Zhou Shizong Xiande (959 AD) five generations later, covering the history of 1362 years of the 16th Dynasty.

In this book, the editors summed up many lessons for the rulers to learn from, and Song Shenzong believed that this book "in view of the past, it has the ability to govern the way", that is, to use the gains and losses of history as a warning to strengthen the rule, so it was named "Zizhi Tongjian". The "Zizhi Tongjian" has 294 volumes, about 3 million words, and 30 volumes of "Examination of Differences" and "Table of Contents".

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The history recorded in the book is written in 403 B.C., that is, the 23rd year of King Weilie of Zhou, until 959, when the fifth dynasty of the Later Zhou Shizong Xiande conquered Huainan in the sixth year. It is a huge work compiled by Sima Guang for the king's pro-government and the way of wisdom as the starting point, the so-called "deletion of lengthy, citing important information, focusing on the rise and fall of the country, the common people, the good can be the law, the evil can be the precept, for the chronicle of the book, so that the succession is good, fine and coarse." ”。

The "Zizhi Tongjian" in the "Chinese Sinology Library" series published by Zhonghua Book Company is a relatively good version. This book should actually be called "Zizhi Tongjian Yin Note", which is the "Tongjian" annotation of Hu Sanxing. The advantage of this book is that it is simplified and horizontal.,It's more convenient for modern people to read.。

Hello, glad to answer for you. I love "Zizhi Tongjian", because of love, so I have made great efforts to collect eight editions, and now I briefly comment as follows, in order to seek the best. 1. Traditional Chinese Annotated Version (1) The 1956 edition of Zhonghua Book Company is currently recognized as the "best" edition of the collection of rare books and proofreading results of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, but due to the earlier proofreading time (before the 24th History), the shortcomings are as follows:

1.Do not take the Song book as the base, but take the Hu carved book as the base, and when there is a mistake in the Hu carved book, write the school language in small characters, which is miscellaneous with the text, and it is inconvenient to read (you should refer to the 24 historical proofreading methods, write the number, and list them at the end of the volume); 2.There are many sentence breaks and punctuation errors, according to statistics, there are more than 1,000; 3.

Reprints from the mid-90s onwards are too poor to be read or collected due to poor printing and binding quality. (2) Photocopy of Shanghai Ancient Books Photocopy of World Book Company's miniature Hu carved version, which was called a rare book before the Zhonghua Book Company's edition, but compared with the Song version, there are 10,000 characters, many of which are related to historical facts. Collectible, not suitable for reading.

2. Simplified White Text (1) Shanghai Ancient Books with Different Versions of the Song Simplified White Text, with proofreading, no Hu Note, but with different examinations. (2) Yuelu Song Ben Song Ben Simplified White Text, with proofreading, no notes and differences. The advantage of simplified white text is that it is low and easy to carry, but the biggest problem is that once the ancient books are simplified, many words are ambiguous and puzzling, such as "after" and "after".

The same is true of the Simplified History of Chung Hwa Book Company. 3. Translation (1) Bai Yang's translation of 72 friendship books, the map is practical, but the translation is too flawed, the discussion is too emotional, and the adaptation is large. (2) The translation of the vernacular version of Chung Hwa Book Company is acceptable.

But there are still errors. (3) The translation of the Yuelu vernacular text is average, but because it uses the Hu carved version as the base, it follows the typographical errors. Such as omissions and mistranslations.

4) The vernacular translation of the Reform Press is acceptable. However, the continuous introduction of revised versions makes people doubt their quality, but fortunately, there is a comparison of the original text (Song version). To sum up, at present, I believe that to read the original text and the vernacular version, the Chung Hwa Book Company version is the first choice, such as the Chung Hwa Book Company took the opportunity of re-revising the 24th History, re-edited the 1956 edition of "Zizhi Tongjian", improved the proofreading and typesetting methods, and published a new edition, then it is the best edition, before that, I have to read its old edition!

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