Alternate Title
中華經典古籍庫
Category
Classical Texts
Institution
Zhonghua Shuju
Access
subscription
URL
https://guji.zhbc.com.cn
Description
The Zhonghua Classics Database contains the standard punctuated versions of many important Chinese classical texts in philosophy, history, and literature (including biji), as published by Zhonghua Shuju and other major punctuated-edition publishers. The database also includes the 360-volume Quan Song Wen 《全宋文》 as e-books. In addition to browsing titles in full, the database has been optimized for simultaneous searching of character variants (defaults adjustable in advanced search), with especially useful tools for searching variants of biographical data and place names. Dictionary and chronology-converter functions are embedded and activate automatically when a character is selected in the main text. Access is via IP authentication; no individual registration is needed for basic reading and searching. For additional features—copying text (maximum 200 characters at a time via the pop-up copy function), making notes, submitting corrections, and saving searches—individual account registration using an email address is required. The original printed text is available for comparison by clicking the orange page numbers in the running text. Downloading is not possible. Works well with Chrome; some page-image display issues have been noted with Firefox.
Source List
Princeton China Studies Research Guide
Tags
Early China (before 220 CE) Middle Period (220–1368) Late Imperial (1368–1912) Literature Biography Philosophy Full-text
Last Modified
5/14/2026 11:35pm