A Selective Bibliography on Shishuo xinyu

Abstract

This bibliography includes Chinese, English, Japanese, French, and German scholarship on the Shishuo xinyu (A New Account of Worldly Affairs). Because a substantial amount of Chinese scholarship has been written on this famous anecdotal collection, I have only selected Chinese monographs. The format of this bibliography largely follows my previous bibliographical article. I adopt traditional Chinese characters and pinyin to list all the items unless the original publications are transliterated in Wade-Giles. The entries are classified into the following categories: 1. Editions 1.1 Pre-Modern Chinese 1.2 Modern Chinese 1.3 Japanese 2. Commentaries and Translations 2.1 Chinese 2.2 English 2.3 Japanese 2.4 French 3. Studies 3.1 Chinese Monographs 3.2 English 3.3 Japanese 3.4 French 3.5 German 4. Reference Works