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Teng, Ssu-yü and Knight Biggerstaff. An annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works. 3d ed, Harvard-Yenching Institute studies 2. Cambridge, Mass.,: Harvard University Press, 1971.
This volume provides detailed annotations for eight categories of reference works: bibliographies, encyclopedias, dictionaries, geographical works, biographical works, tables, yearbooks, and indexes. Includes both Chinese and Japanese publications. This work is particularly helpful in providing information on the compilation of the work discussed as well as its relation to complementary works.
Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. The history of imperial China; a research guide, Harvard East Asian monographs 49. Cambridge, Mass.,: East Asian Research Center Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, 1973.
With regards to Qing documents, Wilkinson has a very useful section on Chinese historical writing, which gives a historical overview of the official sources as well as an outline of their contents and areas of specialization.
Fairbank, John King. Ch'ing documents, an introductory syllabus. 3d [rev. and enl.] ed, Harvard East Asian monographs 8. Cambridge, Mass.,: East Asian Research Center Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, 1970.
This book is an essential reference work for the student of Qing history. In addition to providing assistance with regards to the layout and grammar of official documents, Fairbank also gives a bibliographic listing of the official collections available in print including a brief history of the work and an outline of its contents.
Kuhn, Philip A., John King Fairbank, Beatrice S. Bartlett, and Yung-chen Chiang. Reading documents : the rebellion of Chung Jen-chieh, Introduction to Ch’ing documents ; pt. 1. Cambridge: Harvard University John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, 1986.
This book may be considered the heir to Fairbank's Ch'ing documents. It introduces the scholar to Qing sources via a survey of the rebellion of Zhong Renjie. The authors also provide an updated (and annotated) list of official collections in print, and useful information of Qing archival documents and their format.
Modern Chinese History Project (University of Washington), Chung-li Chang, and Stanley Spector. Guide to the memorials of seven leading officials of nineteenth-century China, University of Washington publications on Asia. Seattle,: University of Washington Press, 1955.
A useful reference for the scholar interested late Qing statecraft. Gives date of memorial, author, source, and a summary of its content for the major Tongzhi-Guangxu era statesmen: Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang etc.
Zhongguo di 1 lishi dang’an guan, and Gugong bowuyuan (China) Ming Qing dang’an bu. 中国第一历史档案馆, 故宫博物院明清档案部. Qing dai dang’an shiliao congbian. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1978.
An irregular periodical on Qing archival documents from the No.1 Historical Archives in Beijing. Each issue is arranged by topic with brief annotations for the materials covered. Also included are explanations of special terms,as well as a general introduction to the Qing archives.
Da Qing lichao shilu. 大清歷朝實錄. Taibei: Huawen shuju, 1963.
A basic source for Qing history, this collection includes memorials, edicts, and official records of the Qing emperors' important activities. Arranged chronologically, it covers almost the entire Qing period except for the final reign of Xuantong. There is a wide range of content, from important institutional arrangements, major events, basic statistics of land and population, natural disasters, peasant rebellions, and diplomatic affairs, to mundane events such as routine visits to the emperor's mother and naming a child of the imperial family. The researcher should be aware that some records of the Shilu have been revised; the Manchukuo edition in particular has been subject to selective editing for the years 1894-1895. A more complete edition is available in the First Historical Archives in Beijing.
Da Qing lichao shilu zongmu. 大清歷朝實錄宗目. Taibei: Huawen shuju, 1970.
An index to the Da Qing lichao shilu.
Jiang, Liangqi, and Xianqian Wang. Shi er chao donghua lu. 十二朝東華錄. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1963.
A collection of memorials and edicts which narrate important events of the Qing prior to the Guangxu reign. Although more detailed than the Shilu, it has been somewhat superceded by the published collections of the Palace Memorials.
Zhu, Shoupeng, and Jinglu Zhang. Guangxu chao tonghua lu. 光绪朝东华录. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1958.
A collection of memorials and edicts which narrate important events of the Guangxu reign. Although more detailed than the Shilu, it has been somewhat superceded by the published collections of the Palace Memorials.
Guoli gugong bowuyuan. 國立故宮博物院. Gugong wenxian bianji weiyuanhui. 故宮文獻編輯委員會. Gongzhong dang Guangxu chao zouzhe, gugong wenxian tekan. 宮中檔光緒朝奏折, 故宮文獻特刊. Taibei: Guoli gugong bowuyuan, 1973.
A compilation of the "secret" palace memorials from the Guangxu reign available in Taiwan archives. Each volume begins with a detailed index giving the date, author, and content of the memorial listed. Volumes organized chronologically. Similar volumes have been published for earlier Qing reigns.
Zhongguo di 1 lishi dang’an guan. 中国第一历史档案馆. Guangxu Xuantong liang chao shangyu dang. 光绪宣统两朝上谕档. Di 1 ban. Ed. Guilin shi: Guangxi shifan daxue chubanshe, 1996.
This multi-volume set contain the collected edicts of the Guangxu and Xuantong emperors. The volumes are arranged chronologically; there is a table of contents in each volume. Similar volumes have been published for earlier Qing reigns.
Kun, Gang. Qin ding da Qing huidian. 欽定大清會典 [100 juan: juan shou 1 juan]. China: s.n., 1899.
Details the Qing administrative code. Categories parallel the imperial bureaucratic organization (Six Boards, e.g.). Primarily concerned with administrative relations. There are five editions of the Qing Huidian: Kangxi (1690), Yongzheng (1732), Qianlong (1764), Jiaqing (1818), and Guangxu (1899 – cited above).
Qin ding da Qing huidian shili. 欽定大清會典事例 [1220 juan, juan shou 8 juan] China: s.n., 1899.
Provides greater breadth and depth to the Qing code as outlined in the Huidian. Provides a historical context to the law as it was practiced by incorporating specific cases and precedents. Organized along the same lines as the Huidian, but incorporates a wider range of topics. Shili were published to accompany both the Jiaqing and Guangxu Huidian.
Kun, Gang. Qin ding da Qing huidian tu. 欽定大清會典圖 [270 juan, juan shou 1 juan]. China: s.n., 1899.
These volumes focus on the geography, rituals, and weaponry of the Qing Empire. This is a very "visual" work: for example, not only does it include county and provincial maps, but also illustrations of ritual garments and weaponry. Published to accompany the Jiaqing and Guangxu Huidian.
Liu, Jinzao jin shi. Qing chao xu wenxian tongkao. 清朝續文獻通考 [400 juan], Guoxue jiben congshu. Taibei shi: Xinxing shuju, 1959 [1936].
A vast encyclopaedic collection, based largely on official sources. Covers tax and monetary policy, population, education and schools, state rituals and temples, military affairs, geography, and foreign relations. Organized by topic (see Fairbank's Ch'ing Documents, 90-92, for a handy list). The reader should note that the Wenxian tongkao vary by period; Teng provides a nice summary of the different publications and their respective dates (An annotated bibliography..., 110-115).
Zhao, Erxun, and Ke Shaomin. Qing shi gao. 清史稿. Chuban. ed. Xianggang: Xianggang wenxue yanjiushe, 1960.
This is the official (draft) history of the Qing period, published in the republican era. The first volume is a table of contents, providing volume, juan, and page number for all sections and subjects.
The first section (beginning with the second volume) contains Benji (Basic Annals). It includes a few Ming emperors, and then begins in the 3rd juan with the Shunzhi emperor (called Shizu-- since the annals use the emperor's name and not the reign period name). Each emperor is represented by 1-5 juan. The entries are chronological. First the year is given, then the month and the day in stems and branches. Each month begins with a new paragraph. The season is usually noted on the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th months. At the end of each year is a section that begins with "This year..." that lists all tribes and nations that visited the emperor or paid tribute. Gardner notes in Traditional Chinese Historiography that when multiple subjects are covered in one day, they proceed in the following order: imperial ritual observances; calamities, signs, and portents, personal acts of the emperor; conferements, appointments, and transferring of officials, government business, movements of imperial troops, remissions of taxes, population and revenue, and presentation of tribute.
The Zhi -- Essays section consists of essays organized by topic. Topics include astronomy, strange events, calenders, geography, ritual, music, sumptuary regulations, examinations, government offices, economics, waterways, war, justice, literature, and communication. Some "essays" are actually bibliographies, particularly in the literature sections which have bibliographies for each of many categories of writing.
The Biao -- tables section contains tables displaying genealogies of princes, princesses, various officials, and foreign envoys.
The Zhuan -- biographies section contains biographies of more than 2,400 people. They are arranged first by type of person, then by chronology. They include mainly officials, but also physicians and others. The last category is not biographical, but refers to "tributary states."
In using this resource, Fairbank's Ch'ing Documents warns that the table of contents of some editions are faulty. The version owned by UCSD is from 1977 and seems trustworthy. The 1928 version contains many errors.
Xi, Yufu. Huang chao zhengdian leizuan. 皇朝政典類纂 [500 juan]. Taibei shi: Chengwen chubanshe, 1969.
This documentary collection contains information from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to 1900 that largely focuses on economic matters, especially taxation, and political affairs, such as selection of officials and foreign relations. Also included are sections on social topics such as population, music, schools, and ceremonies.
He, Zhangling. Huang chao jingshi wenbian. 皇朝經世聞編. [120 juan]. Edited by Yunlong Shen, Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan, 731. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1972 [1897].
A collection of over 2,000 articles of Qing scholars on statecraft. Divided into topical categories, these articles deal with governmental institutions and policies and various important economic, political, social, and ritual problems during Qing period. It also contains brief information about the authors. There are also several continuations to it, such as the Huang chao qing shi wenbian by Ge Shirui, which include many influential articles on statecraft from the late Qing.
Wen, Jing, Zhen Jia, and Yun Bao, Chouban yiwu shimo. 籌辦匈務始末. Edited by Yunlong Shen, Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan, 551 [etc.]. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1970.
This work contains all the correspondence and memorials relating to China's handling of the "Western barbarians." Emperor Daoguang is volume 551, parts 1-10, consisting of 80 juan. Emperor Xianfeng is volume 581, parts 1-10, consisting of 80 juan. Emperor Tongzhi is volume 611, parts 1-10, consisting of 100 juan. The first book in each set has a table of contents that gives the dates for materials covered in each juan, but gives no indication of content or of which juan are in each book. 544 of these documents from the Daoguang and Xianfeng reigns are translated in Earl Swisher's China's Management of the American Barbarians, Yale, 1953.
Rowe, David Nelson. Index to Ch’ing tai ch’ou pan i wu shih mo. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press., 1960.
Zhang, Guiyong, and Zhongyang yanjiuyuan. Jindai shi yanjiusuo. Jiaowu jiaoan dang, Zhongguo jindai shi ziliao huibian. 教務教案檔, 中國近代史資料匯編. Taibei: Zhongyang yanjiuyuan jindai shi yanjiusuo, 1974.
A multi-volume collection of photo-offset documents from the Zongli Yamen archives relating to Qing interactions with foreign missionaries. Includes edicts, memorials, correspondence, and legal cases deriving from anti-missionary and anti-Christian incidents. Organized by province; the table of contents is very detailed, giving the date of communication, author, and topic. Volumes arranged chronologically.
Zhang, Deze, and Gugong bowuyuan (China). Wenxian guan. Qing ji ge guo zhaohui mulu. 清紀各國照會目錄. Edited by Yunlong Shen, Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan xuji; 80. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1974.
Lists the subject titles of more than 3,800 zhaohui (diplomatic notes) received by the Qing starting in 1839.
Chen, Zhenhan. Qing shilu jingji shi ziliao (Shunzhi—Jiaqing chao, 1644–1820). 清实录经济史资料(顺治—嘉庆朝, 1644–1820). Beijing: Beijing daxue chubanshe, 1989.
A selection of economic-related materials from the Qing Shilu. It is divided into three parts covering the period 1644-1820. The first volume focuses on agriculture with sections on population, land, taxation, and peasant rebellions; the second volume focuses on trade and handicraft industry; the third volume focuses on the finances of Qing government. There is also a continuation to the set entitled Qing shilu donghualu jingjishi ziliao 清实录东华录经济史资料, which includes economic-related materials from 1821-1908.
Zhongguo kexueyuan. Jingji yanjiusuo, Li Wenzhi and Zhang Yuyi. Zhongguo jindai nongye shi ziliao, 1840–[1937]. 中国近代农业史资料. Zhongguo jindai jingji shi cankao ziliao congkan di san zhong. Beijing: Shenghuo dushu xinzhi sanlian shudian, 1957.
Contains documents on agriculture, divided by topic. UCSD only has volume 3 (1927-1937), but volume 1 covers 1840-1911; and volume 2, 1911-1927. Volume 3 is highly political, addressing subjects like exploitation by landlords, Guomindang activities, etc. The Qing volume, while governed by a Marxist materialist framework, contains much valuable material in an easily accessible form.
Peng, Zeyi. Zhongguo jindai shougongye shi ziliao (1840–1949), 中国近代手工业史资料. Zhongguo jindai jingji shi cankao ziliao congkan di 4 zhong. Beijing: Shenghuo dushu xinzhi sanlian shudian, 1957.
A broad collection of documents containing information on crafts, artisasns, and local industry between 1840 and 1949 in a three volume set. Organized chronologically. Each volume is subdivided by province and industry type, e.g, silk, cotton etc. Also inclued are period illustrations of looms, workspaces, mills, kilns, etc.
Chen, Zhen. Zhongguo jindai gongye shi ziliao. 中国近代工业史资料 = Souce Materials on the History of Industry in Modern China. Beijing: Sanlian shudian, 1957.
Source materials on the history of the modern industrial economy in modern China. It is divided into 4 parts. The first volume deals with the development of national-capital industry, the second deals with industries with foreign investment, the third and fourth volumes deal with industries which have close relations with the government from the late Qing to the Republican period, the fifth and final volume deals with the characteristics of Chinese industry, its capital and structure, and gives overviews of the development of various industries.
Chen, Hansheng, Lun Wendi, Peng Jiali, Chen Zexian, and Zhongguo di 1 lishi dang’an guan. Zhongguo guanwenshu xuanji. Huagong chuguo shiliao huibian; di 1 ji. 华工出国史料汇编; di 1 ji. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985.
Ten volume set containing documents (some are translations from English to Chinese) and studies on Chinese laborers abroad.
Nie, Baozhong. Zhongguo jindai hangyun shi ziliao. 中国近代航运史资料. Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe, 1983.
Documents on Chinese navigation and shipping, 1840-1895.
Teng, Ssu-yü Historiography of the Taiping Rebellion, Harvard East Asian monographs. Cambridge, Mass.,: East Asian Research Center Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, 1962.
An invaluable resource for anyone starting research on the Taiping. Although somewhat dated, the book is remarkable for its careful accounting of the historiography on the Taiping Rebellion. Teng outlines the documents available from both Qing and Taiping sources. He also provides a historio-biographical sketch of some of the most important Chinese scholars of the Taiping. Although his focus is on mainland China studies of the Taiping, he also reviews foreign language writings and sources.
Michael, Franz H., and University of Washington. Far Eastern and Russian Institute. The Taiping Rebellion; history and documents. Seattle,: University of Washington Press, 1966.
Volumes two and three represent the product of a massive translation project sponsored by the University of Washington in the 1950s and 1960s. Almost 400 Taiping documents (as in, promulgated by or relating to the Taiping) are translated therein. The translations are annotated and the documents are prefaced by a brief introduction. The document collection was as complete as possible at the time of publication, but is now somewhat dated (see Wang Qingcheng).
Wang, Zhongmin, Xiang Da, and Zhongguo shi xuehui. Taiping tianguo. 太平天国. Shanghai: Shengzhou guoguang she, 1952.
This source remains the primary document collection for the Taiping Rebellion. Contains a substantial number of Taiping documents as well as materials from elites hostile to the movement.
Wang, Qingcheng. Tianfu tianxiong shengzhi: xin faxian de Taiping tianguo zhengui wenxian shiliao. 天父天兄圣旨: 新发现的太平天国珍贵文献史料. Shenyang: Liaoning renmin chubanshe, 1986.
This volume contains recently-discovered transcripts of conversations between Hong Xiuquan, the Taiping King, and Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui, when they were possessed by God and Jesus, respectively. These documents are especially valuable in that they represent the early period of the Taiping movement, a time for which documents are especially scarce. Also included are very useful essays in which Wang assesses the impact of these sources on Taiping historiography.
Fang, Jiuzhong, Yu Binggun, Lu Jian, and Zhongguo di 1 lishi dang’an guan. Qing zhengfu zhenya Taiping tianguo dang’an shiliao. 清政府镇压太平天国档案史料. Beijing: Guangming ribao chubanshe, 1990.
A multi-volume collection of official (Qing) sources relating to the suppression of the Taiping. Organized chronologically; a detailed table of contents begins each volume.
Xia, Xie. Yuefei jishi. 粵匪紀實: [13 juan]. Edited by Shen Yunlong, Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan, 321. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1969.
An eyewitness account of the Taiping Rebellion. Teng considers this a fairly even-handed source (Historiography, 37).
Du, Wenlan. Pingding Yuefei jilue. 平定粵匪紀略. Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan; 41. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1967.
A contemporary account of the Taiping rebellion, 1850-1864, as recorded/compiled by Du Wenlan, a commander in the fight against the Taiping. See Teng, Historiography..., for notes on the bias of this source.
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Zhonghua minguo shi shiji yao bianji weiyuanhui. Zhonghua minguo shi shiji yaochugao. 中華民國史史記要初稿. Taibei: Zhonghua minguo shiliao yanjiu zhongxin, 1971.
A series of detailed annual chronologies for the ROC, beginning in 1912 and extending to the present day. There are entries for each day of a given year. Highly detailed in contents, also includes some text citation and documentary sources.
Guo, Tingyi, and Zhongyang yanjiuyuan. Jindai shi yanjiusuo. Zhonghua minguo shishi rizhi. 中華民國史事日誌. Taibei: Gaisuo, 1978.
A four volume chronology relating brief entries of events from 1912-1949. A similar chronology by Guo Tingyi exists for Qing China.
Luo, Jialun, and Zhongguo guomindang. Dangshi shiliao bianzuan weiyuanhui. Geming wenxian. 革命文獻. Taibei shi: Zhongguo guomindang zhongyang weiyuanhui dangshi shiliao bianzhuan weiyuanhui, 1953–.
A large and on-going series of documents related to special topics in Republican history. The basic organization is chronologically; however, after the early volumes covered the basic history of the republican revolutionary movement, subsequent volumes returned to earlier events and added additional documents. There are 95 volumes of this series at present. An index has also been separately published.
Zhongguo guomindang. Dangshi shiliao bianzuan weiyuanhui. Geming wenxian. 革命文獻總目. Taibei shi: Zhongguo guomindang zhongyang weiyuanhui dangshi shiliao bianzuan weiyuanhui, 1968–.
Index to the Geming wenxian collection. Vol 1 covers vols. 1-40 of the main collection; vol 2 covers vols. 41-60.
Guo, Binwei, Jin Pusen, Wei Hongyun, and Nankai daxue (Tianjin, China). Zhongguo xiandai shi ziliao xuanbian. 中国现代史资料选编. Haerbin shi: Heilongjiang renmin chubanshe, 1981.
Basic primary materials including only major speeches, official publications, and telegrams between 1919-1949. Also includes information and documents pertaining to CCP at that time. Five volumes organized chronologically.
Wan, Renyuan, Fang Qingqiu, Zhongguo di 2 lishi dang’an guan, and Guoshiguang (China: Republic) Choubei weiyuanhui. Zhonghua minguo shi shiliao changbian. 中华民国史史料长编. Zhonghua minguo shi dang’an ziliao congshu. Nanjing: Nanjing daxue chubanshe, 1993.
Wu, Xiangxiang, Liu Shaotang, Minguo shiliao congkan. 民國史料叢刊. Taibei: Quanji wenxue chubanshe, 1971.
This series includes many useful primary sources and pays special attention to education, economy, and society of the republican period.
Wang, Minggen, and Jiao Zongde. “Minguo congshu” mulu: ti yi–wu bian. 民国丛书目录: 第一–五编. Shanghai: Shanghai shudian chubanshe, 1996.
This is an index to a reprint series of books first published during the Republican era on a variety of topics including the classics and ancient China. It is not, therefore, strictly a collection on Republican China, but of books published during the Republican era.
Zhongguo di 2 lishi dang’an guan. Zhonghua minguo shi dang’an ziliao huibian. 中华民国史档案资料汇编. Nanjing: Jiangsu renmin chubanshe: Jiangsu sheng xinhua shudian faxing, 1979.
Based on another compilation entitled Zhongguo xiandai zhengzhi shi ziliao huibian (1919-1949). The series consists of five sections: 1911 revolution; provisional government in Nanjing; Beiyang government (1912-1927); from Guangzhou military government to Wuhan nationalist government(1917-1927); KMT government (1927-1949). Documents are arranged by topic and time period.
Chai, Degeng, Shan Shikui, et al. and Zhongguo shixuehui. 柴德赓, 单士魁, 中国史学会. Xinhai geming. 辛亥革命. Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe, 1957.
An eight-volume collection of original documents on the 1911 revolution. Many are rare and otherwise difficult to find. An essential starting place for research on the 1911 era. Organized chronologically according to the conventional Sun Yat-sen and Tongmenghui-centered history of the revolution.
Zhonghua minguo kaiguo wushi nian wenxian. 中華民國開國五十年文獻. Taibei: Zhonghua minguo kaiguo wushi nian wenxian bianzhuan weiyuanhui, 1969.
Sixteen-volume series on the origins and development of the 1911 Revolution combiled by official Guomindang party historians.
Zhongguo renmin zhengzhi xieshang hui yi. Quanguo weiyuanhui. Wenshi ziliao yanjiu weiyuanhui. Xinhai geming huiyilu. 辛亥革命回忆录. Beijing: Wenshi ziliao chubanshe, 1981.
A multi-volume compilation of revolutionary reminiscences written or collected in the PRC.
Liu, Shoulin. Xinhai yihou shiqi nian zhiguan nianbiao. 辛亥以後十七年職官年表. Included in Shen Yunlong, Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan xuji; 44. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1974.
Documents on military and civil government organization and personnel at the national and provincial levels, 1912-1928. Listings can be looked up by person or position held.
Wang, Zhong, and Dongfang zazhi she. Minguo zhiguan biao: minguo yuan nian yi yue zhi minguo qi nian liu yue zhi. 民國職官表: 民國元年一月至民國七年六月止. Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan xubian. Di 86 ji. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1981.
A listing of civil officials for the period 1912-1918. Shows the organization at the central and provincial levels of government.
Li, Huaxing, and Chen Xulu. Zhonghua minguo shi cidian. 中华民国史辞典. Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe, 1991.
Covers the period 1912-1949. Includes charts relating to ROC history and political organization. Entries listed by stroke order. It is a standard and reliable source.
Li, Yunhan, Yangzhi Lin, and Zhongguo guomindang. Dangshi weiyuanhui. Zhongguo guomindang dangwu fazhan shiliao: zuzhi gongzuo. 中國國民黨黨務發埋史料: 組織工作. Zhongguo xiandai shi shiliao congbian; di 13–14 ji. 中國現代史史料叢編: 第13–14集. Taibei shi: Zhongguo guomindang zhongyang weiyuanhui dangshi weiyuanhui: Jindai Zhongguo chubanshe, 1993.
Material related to Guomindang party organization and activity from 1924-1948. Includes many organizational charts. Arranged chronologically.
Waijiaobu, China (Reformed government 1938–1940). Waijiaobu, China (National Government 1940–1945). Waijiao bu, and Zhongguo di 2 lishi dang’an guan. Nanjing guomin zhengfu waijiaobu gongbao. 南京国民政府外交部公报. Nanjing shi: Jiangsu guji chubanshe, 1990.
Government bulletin series published by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both KMT government and the puppet governments in Nanjing covering the period from 1928 to 1949. It includes laws, orders, documents and records of diplomatic activities; 42 volumes with catalogues; arranged by issues. Every "bu" and every province had its "gong bao" and this is illustrative of the genre. Mostly regulations and diplomatic relations.
Jingshi wenshe (Shanghai, China). Minguo jingshi wenbian. 民國經世文編. Included in Shen Yunlong, Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan, 492–498. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1970.
A seven-volume compilation of early Republican essays on various aspects of statecraft, arranged by topic: politics, law, international relations, and business, e.g. Table of contents in the first volume. He Changling has compiled a similar collection for the Ch'ing period called Huang chao jingshi wenbian.
Zhongguo guomindang. Quanguo daibiao dahui. Zhongguo guomindang di yi ci quanguo daibiao dahui shiliao quanji. 中國國民黨第一次全國代表大會史料全集. Minguo shi yanjiu congshu; 7. Taibei xian Xindian shi: Zhonghua minguo shiliao yanjiu zhongxin, 1984.
This collection includes the speeches made by Sun Yatsen before the first GMD (KMT) conference in 1924, conference documents, recollections of the conference by participants, materials regarding Whampoa Academy, and a number of research papers. Organized by these subjects. Includes photos, but no indices.
Chou, Tse-tsung. Research guide to The May fourth movement; intellectual revolution in modern China, 1915-1924. Cambridge,: Harvard University Press, 1963.
In addition to providing bibliographic references on the May Fourth Movement itself, this indispensable volume includes an extensive list of newspapers and periodicals from the period. It also provides a separate well-annotated list of newspapers and periodicals that were founded or reformed between 1915 and 1923 (arranged by year). The bibliography lists Chinese, Japanese, and Western language books both from and related to the movement. Titles are listed in Chinese characters with Wade-Giles romanization.
Zhang, Yunhou [et al]. Wu si shiqi de shetuan. 五四时期的社团. Beijing: Shenghua dushu xin xinzhi sanlian shudian, 1979.
May 4th activists’ associations. Sections on associations are preceded by tables of contents. Each section contains some or all of the following: membership lists, lists of publications, reprints of articles, tables of meetings and who chaired them. No index. Table of contents not very detailed.
Shanghai shehui kexueyuan. Lishi yanjiusuo. Wu si yundong zai Shanghai shiliao xuanji. 五四运动在上海史料选集. Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe, 1980.
Documents about the May 4th movement in Shanghai with an emphasis on CCP activities. Arranged by category (e.g. women's movement, intellectuals' efforts on behalf of workers, Marxist thought, etc.). No index, but includes detailed table of contents.
Chen, Zhen. Zhongguo jindai gongye shi ziliao. 中国近代工业史资料 = Source Materials on the History of Industry in Modern China. Beijing: Sanlian shudian, 1957.
Source materials on the economic history of modern china. It is divided into 4 parts. The first volume deals with the development of national-capital industry, the second deals with industries founded with foreign capital, the third and fourth deal with industries which have close relations with the government from late Qing to republican period, the fifth and the last volume deal with the characteristics of Chinese industry, its capital and structure, and the overviews of development of various industries.
Jilin sheng shehui kexue xueyuan. “Man tie shi ziliao” bianji zu. Man tie shi ziliao. 滿 鐵 史 資 料 . Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1979.
Four volume collection of Chinese documents on the South Manchurian Railway, Northeast China and other places. Includes information on workers, administration, government relations, and other topics. Organized topically. No index.
Nankai daxue (Tianjin, China) jingji shi yanjiu shi. Zhongguo jindai yanwu shi ziliao xuanji. 中国近代盐务史资料选集. Tianjin: Nankai daxue chubanshe, 1985.
Four-volume set of historical documents of the salt administration (including information on taxes, workers, and other subjects) 1912 through 1949. Organized chronologically. No index, but detailed table of contents.
Zhongyang lujun junguan xuexiao shikao: xi yuan 1924 nian–1934 nian. 中央陸軍軍官學校史稿: 西元1924年–1934年. Taibei shi: Longwen chubanshe gufen yuxian gongsi, 1990.
Thirteen- volume set of Guomindang party and Whampoa Military Academy documents, photos, and some organizational charts. Divided by topic. No index.
Jiang, Guofu. Mingguo junshi shilue gao. 民国军事史略稿. Zhonghua minguo shi ziliao congkan. Beijing: Zhonghua shu, 1987.
This collection contains useful information on warlord factions, military institutions and their evolution, and important campaigns covering the period from 1895 to 1949; five volumes.
Wan, Renyuan, Wang Xiaohua, and Zhongguo di 2 lishi dang’an guan. Jiang Jieshi yu guomin zhengfu. 蔣介石與國民政府. Zhongguo jindai zhen cangtu pianku. Xianggang: Shangwu yinshuguan, 1994.
This very nicely laid-out three-volume set is a collection of photographs from the Republican Era. The table of contents is organized chronologically. The book contains little copy, but all photos, which are mostly posed shots of important Guomindang figures, are captioned in Chinese with date when available.
Zhonghua quanguo funü lianhehui. Funü yundong lishi yanjiu shi. Wu si shiqi funü wenti wenxuan. 五四时期妇女问题文选. Beijing: Shenghuo dushu xinzhi sanlian shudian, 1981.
This is a collection of documents from the Republican era divided chronologically within topics, such as women's liberation, morality, female education, children, and population. No index.
Jiaotong daxuexiao shi ziliao xuanbian. 交通大学校史资料选编. 2 volumes (1986).
Historical materials and reminiscences about Jiaotong Daxue from 1896-1947. Arranged first by time period, then by general topic. No index, but detailed table of contents.
Peng, Zeyi. Zhongguo jindai shougong ye shi ziliao (1840–1949). 中国近代手工业史资料. Zhongguo jindai jingji shi cankao ziliao congkan di 4 zhong. Beijing: Shenghuo dushu xinzhi sanlian shudian, 1957.
A wide-base collection of documents and information on crafts, agriculture, and local industry between 1849 and 1949 in a three volume set organized chronologically. Each volume is subdivided by province and industry type, i.e. silk. Also included are period illustrations of looms, workspaces, mills, kilns, etc.
Dongfang zazhi. 東方雜誌. Shanghai, China, 1904–1948.
This magazine began as a monthly publication; from 1921 to 1944 it was a biweekly. Later it returned to a monthly schedule until it was discontinued in 1948. Articles are mainly on cultural topics, but political and scientific essays and fiction also appear. As an example, the 6/15/46 issue included articles on contemporary French politics, benefits of study abroad, archaeological research on ancient Chinese social systems, the origins of the Korean language, the names of the places to which Zheng He traveled, and a translation of a story by Michael Arlen entitled "Good Friends." Each issue includes a table of contents. An index has been published.
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA/CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
CONTENTS:
Mackerras, Colin, and Amanda Yorke. The Cambridge handbook of contemporary China. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
A brief history of political developments (contemporary focus), short biographies, and an annotated bibliography.
Zhonggong zhongyang dangshi yanjiu shi. 中共中央党史研究室. Zhongguo gongchandang lishi dashiji, 1919.5–1987.12. 中国共产党历史大事记. Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1989.
The CCP central research office compiled this CCP's history from 1919 through 1987. Events are recorded chronologically. Offering the "official view," this source is a useful reference to accompany document research.
Hsueh, Chun-tu. "Sources on the History of the Chinese Communist Party." In Essays on the sources for Chinese history, edited by Donald Leslie, Colin Mackerras, Gungwu Wang, C. P. Fitzgerald and Australian National University. Dept. of Far Eastern History, xii, 378. Columbia,: University of South Carolina Press, 1975.
Lists both Chinese and English document collections
Brugger, Bill. "Sources on the Chinese People's Republic." In Essays on the sources for Chinese history, edited by Donald Leslie, Colin Mackerras, Gungwu Wang, C. P. Fitzgerald and Australian National University. Dept. of Far Eastern History, xii, 378. Columbia,: University of South Carolina Press, 1975.
Review article; appended is a selected bibliography of documentary collections.
Cheek, Timothy, and Tony Saich. A Guide to material on the Chinese communist movement : Zhang Zhuhong's Historiography of China's modern revolutionary history (III). Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1991.
A handy translation of a lengthy historiography survey by a leading party historian.
Lieberthal, Kenneth, and Bruce J. Dickson. A research guide to central party and government meetings in China, 1949-1986. Rev. and expanded ed. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1989.
A guide to 511 central meetings occurring between 1949 and 1985. Provides information on date, type of meeting, place, attendance, agenda, speeches and reports, documents passed, decisions and actions. Includes sources for all information provided. Also includes an introduction outlining key issues in researching these sources. Indexed by location and personal name.
Rinden, Robert, and Roxane Witke. The Red flag waves; a guide to the Hung-ch’i p’iao-p’iao collection, China research monographs no. 3. Berkeley,: Center for Chinese Studies University of California, 1968.
A guide to the Hong qi piao piao 紅旗飄飄, described as a "conglomerate collection of reminiscences" in 16 volumes of revolutionary memoirs (5,7). Lists and summarizes the entries in each volume. Indexed by topic and personal name.
Kuo, Warren. Analytical history of the Chinese Communist Party. 2d ed. Taipei,: Institute of International Relations, 1968.
An English version of the detailed history of the Communist Party by Taiwan’s leading official expert of CCP history. The anti-communist bias is transparent, but Kuo had access to a great deal of original material and this can be useful in following inner party debates, and dating key events and meetings.
Donovan, Peter Williams, Carl E. Dorris, and Lawrence R. Sullivan. Chinese Communist materials at the Bureau of Investigation archives, Taiwan, Michigan papers in Chinese studies; no. 24. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies University of Michigan, 1976.
Contains a "representative description" of CCP documents available at the BI archives (3). [BI holdings are particularly strong for Shandong, but weak for CCP base areas such as Yen'an.] Gives a "thick" description of the sources available. Organized under subject headings: the Party, mass movements, culture and education, military, base areas. Archive holdings are strongest for the period 1927-1949. N.B. many materials listed here have since been put forth in published form by the P.R.C.
Wang, Jianmin. Zhongguo gongchandang shigao. 中國共產黨史稿. Taibei, Taiwan: s.n., 1965.
Detailed history with a political focus. An independent enough view to have been banned for a time in Taiwan.
Xue, Yue. Jiaofei jishi. 剿匪記實. Edited by Yunlong Shen, Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan xuanji; 487. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1978.
Nationalist account of KMT (GMD) campaigns against the Communists, 1934-35. Written in a classical style. Includes maps, military charts.
Brandt, Conrad, Benjamin Isadore Schwartz, and John King Fairbank. A documentary history of Chinese communism. Cambridge,: Harvard University Press, 1952.
Translations of selected documents with commentary, 1921-1950. Contains an annotated bibliography with information on library holdings. N.B. Some texts listed as unavailable are now available.
Hinton, Harold C. The People's Republic of China, 1949-1979 : a documentary survey. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1980.
A multivolume compilation of translated political documents, with notes. Documents include speeches, law codes, and treaty texts.
Hinton, Harold C. The People's Republic of China, 1979-1984 : a documentary survey. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1986.
A continuation of the 1980 volume above.
Wilbur, C. Martin, and Julie Lien-ying How. Missionaries of revolution : Soviet advisers and Nationalist China, 1920-1927. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989.
The first half of the book is historical writing on Soviet advisors in China. The second half contains translations of eighty-one documents by early Chinese Communists and Russian advisers from a much larger collection seized in the 1927 raid by Chinese police on the Soviet Military Attache's office in Beijing. Topics include women, students, Chinese history, labor, peasants, military, and political organization, to name a few. Another edition of the book with fewer documents and a different organizational structure was published in 1956.
Hsiao, Tso-liang. The land revolution in China, 1930-1934; a study of documents. University of Washington, Far Eastern and Russian Institute, Publications on Asia, no. 18. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1969.
Translated documents on land policy in the Jiangxi Soviet period.
Zhongyang dang’an guan (China). Zhonggong zhongyang wenjian xuanji. 中共中央文件选集. Di 1 ban. ed. Beijing: Zhonggong zhongyang dangxiao chubanshe, 1982.
Eleven-volume set of CCP central committee writings, from 1921-1949. It is extraordinarily complete, including reports of events in local areas that the CCP's central committee deemed important.
Zhonggong zhongyang shuji chu. Liu da yiqian: dang de lishi cailiao. 六大以前: 党的历史材料第一版. ed. Beijing: Renmin chubanshe: Xinhua shudian faxing, 1980.
Contains about 200 CCP works dating before the Sixth Congress (1928). The collection was originally printed in 1942 in Yan'an. This edition has made a few revisions and has added two speeches by Lenin and one by Stalin. The works are presented in chronological order and listed in a table of contents, but no index is provided.
Zhonggong zhongyang shuji chu. Liu da yilai: dangnei mimi wenjian. 六大以来: 党内秘密文件, 第一版. ed. Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1981.
A two-volume set of approximately 500 classified (neibu) CCP documents dating from 1928-1941. The first volume is dedicated to political issues; the second contains works on organization, military affairs, finance, labor, youth, women, and propaganda/education. Within each section, documents are organized chronologically. Continues the previous publication.
Zhonggong zhongyang dangshi ziliao zhengzhi weiyuanhui, and Zhonggong zhongyang dangshi yanjiu shi. Zhonggong dangshi ziliao. 中共黨史資料. Xianggang: s.n., 1989.
Reprinted by the Center for Chinese Research Materials. This is a "standard, central, and important" collection of CCP documents (including local party documents).
Zhongguo gongchandang. Quanguo daibiao dahui (2nd: 1922: Shanghai, China), and Zhongguo gongchandang. Quanguo daibiao dahui. ed. “Er da” he “san da”: Zhongguo gongchandang di 2, 3 ci daibiao dahui ziliao xuanbian. 二大和三大: 中国共产党第二, 三次代表大会资料选编. Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe, 1985.
This is included in the Series of Materials on Chinese Contemporary Revolutionary History. It contains relevant documents, newspaper articles and reminiscences by participants.
Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiu shi. Jianguo yilai zhongyao wenxian xuanbian. 建国以来重要文献选编. Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 1992.
A 13-volume set of key political writings from 1949-1960. Arranged chronologically.
Zhonggong dangshi wenxian xuanbian: Xin minzhu zhuyi geming shiqi. 中共党史文献选编: 新民主主义革命时期. Beijing: Zhonggong zhongyang dangxiao chubanshe, 1992.
Documents relating to the "New Democracy Period."
Yi er jiu yundong ziliao. 一二九运动资料. Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1981.
Contains documents relating to the 1935 "December Ninethers" student movement in Beiping (Beijing). CCP members constitued a large number of the movement’s leaders.
San yi ba yundong ziliao. 三一八运动资料. Zhongguo xiandai geming shi ziliao congkan. Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1984.
This collection of documents tracing the cause and events of the March Eighteenth (San Yi Ba) movement of 1926. It also contains eulogies of the martyred and discussion of the movement's aftermath. The documents are organized by topic and chronologically.
Gong qing tuan, Zhongyang qing yun shi yanjiu shi, and Zhongyang dang’an guan (China). Zhonggong zhongyang qingnian yundong wenjian xuanbian: 1921 nian qi yue–1949 nian jiu yue. 中共中央青年运动文件选编: 1921年七月–1949年九月. Beijing: Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe, 1988.
Documents relating to the Chinese Youth Movement, especially the Communist Youth League, 1921-1949. Organized chronologically. Includes speeches, letters, etc. Focuses on political leadership.
Zhonggguo di 2 lishi dang’an guan. Guomindang junzhui du hongjun changzheng dang’an shiliao xuanbian. 国民党军追堵红军长征档案史料选编. Beijing: Dang’an chubanshe, 1987.
It contains valuable documents from the KMT government and military, collected by PRC historians and archivists, that relate to KMT military strategy against the Red Army during the Long March period (1934 to 1936) including telegrams, speeches, etc. Entries are listed chronologically.
Meng, Guanghan, Zhonggong Chongqing shi wei, Dangxiao, Hongyan geming jinianguan, and Chongqing shi zheng xie, Wenshi ziliao yanjiu weiyuan hui. Kangzhan shiqi guogong hezuo jishi. 抗战时期国共合作纪实. Chongqing: Chongqing chubanshe, 1992.
Included in the Series of Di er ci guogong hezuo jishi congshu. It contains documents, newspaper articles and reminiscences tracing the origin and evolution of the Second United Front between the CCP and the KMT.
Zhonghua quanguo funü lianhe hui, Funü yundong lishi yanjiu shi. Zhongguo funü yundong lishi ziliao: 1921–1927. 中国妇女运动历史资料: 1921–1927. Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1986.
This useful collection contains 276 documents on the women's movement from 1921-1927 including documents relating to CCP political thought on and activities relating to the "funü" question. This collection does not include Guomingdang affiliated writing. Organized chronologically with source and author note at the end of each entry in the table of contents. There is no separate author index.
Zhonggong yanjiu zazhi she, Bianji bu, and Zhongguo gongchandang. Zhonggong wenhua da geming zhongyao wenjian huibian. 中共文化大革命重要文件匯編. Taibei: “Zhonggong yanjiu” zazhi she, 1973.
Important documents of the Cultural Revolution. It is divided into eight parts: party; government; military affairs; finance and economy; education and culture; Red Guard movement; local problems; speeches of the CCP leaders. See separate listing for 1979 supplement.
Zhonggong yanjiu zazhi she, Bianji bu, and Zhongguo gongchandang. Zhonggong wenhua da geming zhongyao wenjian huibian. 中共文化大革命重要文件匯編. Zengding ben. Taibei shi: Zhonggong yanjiu zazhi she, 1979.
Important documents of the Cultural Revolution. This is a supplement to the above listing.
