Dear colleagues, I would like to share information on my latest book published on September 29, 2021. You can download the text (https://doi.org/10.11588/xabooks.814) as a pdf free of charge here: <https://crossasia-books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/xasia/catalog/book/814> It is also available as a pod-book from Amazon and Buchhandel.de. *The Imperial Library of the Northern Song: A Complete Translation of the Lintai gushi (canben)* 麟台故事 (殘本) *by Cheng Ju* 程俱 *(1078-1144)*  The present text is a translation of the *Lintai gushi* by Cheng Ju, a book that deals with the imperial book collections under the Northern Song. The library collections of the early Northern Song were created from scratch, only to be partially destroyed again in the disastrous fire of 1015 and during the shift of the capital from Kaifeng to Hangzhou. Cheng Ju’s *Lintai gushi* is the oldest surviving source of information on the Northern Song (960-1126) imperial libraries. The *Lintai gushi* bears witness to the various activities undertaken to rebuild comprehensive book collections and thus to fill the gap in the history of imperial Song libraries. Best wishes Johannes Kurz

Dear Johannes Kurz, Many thanks for making your impressive work available to us. That is very generous of you. I just dipped into it, and it looks terrific. In appreciation, Paul Paul Jakov Smith On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 10:09 PM <jolukurz@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I would like to share information on my latest book published on September > 29, 2021. You can download the text (https://doi.org/10.11588/xabooks.814) > as a pdf free of charge here: > > https://crossasia-books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/xasia/catalog/book/814 > > It is also available as a pod-book from Amazon and Buchhandel.de. > > *The Imperial Library of the Northern Song: A Complete Translation of the > Lintai gushi (canben) *麟台故事 (殘本)* by Cheng Ju *程俱* (1078-1144)* > > The present text is a translation of the *Lintai gushi* by Cheng Ju, a > book that deals with the imperial book collections under the Northern Song. > The library collections of the early Northern Song were created from > scratch, only to be partially destroyed again in the disastrous fire of > 1015 and during the shift of the capital from Kaifeng to Hangzhou. Cheng > Ju’s *Lintai gushi* is the oldest surviving source of information on the > Northern Song (960-1126) imperial libraries. The *Lintai gushi* bears > witness to the various activities undertaken to rebuild comprehensive book > collections and thus to fill the gap in the history of imperial Song > libraries. > > Best wishes > > Johannes Kurz > > > > _______________________________________________ > Listserv mailing list -- listserv@mail.songyuan.org > To unsubscribe send an email to listserv-leave@mail.songyuan.org > -- Paul Jakov Smith 史樂民 Haverford College Professor Emeritus of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures Brewster and Brighton, MA