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Anlekangpingshi suibi 安樂康平室隨筆

May 17, 2026 © Ulrich Theobald

Anlekangpingshi suibi 安樂康平室隨筆 "Jottings from the Studio of Peace and Contentment" is a "brush-notes"-style book (biji 筆記) written by Zhu Pengshou 朱彭壽 (1869-1950) at the end of the Qing period 清 (1644-1911). Zhu Pengshou was also the author of the book Jiudian beizheng 舊典備徵.

The book comprises 6 juan in total. It covers a broad range of subjects, including dynastic institutions and regulations, the civil examination system and official ranks, historical events, textual collation and bibliographic studies, the system of posthumous titles, antique coins, calligraphy and painting, and family history — with particularly detailed accounts of the internal operating rules of the Grand Secretariat (neige 內閣) and the unwritten conventions of officialdom. The text contains various editorial oversights, such as blanks left where taboo characters of the imperial temple names should have been avoided, and unfilled lacunae, which the author had planned to address in a separate set of collation notes, a project that was never completed.

In 1982, Zhonghua Shuju 中華書局 published a paperback edition compiled and edited by He Shuangsheng 何雙生.

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