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HU 03
Mnemosyne
Mingyuan Hu
Philosophical Fiction
English
15 September 2022
96 pages
HU 04
Erstwhile series
Oratory and Democracy
475–221 BC
Diverse and anonymous
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
15 September 2022
64 pages
HU 05
Erstwhile series
Virtue Politics
372–289 BC
Mencius
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
27 March 2023
64 pages
HU 06
Erstwhile series
Good Beyond Evil
313–238 BC
Xunzi
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
1 August 2023
64 pages
HU 10
Erstwhile series
Realpolitik
280–233 BC
Han Fei
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
1 August 2023
48 pages
HU 11 Pre-order
Erstwhile series
Lament in Love
340–278 BC
Qu Yuan
Prose poetry
English; traditional Chinese
10 July 2024
64 pages
HU 12 Pre-order
Erstwhile series
The Eremitic and Extravagant
420–444 AD
Diverse; edited by Liu Yiqing
Tales of the miraculous
English; traditional Chinese
15 July 2024
64 pages
HU 13
京劇改革
Maël Renouard 麥·雷諾瓦
Translated by Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Novella
Traditional Chinese
5 November 2023
64 pages
HU 14
The Peking Opera Reform
Maël Renouard
Translated by Peter Behrman de Sinéty
Novella
English
5 November 2023
80 pages
HU 15
京剧改革
Maël Renouard 麦·雷诺瓦
Translated by Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Novella
Simplified Chinese
5 November 2023
64 pages
HU 16
Fou Lei
Mingyuan Hu
Intellectual Biography
English
17 November 2023
352 pages
HU 17 Pre-order
Les vertes années
Eileen Chang
Translated by Tan-Ying Chou and Isabelle Rabut
Novella
French; traditional Chinese
30 September 2024
128 pages
HU 18 Pre-order
Fou Lai
Mingyuan Hu
Translated by Maël Renouard
Intellectual Biography
French
5 December 2024
336 pages
HU 19 Pre-order
Le détachement féminin rouge
Jiang Yun
Translated by Romain Graziani and Song Gang
Novella
French; simplified Chinese
27 July 2024
112 pages
HU 20
The Red Detachment of Women
Jiang Yun
Translated by Annelise Finegan and Mingyuan Hu
Novella
English
7 November 2023
80 pages
HU 21
Une taille de guêpe
Chi Li
Translated by Shao Baoqing
Novella
French; simplified Chinese
7 November 2023
64 pages
HU 22 Pre-order
LUMINARY series
My Own Life
David Hume
Essay
English
7 July 2024
32 pages
HU 23 Pre-order
Erstwhile series
The Bold and Untrammelled
420–444 AD
Diverse; edited by Liu Yiqing
Tales of the miraculous
English; traditional Chinese
16 July 2024
64 pages
HU 24 Pre-order
LUMINARY series
The Hero as Man of Letters
Thomas Carlyle
Essay
English
15 July 2024
128 pages
HU 25 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
L'histoire de Jules César
George Sand
Essay
French
18 July 2024
48 pages
HU 26 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
George Sand
Hippolyte Taine
Essay
French
19 July 2024
32 pages
HU 27 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
Michelet éducateur
Gabriel Monod
Essay
French
20 July 2024
32 pages
HU 28 Pre-order
Les vertes années
Eileen Chang
Translated by Tan-Ying Chou and Isabelle Rabut
Novella
French
1 August 2024
80 pages
HU 29 Pre-order
Farewell, Fou Ts'ong
Chiang Ching
Translated by Sophie Sa
Essay
English
17 July 2024
64 pages
HU 30 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
My Early Education
Hu Shih
Essay
English
21 July 2024
80 pages
A Literary press
HU 04
Erstwhile series
Oratory and Democracy
475–221 BC
Diverse and anonymous
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
15 September 2022
64 pages
HU 05
Erstwhile series
Virtue Politics
372–289 BC
Mencius
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
27 March 2023
64 pages
HU 06
Erstwhile series
Good Beyond Evil
313–238 BC
Xunzi
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
1 August 2023
64 pages
HU 07
Les Assassins de Confucius
Jean Levi
Essay
French
27 March 2023
96 pages
HU 08
弑孔子之風
Jean Levi 樂唯
Translated by Liyine Levi-Wong 汪立穎
Essay
Traditional Chinese
27 March 2023
80 pages
HU 09
The Assassins of Confucius
Jean Levi
Essay
English
27 March 2023
96 pages
HU 10
Erstwhile series
Realpolitik
280–233 BC
Han Fei
Prose
English; traditional Chinese
1 August 2023
48 pages
HU 11 Pre-order
Erstwhile series
Lament in Love
340–278 BC
Qu Yuan
Prose poetry
English; traditional Chinese
10 July 2024
64 pages
HU 12 Pre-order
Erstwhile series
The Eremitic and Extravagant
420–444 AD
Diverse; edited by Liu Yiqing
Tales of the miraculous
English; traditional Chinese
15 July 2024
64 pages
HU 13
京劇改革
Maël Renouard 麥·雷諾瓦
Translated by Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Novella
Traditional Chinese
5 November 2023
64 pages
HU 14
The Peking
Opera Reform
Maël Renouard
Translated by Peter Behrman de Sinéty
Novella
English
5 November 2023
80 pages
HU 15
京剧改革
Maël Renouard 麦·雷诺瓦
Translated by Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Novella
Simplified Chinese
5 November 2023
64 pages
HU 16
Fou Lei
Mingyuan Hu
Intellectual Biography
English
17 November 2023
352 pages
HU 17 Pre-order
Les vertes années
Eileen Chang
Translated by Tan-Ying Chou and Isabelle Rabut
Novella
French; traditional Chinese
30 September 2024
128 pages
HU 18 Pre-order
Fou Lai
Mingyuan Hu
Translated by Maël Renouard
Intellectual Biography
French
5 December 2024
336 pages
HU 19 Pre-order
Le détachement féminin rouge
Jiang Yun
Translated by Romain Graziani and Song Gang
Novella
French; simplified Chinese
27 July 2024
112 pages
HU 20
The Red Detachment of Women
Jiang Yun
Translated by Annelise Finegan and Mingyuan Hu
Novella
English
7 November 2023
80 pages
HU 21
Une taille de guêpe
Chi Li
Translated by Shao Baoqing
Novella
French; simplified Chinese
7 November 2023
64 pages
HU 22 Pre-order
LUMINARY series
My Own Life
David Hume
Essay
English
7 July 2024
32 pages
HU 23 Pre-order
Erstwhile series
The Bold and Untrammelled
420–444 AD
Diverse; edited by Liu Yiqing
Tales of the miraculous
English; traditional Chinese
16 July 2024
64 pages
HU 24 Pre-order
LUMINARY series
The Hero as Man of Letters
Thomas Carlyle
Essay
English
15 July 2024
128 pages
HU 25 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
L'histoire de Jules César
George Sand
Essay
French
18 July 2024
48 pages
HU 26 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
George Sand
Hippolyte Taine
Essay
French
19 July 2024
32 pages
HU 27 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
Michelet éducateur
Gabriel Monod
Essay
French
20 July 2024
32 pages
HU 28 Pre-order
Les vertes années
Eileen Chang
Translated by Tan-Ying Chou and Isabelle Rabut
Novella
French
1 August 2024
80 pages
HU 29 Pre-order
Farewell, Fou Ts'ong
Chiang Ching
Translated by Sophie Sa
Essay
English
17 July 2024
64 pages
HU 30 Forthcoming
LUMINARY series
My Early Education
Hu Shih
Essay
English
21 July 2024
80 pages
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Peter Behrman de Sinéty translator
Thomas Carlyle essayist and historian
Eileen Chang novelist
Chi Li novelist
Chiang Ching dancer and essayist
Tan-Ying Chou sinologist and translator
Annelise Finegan translator
Romain Graziani sinologist and translator
Han Fei thinker of the Legalist School during the Warring States
Mingyuan Hu historian, writer and translator
Hu Shih historian, philosopher, writer and politician
David Hume historian and philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment
Jiang Yun novelist
Jean Levi sinologist and translator of Chinese classics
Liyine Levi-Wong translator
Liu Yiqing writer, statesman and patron during the Six Dynasties
Mencius philosopher during the Warring States, ‘Second Sage’ after Confucius
Gabriel Monod historian
Mu Xin painter and poet
Qu Yuan poet and statesman during the Warring States
Isabelle Rabut sinologist and translator
Maël Renouard novelist, essayist and translator
Sophie Sa translator
George Sand novelist and critic
Shao Baoqing sinologist and translator
Song Gang translator
Hippolyte Taine philosopher, historian and critic
Xunzi philosopher and teacher during the Warring States
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HU 01 — Toward Bravery and Other Poems
HU 02 — Late Roses and Early Snow
HU 05 — Virtue Politics: Mencius on kingly rule (372–289 BC)
HU 06 — Good Beyond Evil: Xunzi on human nature (313–238 BC)
HU 07 — Les Assassins de Confucius
HU 09 — The Assassins of Confucius
HU 10 — Realpolitik: Han Fei on mighty reign (280–233 BC)
HU 11 — Lament in Love: The verses of Qu Yuan (340–278 BC)
HU 12 — Worldly New Talk: The elegant, the eremitic, the extravagant (420–444 AD)
HU 14 — The Peking Opera Reform
HU 16 — Fou Lei: An Insistence on Truth
HU 17 — Worldly New Talk II: The bold, the free, the untrammelled (420–444 AD)
HU 18 — Fou Lai. Un héros vaincu
HU 19 — Le détachement féminin rouge
HU 20 — The Red Detachment of Women
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