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HU 01
Toward Bravery
and Other Poems
Author: Mu Xin
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Poetry
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 7 July 2022
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-1-7
HU 02
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Novella
Language: English
Release Date: 1 August 2022
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-2-4
HU 03
Mnemosyne
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Philosophical Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: 15 September 2022
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-3-1
HU 04
Erstwhile series
Oratory and Democracy
475–221 BC
Author: Diverse and anonymous
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 15 September 2022
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-0-9
HU 05
Erstwhile series
Virtue Politics
372–289 BC
Author: Mencius
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-1-6
HU 06
Erstwhile series
Good Beyond Evil
313–238 BC
Author: Xunzi
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 1 August 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-2-3
HU 07
Les Assassins de Confucius
Author: Jean Levi
Genre: Essay
Language: French
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-4-8
HU 08
弑孔子之風
Author: Jean Levi 樂唯
Translator: Liyine Levi-Wong 汪立穎
Genre: Essay
Language: Traditional Chinese
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-5-5
HU 09
The Assassins of Confucius
Author: Jean Levi
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Essay
Language: English
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-6-2
HU 10
Erstwhile series
Realpolitik
280–233 BC
Author: Han Fei
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 1 August 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-3-0
HU 11 Forthcoming
Erstwhile series
Lament in Love
340–278 BC
Author: Qu Yuan
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose poetry
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 15 February 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-4-7
HU 12 Forthcoming
Erstwhile series
Worldly New Talk
420–444 AD
Author: Diverse; edited by Liu Yiqing
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Tales of the miraculous
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 9 March 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-5-4
HU 13
京劇改革
Author: Maël Renouard 麥·雷諾瓦
Translator: Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Genre: Novella
Language: Traditional Chinese
Release Date: 5 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-7-9
HU 14
The Peking Opera Reform
Author: Maël Renouard
Translator: Peter Behrman de Sinéty
Genre: Novella
Language: English
Release Date: 5 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-8-6
HU 15
京剧改革
Author: Maël Renouard 麦·雷诺瓦
Translator: Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Genre: Novella
Language: Simplified Chinese
Release Date: 5 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-9-3
HU 16
Fou Lei
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Intellectual Biography
Language: English
Release Date: 17 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-0-3
HU 17 Pre-order
Les vertes années
Author: Eileen Chang
Translators: Isabelle Rabut, Tan-Ying Chou
Genre: Novella Language: French; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 30 September 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-5-8
HU 18 Forthcoming
Fou Lai
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Intellectual Biography
Language: French
Release Date: 27 March 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-2-7
HU 19 Pre-order
Le détachement féminin rouge
Author: Jiang Yun
Translators: Romain Graziani, Song Gang
Genre: Novella
Language: French; simplified Chinese
Release Date: 7 March 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-3-4
HU 20
The Red Detachment of Women
Author: Jiang Yun
Translators: Annelise Finegan, Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Novella
Language: English
Release Date: 7 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-1-0
HU 21
Une taille de guêpe
Author: Chi Li
Translator: Shao Baoqing
Genre: Novella
Language: French; simplified Chinese
Release Date: 7 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-4-1
A Literary press
Toward Bravery
and Other Poems
Author: Mu Xin
Translated by Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Poetry
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 7 July 2022
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-1-7
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Novella
Language: English
Release Date: 1 August 2022
ISBN 978-1-9998833-2-4
HU 03
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Philosophical Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: 15 September 2022
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-3-1
HU 04
Erstwhile series
Oratory and Democracy
475–221 BC
Author: Diverse and anonymous
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 15 September 2022
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-0-9
HU 05
Erstwhile series
Virtue Politics
372–289 BC
Author: Mencius
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-1-6
HU 06
Erstwhile series
Good Beyond Evil
313–238 BC
Author: Xunzi
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 1 August 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-2-3
HU 07
Les Assassins de Confucius
Author: Jean Levi
Genre: Essay
Language: French
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-4-8
HU 08
弑孔子之風
Author: Jean Levi 樂唯
Translator: Liyine Levi-Wong 汪立穎
Genre: Essay
Language: Traditional Chinese
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-5-5
HU 09
The Assassins of Confucius
Author: Jean Levi
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Essay
Language: English
Release Date: 27 March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-6-2
HU 10
Erstwhile series
Realpolitik
280–233 BC
Author: Han Fei
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 1 August 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-3-0
HU 11 Forthcoming
Erstwhile series
Lament in Love
340–278 BC
Author: Qu Yuan
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Prose poetry
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 15 February 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-4-7
HU 12 Forthcoming
Erstwhile series
Worldly New Talk
420–444 AD
Author: Diverse; edited by Liu Yiqing
Translator: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Tales of the miraculous
Language: English; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 9 March 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7391156-5-4
HU 13
京劇改革
Author: Maël Renouard 麥·雷諾瓦
Translator: Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Genre: Novella
Language: Traditional Chinese
Release Date: 5 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-7-9
HU 14
The Peking
Opera Reform
Author: Maël Renouard
Translator: Peter Behrman de Sinéty
Genre: Novella
Language: English
Release Date: 5 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-8-6
HU 15
京剧改革
Author: Maël Renouard 麦·雷诺瓦
Translator: Mingyuan Hu 牧嶾
Genre: Novella
Language: Simplified Chinese
Release Date: 5 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-9-3
HU 16
Fou Lei
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Intellectual Biography
Language: English
Release Date: 17 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-0-3
HU 17 pre-order
Les vertes années
Author: Eileen Chang
Translators: Isabelle Rabut, Tan-Ying Chou
Genre: Novella
Language: French; traditional Chinese
Release Date: 30 September 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-5-8
HU 18 forthcoming
Fou Lai
Author: Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Intellectual Biography
Language: French
Release Date: 27 March 2024
ISBN: 9978-1-7393897-2-7
HU 19 Pre-order
Le détachement féminin rouge
Author: Jiang Yun
Translators: Romain Graziani, Song Gang
Genre: Novella
Language: French; simplified Chinese
Release Date: 7 March 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-3-4
HU 20
The Red Detachment of Women
Author: Jiang Yun
Translators: Annelise Finegan, Mingyuan Hu
Genre: Novella
Language: English
Release Date: 7 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-1-0
HU 21
Une taille de guêpe
Author: Chi Li
Translator: Shao Baoqing
Genre: Novella
Language: French; simplified Chinese
Release Date: 7 November 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7393897-4-1
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Peter Behrman de Sinéty translator
Eileen Chang novelist
Chi Li novelist
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
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
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
Shao Baoqing sinologist and translator
Song Gang translator
Xunzi philosopher and teacher during the Warring States
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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