Edward Shaughnessy Translation Series Awarded Tsinghua University Annual Book Prize

Recently, the results of the 2024 Tsinghua University Press annual book prize were officially announced. This prize adheres to the principles of “correct orientation, quality first, and dual-effect unity.” After three stages of nomination, preliminary evaluation, and final evaluation, and after internal publicity, a total of 31 books in three categories, including textbooks, academic works, and popular reading, won the title of Tsinghua University Press's 2024 annual book. The Tsinghua University Warring States Bamboo Slips: Studies and Translation Series (Volumes 2, 3, and 6) compiled by the Tsinghua University Center for the Study and Conservation of Unearthed Documents was selected for the annual academic book category. 

In July 2008, Tsinghua University rescued a cache of Warring States bamboo slips from abroad. The academic community calls them "Tsinghua Bamboo Slips." Most of their contents are early classics and history books, including lost chapters that have been lost for two thousand years that have never been seen before. They have important academic value for accurately understanding the original appearance of ancient books from the pre-Qin period and reconstructing China's early history. The “Tsinghua University Collection of Warring States Bamboo Slips Studies and English Translation” series was completed by a team of well-known scholars from the Chinese and foreign academic circles. The bamboo slips were annotated and translated, and the original text of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, official script, modern Chinese characters and English were presented together. It is of great significance to promote the “sending out” of the research results of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips and to promote the inheritance and dissemination of China’s excellent traditional culture.

《清华大学藏战国竹简》研究与英译丛书（第2、3、6卷）获评清华大学出版社年度好书

March 30, 2025

近日，清华大学出版社 2024 年年度好书评选结果正式揭晓。本次评选秉持 “导向正确、质量为先、双效统一”的原则，历经提名、初评、终评三个阶段，并经社内公示，最终共有教材、学术著作、大众阅读等三类 31 种图书荣获清华大学出版社2024年年度好书称号。清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心编《清华大学藏战国竹简》研究与英译丛书（第2、3、6卷）入选学术著作类年度好书。

2008年7月，清华大学从境外抢救入藏了一批战国时期竹简，学界称之为“清华简”，其内容多为早期的经史类典籍，含有已失传两千年之久的前所未见的佚篇，对于准确认识先秦古籍的原貌、重建中国早期历史均有重要学术价值。《清华大学藏战国竹简》研究与英译丛书由中外学术界知名学者团队合作完成，对简文进行注释、翻译，将清华简原文、隶定文字、现代汉字和英文一并呈现，对于推动清华简研究成果“走出去”，促进中华优秀传统文化的传承传播具有重要意义。