Abstract
The rise and development of fiction commentary were inseparable from the flourishing of publishing houses in the late Ming dynasty, and their developmental timelines were largely concurrent. As an early center of block-printing, the Jianyang publishing house was the first to apply commentary to the commercial publication of fiction, which was a pioneering contribution in the history of fiction commentary. With the continuous development of the publishing industry, the Jiangnan publishing houses gradually became the new center for block-printing. Owing to the publishers’ high level of education and the participation of literati, the quality of fiction commentary greatly improved. In addition, the advancement of editorial methods and printing technology also contributed significantly to the development of fiction commentary, ushering in its golden time during the late Ming.
Keywords
the late Ming, publishing house, publisher, fiction commentary, fiction publishing
First Page
152
Last Page
162
Recommended Citation
Zhou, Jinfeng. 2025. "The Contribution of Late Ming Publishing Houses to Fiction Commentary." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 45, (3): pp.152-162. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol45/iss3/15
