| CHC | The Cambridge History of China |
| CSJC | Congshu Jicheng 叢書集成 |
| DMB | Dictionary of Ming Biography |
| ECCP | Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period |
| ECP | Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy |
| ECT | Early Chinese Texts |
| HCP | A History of Chinese Philosophy |
| ICCL | The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature |
| LCC | The Chinese Classics |
| QSGW | Quan Shanggu Sandai Qin Han Sanguo Liuchao Wen 全上古三代秦漢三國六朝文 |
| SB | A Sung Bibliography |
| SBBY | Sibu Beiyao 四部備要 |
| SBCK | Sibu Congkan 四部叢刊 |
| SKQS | Siku Quanshu 四庫全書 and Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao 四庫全書總目提要 |
| SSJZS | Shisanjing Zhushu 十三經注疏 |