Commercial Press

Japanese: 商務印書館 - しょうむいんしょかん

China's largest publishing company during the late Qing and Republican periods. Founded in Shanghai in 1897. At one time it was a joint venture with Japan. It published various textbooks, reference books, magazines such as "Oriental Magazine" and "Monthly Novels," as well as translations of Chinese classics such as "Four Books Conglomerates," "Collection of Books," and "World Library," as well as foreign books. In 1924, it also founded and operated the Oriental Library, which had the largest collection of books in the Orient. Together with its publishing activities, which at one time accounted for half of all Chinese publications, it contributed greatly to the development of Chinese culture. However, the Oriental Library was burned down by Japanese artillery fire during the Shanghai Incident in 1932, and the Commercial Press and the Republic of China government complained to the world about the atrocities committed by the Japanese military. Currently, publishing activities are continued through the Commercial Press in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in mainland China. In 1993, Commercial Press International Limited, a joint-stock company operating in five printing locations (Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia), was established.
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Japanese:

清末・民国期の中国最大の出版社。1897年上海で創立。一時は日本との合弁会社であった。各種の教科書，参考書，《東方雑誌》《小説月報》等の雑誌また，《四部叢刊》《叢書集成》《万有文庫》など中国の古典，および外国図書の翻訳出版も行った。また1924年，上海に東洋一の蔵書量をもつ東方図書館を創立，経営し，一時は中国の出版物の半分を占めるとされた出版活動と合わせて，中国文化の発展に大きく寄与した。しかし，東方図書館は1932年の上海事変で日本軍の砲撃のために焼失，商務印書館と中華民国政府は世界に日本軍の蛮行を訴えた。現在は中国本土の北京商務印書館，香港商務印書館，台湾商務印書館に分かれて出版活動を継続している。1993年には印書館五地（北京，香港，マカオ，シンガポール，マレーシア）の合資会社・商務印書館国際有限公司が設立されている。
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