The author of Guwenguanzhi: Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou Publisher: Yuelu Publishing House

Introduction
Guwenguanzhi is a collection of ancient Chinese prose compiled by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou, uncle and nephew, for private school teaching in the Qing Dynasty. It contains 222 proses from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty. The selection of Guwenguanzhi is comprehensive and focused. Although it covers all dynasties, it emphasizes the pre-Qin Dynasty and the Tang and Song Dynasties; it focuses on selecting works with outstanding ideological and artistic qualities; works of the same genre are selected from different angles to avoid duplication; the selected articles are short and distinctive, and are widely loved by readers. Guwenguanzhi has been widely praised since its publication and can be regarded as a must-read textbook for beginners of classical Chinese.