I. The series is sponsored by the Editorial and Research Center of Confucian Canon,Peking University and published by Peking University Press. It is tentatively planned to be published once a year with each issue containing about 300,000 to 400,000 characters, with the annual submission deadline on August 30th.

II. As an academic publication, the series follows the principle of letting a hundred schools of thought contend to provide an academic platform, soliciting contributions from scholars at home and abroad.

III. The scope of contributions mainly includes research results in the study of Confucian classics and Confucian thought, such as individual, book, thematic studies, and documentation and arrangement research, as well as related academic trends.

IV. Manuscripts submitted to the series are initially reviewed by the editorial department of the Studies in Confucian Classics and Thought series; those that pass preliminary review are then anonymously evaluated by two experts in the relevant field; the editorial committee decides whether to adopt the manuscript based on the reviewers’ comments and informs the authors of the results within three months of receipt. Unaccepted manuscripts will generally not be returned except for the original manuscript.

V. The series has joined the China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database and the CNKI series databases. Articles recorded in this journal will be uniformly included in the above databases by the editorial department and provided as information service through CD-ROMs and the internet. Submission to this journal, unless otherwise stated by the author, signifies agreement to have the published paper included in that database, and further authorization from the author will not be sought. The author’s copyright usage fee will be paid along with the manuscript fee in a one-off manner.

VI. The editorial department of the series will make the necessary editorial processing of accepted manuscripts, generally not directly altering the content but may offer suggestions for modifications after communication with the author.

VII. Concerning copyright issues, the responsibility lies with the author.

VIII. Submissions should comply with the "Manuscript Style Requirements" published in the series.

IX. The series welcomes electronic submissions. Please provide detailed contact address, postal code, and telephone number for communication purposes. For email submissions, please indicate "Submission for the Series" in the subject line, and for printed submissions, please mark the same on the front of the envelope.

X. Within 30 days after the publication of the series, the editorial department will pay the author remuneration and send 2 complimentary copies of the volume and 5 offprints.

XI. Contact information for the editorial department of the Studies in Confucian Classics and Thought series is as follows:

Mailing Address: Cao Jian, the Editorial and Research Center of Confucian Canon, Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing (Postal Code 100871)

Telephone: 86-10-62767810

Fax: 86-10-62767811

E-mail: ruzang@pku.edu.cn