Quanqingci 全清詞

Quanqingci 全清詞 is a collection of lyric-metre-style poems (ci 詞) from the Qing period 清 (1644-1911). It was compiled by Zhang Hongsheng 張宏生 and was published beginning in 2008 by the Nanjing University Press 南京大學出版社. The collection is arranged chronologically according to the reign-periods of the Qing emperors. It includes more than 300,000 poems. All texts were critically revised, and for all authors, brief biographies are added.

As of 2020, the volumes Shun-Kang 順康卷, Yong-Qian 雍乾卷, and Jia-Dao 嘉道卷 comprised a total of 70 books. The Yong-Qian Volume alone includes works by nearly 955 poets with over 40,000 poems from the reigns of the Yongzheng (r. 1722-1735) and Qianlong (r. 1735-1796) emperors. The compilation of the Xian-Tong 咸同卷 and Guang-Xuan 光宣卷 volumes is ongoing. Once completed, the series will form a comprehensive corpus for studies on Qing-periods ci poems.

However, due to the vast quantity and extensive distribution of Qing ci from a wide range of sources, coupled with the complexities of textual preservation, achieving complete coverage of Qing ci poetry at any one time is extremely challenging. Indeed, in compiling such dynasty-specific anthologies, the notion of "complete" (quan 全) can only ever be relative.

Through sustained effort, by September 2007, the compilation head had essentially finished the first draft of the supplementary part of the Shun-Kang Volume 順康卷補編, which was then submitted to Nanjing University Press. At the end of 2007, the Quantangci was included as a key project under Jiangsu Province's 11th Five-Year Plan, and in early 2008, it was further promoted to a national key project under the same plan. Simultaneously, it also received support from the National Leadership Group for the Collation and Publication of Ancient Texts (Guojia Guji Zhengli Chuban Guihua Lingdao Xiaozu 国家古籍整理出版规划领导小组). After multiple revisions and careful editing, in May 2008, the Shun-Kang Volume with supplement was finally published successfully.

The compilation of the Quanqingci began in 1982 and has now spanned forty years. During this period, 20 volumes of the Shun-Kang Volume, 4 volumes of the supplement, 16 volumes of the Yong-Qian part, and 30 volumes of the Jia-Dao part have been published consecutively. The final two volumes of the series, the Xian-Tong part and the Guang-Xuan part, are also in the process of being compiled and are anticipated to be completed in the coming years.

Many supplements to the collection were published in various journals.