Introduction -- Part I. Publishing practices of writers in the seventeenth century. The making of the printed text -- Publishing for reputation -- The economics of print -- Part II. Transregional impact in the eighteenth century. Censorship of installment publication in Qing China -- Transnational circulation of Tanji congshu and censorship in Chosŏn Korea -- Conclusion : publishing and the making of textual authority -- Appendix : bibliographical notes on extant editions of Zhang Chao.