5 ▁" C op ied ▁Writ ings ▁from ▁the ▁North ▁Hall ", ▁Wei ▁Zh eng ' s ▁ 6 3 1 ▁Ess entials ▁of ▁Government ▁from ▁Many ▁Books , ▁Li ▁Sh an ' s ▁ 6 5 8 ▁Notes ▁on ▁the ▁Anth ology ▁of ▁Liter ature , ▁and ▁Li ▁F ang ' s ▁ 9 8 3 ▁Ta ip ing ▁Imperial ▁Re ader . ▁The ▁Q un ▁sh u ▁z hi ya o ▁ ▁ab rid g ement , ▁compr ising ▁over ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁characters ▁( out ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ), ▁quotes ▁ 1 3 ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁ 2 0 ▁chap ters , ▁and ▁represents ▁almost ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁re construct ed ▁Sh izi ▁text . ▁ ▁Fischer ▁( 2 0 1 2 : 1 1 5 9 – 1 1 6 3 ) ▁summar izes ▁the ▁Sh izi ▁as ▁" both ▁unique ▁and ▁parad ig m atic ▁for ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁Syn cret ist ▁text ▁from ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁ec lect ic ▁author ship — in ▁both ▁content ▁and ▁form — was ▁the ▁norm . ▁We ▁are ▁fort un ate ▁that ▁several ▁M ing ▁and ▁Q ing ▁sch ol ars ▁made ▁the ▁effort ▁to ▁re construct ▁it , ▁that ▁so ▁much ▁of ▁it ▁was ▁quoted ▁by ▁Wei ▁Zh eng ▁in ▁the ▁Tang ▁dynast y , ▁and ▁that ▁Wei ’ s ▁work ▁was ▁preserved ▁in ▁Japan ▁even ▁while ▁it ▁was ▁lost ▁in ▁China ." ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁The ▁re construct ed