Yangshiqianqibaiershijiuhezhai congshu 仰視千七百二十九鶴齋叢書

Yangshiqianqibaiershijiuhezhai congshu 仰視千七百二十九鶴齋叢書 "Collectanea of the Studio Admiring One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-Nine Cranes" is a series of collectanea (congshu 叢書) compiled by the late Qing-period 清 (1644-1911) scholar Zhao Zhiqian 趙之謙 (1829-1884). It includes 40 books with a total length of 81 juan. The title of the series goes back to a dream of Zhao, where he saw a large number of cranes flying in the air, while their shadows transformed into smaller and less prestigious birds or even insects, expressing that high hopes would result in vain dreams. Zhao interpreted the dream as a hint to cancel his participation in the metropolitan examination.

Zhao Zhiqian, courtesy name Yifu 益甫 or Huishu 撝叔, hailed from Guiji 會稽 (modern Shaoxing 紹興, Zhejiang) and never served in a state office. In the early Guangxu reign-period 光緒 (1875-1908), he was able, with the help of his friend Yang Qizhi 楊器之, to purchase large parts of the dissolved Mingyeshanfang Library 鳴野山房. Because of war and turmoils, he lost the largest part of this private library again and was only able to recover part of it when he visited Beijing. In 1878 he finished the series and published it.

It includes rare books as well as some of Zhao's own writings. Some books are contemporary records, as the Yingjili Guangdong rucheng ji 英吉利廣東入城記, a report of the First Opium War (1839-1842). The series is also important because Zhao Zhiqian has added critical comments for each book. The print has been made in a high quality. The original edition was divided into six sections (ji 集), but there are also editions in which the books are arranged in four sections. It was printed in 1880. There is a facsimile from 1929 published by the Morun Studio 墨潤堂 in Shaoxing.