After 14 years, Professor Zhu Fenghan, a doctoral lecturer at Peking University, led the compilation of the "Collection of Overseas Chinese Bronze Ware" (60 volumes in total), which was first published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House on the 19th. The "Collection of Overseas Chinese Bronze Ware" is an important academic achievement for the comprehensive "filing" and "cataloging" of overseas Chinese bronze ware. It is the first systematic investigation and sorting of overseas Chinese bronze cultural relics. It will provide support for the research on tracing and circulation history, and help the return of lost overseas Chinese cultural relics. Previously, Chinese and foreign scholars included approximately 3000 pieces of Chinese bronze ware from overseas collections in relevant records, and the "Collection of Chinese Bronze Ware from Overseas Collections" has expanded this data several times. Zhu Fenghan introduced that previously, people's attention to overseas Chinese bronze ware mainly focused on ritual instruments such as containers. However, the book includes nearly 300 different types of bronze ware, including weapons, chariots and horses, tools, miscellaneous items, etc. The compilation team of the "Overseas Collection of Chinese Bronze Ware" stated that according to the investigation, the proportion of Chinese bronze ware collected overseas that is clearly recorded as legal trade, government diplomacy, formal export, or legal sale is relatively low, and most of them are lost overseas through various means after non archaeological excavations. The academic community believes that the "Overseas Collection of Chinese Bronze Ware" has to some extent filled the gap and is beneficial for China's future research and negotiation on tracing and circulation history. The compilation of the Collection of Chinese Bronzes Collected Abroad began in 2012. Peking University was entrusted by the National Cutural Heritage Administration to find out the origin of the lost bronzes in China. The editorial team visited over 10 countries worldwide in the following 14 years, investigating more than 260 institutions. The team members overcame numerous difficulties such as scattered and unsystematic data, incomplete lists of collection institutions, and a lack of circulation information for a large number of artifacts, and achieved significant academic breakthroughs in this field. (New Society)