Zhongyan 忠言 / Xubaizhai zhuren 虛白齋主人 (Li Di 李杕)

There is no date of publication, but the text is dated 光緒十八年冬. Although 光緒十八年 generally corresponds to 1892, in this case the book has to be dated to 1892-1893, since 冬 corresponded to the 10th-12th months, parts of which fell in 1893. 

The text is signed Xubaizhai zhuren 虛白齋主人. Yao Peng 姚鵬, Bainian liuze: cong Tushanwan dao Zhuxianghui 百年流澤：從土山灣到諸巷會, vol. 2, p. 1087 lists the book and identifies Xubaizhai zhuren with Li Di 李杕 (courtesy name Wenyu 問漁, 1840-1911). Yao lists a second author: Sevère Bizeul (1848-1912, apparently variously known as Sang Bishou 桑必壽 and Sang Shude 桑樹德, as indicated on the 5th ed. of the book from 1936, for which see OCLC 302056805 [the variant Sang Xinshou 桑心壽, seen in Directory of the Jesuits in China from 1842-1955 耶穌會士在華名錄 1842-1955, p. 19, ought to be a mistake]).

Our book was printed using led movable type. It carries the seal 徐匯中學 and old library stickers indicating that it once belonged to 耶穌會神學院圖書舘.