Ancient Chinese, Volume Two

Name: Ancient Chinese, Volume Two
ISBN: 9787101000832

Wang LiZhonghua Book Company1999

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Word count: 231K words
Chapters: 40
Series: Ancient Chinese (edited by Wang Li)
ISBN: 9787101000832

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Summary

This is Volume Two of the four-volume Ancient Chinese, edited by Wang Li. A humanities textbook for colleges and universities, it follows the three-part format of "selected readings, common words, and general principles of ancient Chinese." Continuing from Volume One, this volume covers Units Five, Six, and Seven. Unit Five's selected readings include passages from Mozi ("Against Offensive War"), Laozi, and Zhuangzi ("There Is a Fish in the North Sea," "The Medicine for Preventing Chapped Hands," "Cook Ding Carves an Ox," "Rifling Trunks," "The Hundred Rivers Pour into the River," "Zhuangzi Fishes in the Pu River," "Huizi Becomes Premier of Liang," "The Wind from the Axe," and "Cao Shang Sent on a Mission to Qin"), Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning," Lüshi Chunqiu's "Examining Reports," and Han Feizi's "Five Vermin." The general principles cover conjunctions, prepositions, sentence-initial and sentence-medial modal particles, and prefixes and suffixes. Unit Six's readings are selections from the Book of Songs, from the Airs of the States—"Guan Ju," "Juan Er," "Fou Yi," "Meng," "Shu Li," "My Lord Is on Service," "Fa Tan," "Big Rat," and "Reed"—through the Minor Odes' "Jie Nan Shan," the Major Odes' "Gong Liu," and the Hymns' "Yi Xi." The general principles cover the rhymes of the Book of Songs, alliteration and rhyme, and ancient phonetic loan characters. Unit Seven's readings are from the Songs of Chu, including "Li Sao," "Mountain Spirit," "Hymn to the Fallen," "Lament for Ying," "Divination," and "The Fisherman." The general principles cover annotations to ancient books. The book ends with a comparative table of simplified and traditional characters, examples of Chinese character radicals, a table of ancient rhyme categories with common characters assigned to them, and a classification table of common characters by ancient initials. Organized around the selected readings, the book integrates common words and general principles with the readings to develop students' ability to read ancient texts.

Editor's review

王力先生主编的《古代汉语》是我国第一部体系完整的古代汉语教材，自1962年初版以来历经多次修订、重排，一直是中文系文言文课程使用最广的教材之一。它在体例上的创新，是把文选、常用词与通论三条线索结合起来：读一篇《劝学》，同时记住一批常用词的义项，再借通论弄清连词、介词的用法，语言学习因此不再停留在零散的“翻译”上。第二册的分量尤重。先秦诸子是文言文句法与论说体式的源头，《诗经》《楚辞》则是韵文与古音问题最集中的文本——用韵规律、双声叠韵、古音通假这些初学者最感吃力的内容，正是在这一册里得到集中讲解。书末四张附录（繁简对照、部首举例、上古韵部与声母归类）至今仍被当作查考工具反复使用。需要提醒的是，这套教材编写年代较早，部分观点与术语已可参照后来的研究补充阅读；但作为打基础的教材，其选目之精、注释之稳，仍少有替代者。

Who it's for

A good fit for

高校中文系、古典文献等专业修读古代汉语课程的学生
准备考研或参加古代汉语科目考试、需要系统过一遍文选与通论的自学者
中学语文教师及文言文教学从业者，用于查考选文注释与语法点
对先秦诸子、《诗经》《楚辞》有兴趣、希望借助注释精读原典的普通读者

Not a good fit for

完全零基础、只想随手翻翻文言小故事的读者，本书为教材体例，需逐单元研读
希望一册通读整部《古代汉语》的读者，本册仅为四册中的第二册，不带第一册的入门内容
需要当代学术新观点、新出土材料研究综述的专业研究者

Reading tips

先读完第一册（尤其古汉语通论一至十二及常用词一至四），再进入本册，否则文选注释与常用词编号会接不上。
每单元按“先通读文选—再背常用词—最后看通论”的顺序推进，通论中的语法点回到选文中找例句验证。
《诗经》《楚辞》部分务必出声诵读，配合第十五、十六单元的通论体会韵脚与双声叠韵，比单纯记忆结论更有效。
可配马景仑、董志翘主编的《王力〈古代汉语〉同步辅导与练习》上册（配第一、二册）做练习与自测。

About the publisher

Zhonghua Book Company China · Founded in 1912

Zhonghua Book Company is a publisher known for collating ancient texts and academic publishing, with its output centered on Eastern philosophy, culture, classic works, art, and historical reading. Its library contains 532 titles, including Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms, Guo Qingfan's Collected Commentaries on Zhuangzi, the four-volume Chinese Literature: Four Great Classical Novels, and the two-volume Table of Seal and Clerical Script Forms from Qin, Han, Wei, and Jin. These titles span historical classics, commentaries on the philosophers, classical novels, and philological reference works. Representative authors include Chen Shou, Guo Qingfan, Wu Cheng'en, Shi Nai'an, Cao Xueqin, Luo Guanzhong, Xu Wenwu, and the Hanyu Dazidian character-form group, reflecting a focus on primary sources and scholarly editors. Its publishing character lies in combining authoritative editions and annotated texts with both accessible classics and specialized research. Public information on its fuller catalog is limited; this note describes only the directions evident in the library's holdings.

Unit Five Selected Readings: Mozi, Against Offensive War
Laozi
Zhuangzi, There Is a Fish in the North Sea
The Medicine for Preventing Chapped Hands
Cook Ding Carves an Ox
Rifling Trunks
The Hundred Rivers Pour into the River
Zhuangzi Fishes in the Pu River
Huizi Becomes Premier of Liang
The Wind from the Axe
Cao Shang Sent on a Mission to Qin
Xunzi, Encouraging Learning
Lüshi Chunqiu, Examining Reports
Han Feizi, Five Vermin
Common Words (5)
General Principles of Ancient Chinese: (13) Conjunctions, Prepositions
(14) Sentence-Initial and Sentence-Medial Modal Particles; Prefixes, Suffixes
Unit Six Selected Readings: Book of Songs, Airs of the States, Guan Ju
Juan Er
Tao Yao
Fou Yi
North Gate
Quiet Girl
Cypress Boat
Thorns on the Wall
Look at the Rat
Meng
Quince
Shu Li
My Lord Is on Service
Wind and Rain
Fa Tan
Big Rat
Bustard Feathers
Reed
Yellow Bird
No Clothes
Moon Rising
Seventh Month
Minor Odes, Jie Nan Shan

FAQ

这本第二册对应教材的第几单元？

本册包含第五、六、七三个单元，起于《墨子·非攻》，止于《楚辞·渔父》，正文页码接续第一册，约为371至700页。

ISBN 9787101000832 和 9787101132441 有什么区别？

前者是1999年第3版（校订重排本）的编号，也是流传最广的版本；后者是中华书局后来重新排版印制的同一种书，内容单元一致，购书时以实际版本页次为准。

没有第一册能直接读这本吗？

可以读，但会吃亏。本册常用词从“（五）”开始编号，通论从“（十三）”讲起，第一册的音韵、词汇基础以及前面单元的文选训练都未包含在内。

书末四个附录有什么用？

繁简对照表便于阅读繁体原典，汉字部首举例帮助以形索义，上古韵部与声母归类表则是查考古音、理解通假与押韵的工具，读《诗经》《楚辞》时尤为常用。

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Wang Li Author · Chinese · 1900–1986

Wang Li (1900–1986), courtesy name Liaoyi, was a native of Bobai, Guangxi, and one of the founders of modern Chinese linguistics as well as a professor at Peking University. He devoted his life to the teaching and study of Chinese, making outstanding contributions to phonology, grammar, lexicology, the history of the Chinese language, prosody, and script reform. His works include A Modern Chinese Grammar, A Draft History of the Chinese Language, and A History of Chinese Linguistics, and he was editor-in-chief of Ancient Chinese. His writings combine scholarly depth with readability. More than thirty of his titles are held in this collection, covering textbooks on ancient Chinese, the history of Chinese grammar, and common knowledge of ancient Chinese culture. They are often found in categories such as literary appreciation, culture, language and writing, and examinations, and are suitable for language learners and readers interested in literature and history.