Collection of Tongue Twisters
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who want to practice Mandarin pronunciation and clear articulation
- Language teachers or speech trainers who need material for language activities
- Parents who want to play language games with their children
- Readers interested in traditional wordplay and folk oral literature
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking systematic linguistic theory or a pronunciation textbook
- Readers expecting literary appreciation or an in-depth reading experience
Reading tips
- Start slowly, reading each word accurately; confirm every syllable is clear before gradually speeding up
- Practice one or two passages a day and record yourself to check articulation and breath control
- When reading with children, turn practice into a game by competing over who reads more accurately
- Order the passages by difficulty yourself, starting with short sentences rather than challenging long ones right away
About the publisher
Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) was a private publishing and distribution house in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republican periods, issuing traditional works by lithographic printing. Judging from the 1,194 titles in the collection, its publishing focused on classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, historical reading, traditional Chinese medical texts, and canonical works, along with books on literary appreciation. Representative titles include the poetry and prose collections of Du Fu and Ouyang Xiu; historical works such as the Book of Han and Zizhi Tongjian; classical texts such as the Book of Documents and Mencius; and specialized and literary classics such as Treatise on Cold Damage and Li Sao. Its author resources cover major figures across the ages, including Du Fu, Ban Gu, Sima Guang, Zhang Zhongjing, Qu Yuan, Ouyang Xiu, and Tang Shenwei, reflecting the house's characteristic reliance on traditional scholarship and medical literature while serving general readers. Public information on its early history and operational details is limited, so no conjecture is offered here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 手指头
- 荷花与蛤蟆
- 狼和羊
- 毛毛和涛涛
- 胖娃小花
- 白天黑夜
- 天上一颗星
- 高高山上一条藤
- 妞妞和牛牛
- 打醋买布
- 采油和漏油
- 牙刷和刷牙
- 黑鹅和白鹅
- 白庙 白猫 白帽
- 狗和猴
- 学捏梨
- 公公和冬冬
- 吃荸荠
- 板凳与扁担
- 狮子
- 花和瓜
- 棉花和雪花
- 国国捉蝈蝈
- 卖瓜卖花
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About the author
Anonymous is not a real personal name but a general Chinese designation for authors whose names are unknown, lost, or unsigned. Neither nationality nor dates of birth and death can be verified, and available public information is limited, so the works attributed to this name are the only basis for description. The collection holds 2,078 works under Anonymous, spanning medicine, classics, historical readings, ancient poetry, classical literature, and philosophy. Representative works include The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: Lingshu, Mencius, The Book of Documents, Nineteen Old Poems, Complete Song Ci, and The Peacock Flies Southeast. Most of these works took shape through long transmission and editing, emerging either from collective folk creation or from authors whose names were lost over time. In ancient China, the Book of Songs, the Great Learning, and many popular storybooks and plays were signed Anonymous because their authors could not be traced. Anonymous works cross the classics, histories, philosophical writings, medical texts, and poetry; their subjects are broad, and their styles vary from archaic simplicity to clear naturalness, making them important and influential sources for understanding ancient Chinese thought, medicine, and literature.
