Classical Literature

2325 books

Yuefu Poetry Anthology (Illustrated Edition) cover
Yuefu Poetry Anthology (Illustrated Edition) 郭茂倩 Volumes Publishing Company · 2014 The Illustrated Book of Yuefu Poems is part of the "Wanjuanlou Chinese Classics" series, selected and translated by Xia Hua and others from the Collec…
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Fiction Monthly at Thirty, Volume 5: 2000–2004 Fiction Monthly Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House · 2010 Founded in 1980, Fiction Monthly was China's first selective digest of novellas and short stories, each month drawing the finest works from those publ…
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Great Value Classic Historical Novels Collection (31-Volume Set) Li Qing / 汪寄 / Luo Guanzhong / 鸳湖渔叟 / Anonymous The Great Value Classic Historical Novels Collection is a 31-volume e-book set of classical Chinese vernacular novels, made up of six works—The Spring…
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The Four Great Novels of Exposure of the Late Qing 李宝嘉 / Wu Jianren / Liu E / 曾朴 / Zhang Youhe People's Literature Publishing House · 2009 The so-called "Four Great Novels of Exposure of the Late Qing" is the collective name given by Lu Xun in A Brief History of Chinese Fiction to four fu…
Xianqing Ouji (Casual Expressions of Idle Feeling) cover
Xianqing Ouji (Casual Expressions of Idle Feeling) Li Yu Zhonghua Book Company · 2018 Xianqing Ouji (Casual Expressions of Idle Feeling) is the life's summation of the artistic experience and worldly wisdom of Li Yu (1611–1680), a late …
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Rating 4.1
Stories to Awaken the World (Annotated Edition) Feng Menglong People's Literature Publishing House · 2020 The Last of the Three Words, "Stories to Awaken the World" is the final installment in the trilogy that also includes "Stories to Enlighten the World"…
Desert Trilogy: The Desert Rites + The Hunting Grounds + White Tiger Pass cover
Desert Trilogy: The Desert Rites + The Hunting Grounds + White Tiger Pass Xue Mo Central Compilation & Translation Press · 2013 The Desert Trilogy is a long-form series by the writer Xuemo created over more than twenty years, consisting of The Desert Rites, The Hunting Grounds,…
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A Gateway to Classical Chinese Zhang Zhongxing Beijing Publishing House · 2013 A Gateway to Classical Chinese is a work by Zhang Zhongxing, first published in 1984. The book is a primer for classical Chinese and was written for C…
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The Fiction of Tao Jingsun 陶晶孙 In the gallery of modern Chinese literature, Tao Jingsun is a name easily skipped over: he did not write Sinking, nor The Goddesses, yet he stood amon…
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Rating 3.8
A Study of Tao Yuanming Xiao Wangqing Beijing Publishing House · 2016 A Study of Tao Yuanming is scholar Xiao Wangqing's representative work applying modern literary-critical concepts to the study of Tao Yuanming. The bo…
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Rating 4.2
Westward to the Western Heaven 顾湘 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2016 Westward to the Western Heaven is a novel Gu Xiang wrote at nineteen. First serialized on internet forums in the last century, it was later paired wit…
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Plain Water and Greens Pan Xiangli Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 White Water Greens is a selection of short fiction by the writer Pan Xiangli, published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House in September 2…
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A Look at Japan, Volume 5: Masters on Haiku 大米书坊 Zhejiang Publishing United Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2014 A Look at Japan, Volume 5: Masters on Haiku is the fifth volume in Rice Bookstore's A Look at Japan series, an e-book published in 2014 by Zhejiang Pu…
Traces of Flowers and the Moon (Simplified Chinese Edition) (BookDNA Chinese Classics Series) cover
Traces of Flowers and the Moon (Simplified Chinese Edition) (BookDNA Chinese Classics Series) 魏秀仁 Zhejiang Publishing United Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2013 Traces of Flowers and the Moon is a full-length serialized vernacular novel in the huizhang style by the Qing dynasty man of letters Wei Xiuren, runni…
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The Sword of Wisdom and the Demon of the Heart (3 Volumes) Liang Yusheng Guangdong Tourism Publishing House · 1996 The Sword of Wisdom and the Demon of the Heart is the final chapter of Liang Yusheng's "Tang Dynasty series" (also known as the "Tang Trilogy"). It fo…
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A Fine Burial Ground Jia Pingwa Writers Publishing House · 2012 A Fine Burial Ground is a selection of Jia Pingwa's finest novellas and short stories, published by Writers Publishing House in 2012, gathering works …
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My Memories of Old Beijing (Illustrated Edition) Lin Haiyin / Guan Weixing Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House · 2011 This is a novel that can only be described as "clean": no exaggerated dramatic conflict, no preaching, only the quiet, curious gaze of a child. Lin Ha…
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Records of the Mysterious and Strange 牛僧孺 Zhonghua Book Company · 2006 Xuan Guai Lu (Records of the Mysterious and Strange) is a representative collection of chuanqi tales from the Tang dynasty. Its author, Niu Sengru (78…
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Dongpo's Forest of Notes Su Shi Zhonghua Book Company · 2025 Dongpo's Forest of Notes is a collection of occasional sketches and vignettes by the Northern Song literary figure Su Shi. In five juan it gathers ove…
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Rating 4.2
The Solitaire Mystery Jostein Gaarder Writers Publishing House · 2007 The Solitaire Mystery (original Norwegian title Kabalmysteriet) is a novel by the Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder following Sophie's World, and is of…