Chinese Classics

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The Four Great Novels of Exposure of the Late Qing cover
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…
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Poets of the Great Tang 白落梅 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2022 Poets of the Great Tang is a literary biography of Tang dynasty poets by the writer Bai Luomei, published by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House…
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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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Selected Sanqu from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties Wang Qi / Hong Baizhao / Xie Boyang People's Literature Publishing House · 2021 Sanqu is a poetic form that emerged at the turn of the Jin and Yuan dynasties and, in the Yuan, came to stand alongside shi and ci poetry; it is also …
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Collected Works of Zeng Guofan Zeng Guofan Jinghua Publishing House · 1999 Collected Works of Zeng Guofan is a volume in the "Essence of Chinese Classical Culture" series from Jinghua Publishing House. It gathers more than a …
Dajia Xiaoshu: An Outline of Prosody in Classical Chinese Poetry and Ci cover
Dajia Xiaoshu: An Outline of Prosody in Classical Chinese Poetry and Ci Wang Li Beijing Publishing House · 2016 Dajia Xiaoshu: An Outline of Prosody in Classical Chinese Poetry and Ci is a popular introduction to classical prosody written for general readers by …
A Record of Foolish Dreams (Simplified Chinese Edition) cover
A Record of Foolish Dreams (Simplified Chinese Edition) Lü Sheng Zhejiang Publishing United Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2020 A Record of Foolish Dreams is a vernacular chapter novel signed "Lü Sheng" from the late Qing, in thirty chapters, serialized from 1904 (the thirtieth…
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Selected Poems of the Han Dynasty 曹道衡 Zhonghua Book Company · 2005 Selected Poems of the Han Dynasty, compiled with annotations by Cao Daoheng, a researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Soc…
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The Complete Collection of Tang Poems, Song Ci, and Yuan Qu Ya Se New World Press · 2011 The Complete Collection of Tang Poems, Song Ci, and Yuan Qu is a popular reader compiled by Yase and published by New World Press in October 2011, 383…
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Informal Notes on Journey to the West 林庚 Beijing Publishing House · 2011 Informal Notes on Journey to the West is a collection of reflections on Journey to the West by the poet and literary historian Lin Geng, and a celebra…
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I Want to Seal the Heavens Er Gen 21st Century Publishing House · 2015 I Want to Seal the Heavens is the third long classical cultivation-fantasy novel by the web novelist Er Gen, after Renegade Immortal and Pursuit of th…
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Floating Lanterns on the Stream Jin Se Hunan Juvenile & Children's Publishing House · 2009 Floating Lanterns on the Stream is a collection of short stories by Jinse, published in 2009, containing ten stories drawn from classical Chinese lege…
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An Unofficial History of Yanshan 陈球 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2015 "An Unofficial History of Yanshan" is a medium-length classical Chinese novella by Chen Qiu (courtesy name Yunzhai), a literatus from Xiushui, Zhejian…
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Collected Ci Poems of Huang Tingjian Huang Tingjian / 马兴荣 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2011 Published by Shanghai Classics Publishing House as part of its Ci Series, this volume was compiled and introduced by ci scholar Ma Xingrong and first …
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Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en People's Literature Publishing House · 2010 Journey to the West is a Ming-dynasty serialized novel of gods and demons. The earliest extant edition is the Shidetang edition, and the standard text…
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Professor Dai's High-Energy Tang Poetry Course 戴建业 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2022 Professor Dai's High-Energy Tang Poetry Course is a general-readership book on Tang poetry compiled by Dai Jianye, a professor at Central China Normal…
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The 100 Most Beautiful Prose Masterpieces of China 《图说天下·国学书院系列》编委会 Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2008 The 100 Most Beautiful Prose Masterpieces of China, compiled by the editorial board of the Illustrated World · National Studies Academy series and pub…
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Selected Poems of Su Shi Kong Fanli / Liu Shangrong Zhonghua Book Company · 2005 This book is one of Zhonghua Book Company’s “Classical Poetry Masters” series, co-selected and annotated by Su Shi specialist Kong Fanli and Zhonghua …
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Collected Ci of Yan Shu and Yan Jidao 晏殊 / 晏幾道 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2010 This volume is a combined edition of the ci works of the Northern Song poets Yan Shu and his son Yan Jidao, bringing together Yan Shu's Pearls and Jad…