Dialogue with the Past

19 books

Traditional Chinese Studies and Life cover
Rating 3.1
Traditional Chinese Studies and Life 陈江旗 Sino-Culture Press · 2026 The Study of Chinese Classics and Life is a personal collection of reflections that systematically explores the nature of life and the pursuit of valu…
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Rating 2.7
Exploring Lost History 李睿文 Heilongjiang Northeast Digital Publishing & Media Co., Ltd. · 2025 History is like a mysterious vault, where many precious treasures lie buried under the years. This book takes you on an exciting journey of discovery …
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Rating 4.4
Essays by Wang Chonglü: Though the Flowers Fall, Spring Remains Wang Chonglv Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 Blossoms Fall, Yet Spring Remains is a new collection of essays on the theme of China's fine traditional culture by Wang Chonglü, a renowned contempor…
Elegance Along the Way: Mountains and Rivers in the Classics cover
Rating 3.3
Elegance Along the Way: Mountains and Rivers in the Classics 马力 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2023 This is the latest essay collection by Ma Li, one of China's foremost prose writers and former editor-in-chief of China Tourism News. China's many sce…
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Rating 3.2
Book Shadows · Flow 云水别 Shanxi People's Publishing House · 2023 The book is divided into two parts: "Books and Films" and "Flow." The "Books and Films" part selects classic ancient and modern poems and rewrites the…
Xu Yuanchong's Translation of One Hundred Ancient and Modern Poems cover
Rating 4.0
Xu Yuanchong's Translation of One Hundred Ancient and Modern Poems 姚任祥 / Xu Yuanchong China Translation & Publishing House · 2022 China is a land of poetry, and its classical poems and drama are treasures of our literary heritage and the essence of our culture. The aesthetic curr…
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Rating 3.9
Eight Records of Jianghuai 斯雄 Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2022 This is a collection of travel essays. Taking Xuan paper, Taohuatan, Zhongdu City, An tea, Xinghua Village, the paper mulberry, the Anhui University b…
Soul of the Thatched Cottage: Du Fu, Sage of Poetry of His Age cover
Rating 3.7
Soul of the Thatched Cottage: Du Fu, Sage of Poetry of His Age 吴佳骏 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 This book is one of the works in the "Sichuan's Ten Great Historical Figures Novel Series." The novel's structure is very clear: it follows a chronolo…
The Classics and Youth: Reading the Classics in the Age of Theory cover
Rating 3.8
The Classics and Youth: Reading the Classics in the Age of Theory 冯庆 SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2025 The temperament of youth needs to be moderated and harmonized by classical thought and works, while the classical ideal needs to be practiced and tran…
Youjian Library: Old Tales Retold cover
Rating 4.6
Youjian Library: Old Tales Retold Lu Xun · 2020 A collection of short stories by Lu Xun, Story Newly Compiled draws on ancient myths, legends, and historical tales. Building on extensive research, t…
Remembering Chang'an: A Collection of Tang Poems in Verse Translation cover
Rating 3.2
Remembering Chang'an: A Collection of Tang Poems in Verse Translation 梁晓明 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020 This collection, begun by Mr. Liang Xiaoming in the 1980s, translates Tang poetry into modern verse, bridging eras and linking two poetic arts in a ha…
Discovering China Through Archaeology cover
Rating 3.8
Discovering China Through Archaeology 张经纬 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2020 This book is anthropologist Zhang Jingwei's first collection of reviews on archaeology and history, organized into five sections: "Archaeology," "Chin…
Marius the Epicurean, Volume 1 cover
Rating 4.2
Marius the Epicurean, Volume 1 Walter Horatio Pater Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Letters to Dead Authors cover
Rating 3.8
Letters to Dead Authors Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Xiong Yi on the Classics: Collected Works (4-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.3
Xiong Yi on the Classics: Collected Works (4-Volume Set) Xiong Yi Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2019 This boxed set includes: Free and Easy Wandering: When Zhuangzi Meets Reality; The Way That Can Be Spoken: The Essentials of Laozi and the Challenges …
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Rating 4.1
Ten Discourses on Life Qian Mu (Ch'ien Mu) Jiuzhou Press · 2018 Ten Lectures on Life is a collection of Mr. Qian Mu's writings on the problems of life. Drawing on China's old traditions and old ideas, Mr. Qian Mu d…
Old Tales Retold cover
Rating 4.7
Old Tales Retold Lu Xun Henan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 This collection of short stories draws on ancient myths and historical legends, gathering eight short stories Lu Xun wrote between 1922 and 1935. Its …
Calls from Antiquity (Hardcover) -- Collected Works of Chen Guying cover
Rating 3.8
Calls from Antiquity (Hardcover) -- Collected Works of Chen Guying Chen Guying Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This volume collects nine essays in which the author, by examining ideas of the people's will, valuing life, and peace that surface in pre-Qin texts, …
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Rating 3.8
One Hundred Figures in Chinese History 周济 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2016 Through stories of individuals, this book reflects Chinese history and culture. Comprising 104 short pieces (some covering two or more people), it foc…