Classical Prose

16 books

Collected Works of Jia Yi cover
Rating 4.0
Collected Works of Jia Yi 徐超 / 王洲明 / An Pingqiu Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Jia Yi was a celebrated political commentator and man of letters in the early Western Han dynasty, whose literary achievements lie in both prose and t…
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Rating 2.5
On Teachers and Discussing Teachers 庞中兴 / 张靖 / 王颖鑫 China Culture and History Press · 2025 This book takes Han Yu's educational thought as its starting point, reinterpreting the understanding of teachers through his famous essay "On Teachers…
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Rating 4.7
Biographies of Assassins Sima Qian · 2025 The Biographies of Assassins, from the Records of the Grand Historian, recounts the deeds of five famous assassins of the Spring and Autumn and Warrin…
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The Tale of the Zhongshan Wolf 马中锡 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive f…
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Record of an Excursion to Mount Zhong Song Lian · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: religious theol…
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Record of Visiting the Scenic Sites of Hangzhou 王思任 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are especially di…
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Record of a Visit to Feilai Temple in Yuxia Gorge, Qingyuan 王思任 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness and literary quality. Early …
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Rating 3.6
Record of the Bamboo Stream of Ren Guanglu 唐顺之 · 2024 I once visited the gardens of wealthy and noble families in the capital, and saw what they collected: rare flowers and stones from the remotest fronti…
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Rating 3.8
Garden and Pond at Jiangshou Residence 樊宗师 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are especially dis…
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Rating 3.8
The Prose of Wang Anshi 褚东郊 / 石勇 The Commercial Press · 2023 Wang Anshi was an outstanding statesman, thinker, and man of letters of the Northern Song dynasty. In politics he assisted Emperor Shenzong in carryin…
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Rating 2.2
Prose of Successive Dynasties (Part II) Xing Chunru / 李穆南 / Jie Baofeng / 刘心莲 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 Chinese culture is a culture that values peace and upholds the ideal personality of the golden mean. When different cultures meet, it is skilled at in…
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Rating 2.2
Prose of Successive Dynasties (Part I) Xing Chunru / 李穆南 / Jie Baofeng / 刘心莲 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 Chinese culture is a culture that values peace and upholds the ideal personality of the golden mean. When diverse cultures meet, it is skilled at inte…
Collected Works of Wang Anshi (Volume 4) cover
Rating 4.2
Collected Works of Wang Anshi (Volume 4) Wang Anshi Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 This volume is an anthology of Wang Anshi's poems, ci lyrics, and prose, with selections chosen for their representative quality and distinctive liter…
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Rating 4.2
Collected Works of Wang Anshi (Volume 3) Wang Anshi Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 This book is an anthology of Wang Anshi's poetry, ci lyrics, and prose, with all selected pieces being representative works of distinctive literary qu…
Collected Works of Wang Anshi (Volume 2) cover
Rating 4.2
Collected Works of Wang Anshi (Volume 2) Wang Anshi Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 This book is an anthology of Wang Anshi's poems, ci, and prose, with all selected pieces being representative works of pronounced literary distinction…
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Rating 4.2
Collected Works of Wang Anshi (Volume 1) Wang Anshi / 刘振鹏 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 This book is a selection of Wang Anshi's poems, ci lyrics, and prose, all chosen as representative works of distinct literary quality.