Studying in Poverty

6 books

Biography of Wang Cizhong cover
Rating 2.6
Biography of Wang Cizhong 张和平 China Culture and History Press · 2026 Wang Cizhong, whose given name was Wang Zhong and courtesy name Cizhong, was a calligrapher of the Eastern Han dynasty (some say the Qin dynasty) from…
A Renowned Minister of the New Policies in the Early Song Dynasty: Fan Zhongyan cover
Rating 3.9
A Renowned Minister of the New Policies in the Early Song Dynasty: Fan Zhongyan 颜廷瑞 Shanghai University Press · 2026 Set against the social upheaval and reformist currents of the mid-Northern Song, this book tells the remarkable life of Fan Zhongyan, from a poor scho…
Qiao Yu: Life Is Like a Song (Stories of Chinese Pioneers) cover
Rating 3.5
Qiao Yu: Life Is Like a Song (Stories of Chinese Pioneers) 马三枣 Jieli Publishing House · 2024 Qiao Yu was remarkably bright from an early age. His father taught him to read and recite poetry and prose, while his mother sang him folk songs and t…
Fan Zhongyan cover
Rating 3.5
Fan Zhongyan 周燕来 Zhonghua Book Company · 2023 Fan Zhongyan was a renowned statesman, poet, and scholar of the Northern Song dynasty, enjoying exceptionally high repute both in life and after death…
Determination and Diligent Study (Part 1) cover
Rating 2.6
Determination and Diligent Study (Part 1) 于永玉 / Wu Yaling China Environmental Science Press · 2025 This book covers Confucius wearing out the leather bindings of his books, Fan Chi learning without tiring, Kuang Heng boring a hole in the wall to bor…
Poems of the Child Prodigy (Unannotated Edition) cover
Rating 3.9
Poems of the Child Prodigy (Unannotated Edition) 汪洙 · 2015 Poems of the Child Prodigy is one juan, traditionally attributed to Wang Zhu of the Song dynasty. Later generations took some of Wang Zhu's poems as a…