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Ways with Words presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works - drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history - challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. The texts themselves include a poem from the Classic of Poetry compiled in the sixth century b.c.e.; passages from Mencius and Zhuangzi; the Heart Sutra; a poem by Du Fu and the Biography of Yingying by Yuan Zhen, both written during the Tang dynasty; and Notes on the Method for the Brush, a tenth-century text attributed to Jing Hao. Both the original Chinese versions and the translations are provided for each primary text. There are at least two essays - when possible from scholars in different fields - on each work. The volume as a whole demonstrates the various ways in which the modern Western reader can confront the impressive variety of texts from the classical Chinese tradition. (ISBN:0520224663) (For this item please quote stock ID 23597) ISBN: 0520224663

China Research Monographs 60 The Subtle Revolution treats the lives and works of figures from three established schools of poetry in China during the late Qing and early Republican eras, roughly between the years 1860-1917. These include Wang Kaiyun, Fan Zengxiang, Yi Shunding, Chen Sanli, Chen Yan, and Zheng Xiaoxu (who later served as the first Prime Minister of the puppet state Manchukuo, but was removed from office by the Japanese, who suspected him of disloyalty). Thematically, the book focuses on the question of modernity in classical-style verse and argues that modernity first entered Chinese lettres through the vehicle of classical-style poetry. Translations include (for the first time in any foreign language) both Fan Zengxiang's First and Second Songs of Rainbow Cloud (Caiyun Qu), the first literary treatment of the popular legend of Sai Jinhua, cross-cultural courtesan active in the 1890s and the Boxer Uprising. A Chinese language appendix contains the texts of all the original poems. The book contains an exhaustive index and an annotated bibliography of use to students and future researchers. (ISBN:1557290830) (For this item please quote stock ID 26582) ISBN: 1557290830

For a complete set, see item #10315 (For this item please quote stock ID 10317) ISBN: 9787119016665

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A selection of 100 poems from the Tang and Song dynasties. This book is different from many other similar collections of poems as it contains simplified and traditional characters, as well as English translations. Each poem is accompanied by a full colour classic Chinese painting that complements the theme of the poem itself. (For this item please quote stock ID 26938) ISBN: 9787561743034

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Writings from three distinct historical periods are represented in this small collection which comprises excerpts from novels of the 10th, 14th and 19th centuries, all of them important classics: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West and Flowers in the Mirror. (For this item please quote stock ID 1537) ISBN: 9780835113304

Well-known mythological classic of Chinese literature derived from traditional folktales and depicting the adventurous journey of priest Sanzang and his three disciples - Monkey, Pig and Griar Sand - in search of Buddhist Sutras. (For this item please quote stock ID 1989) ISBN: 9789620711480

Meant primarily as an introduction to works of fiction from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). The compilers have not attempted a comprehensive review, but have made a selection based on individual taste and preference. It is hoped that this sampling will provide an insight into China's ancient society and classical literary tradition, and encourage readers to examine the works mentioned in their entirety. (For this item please quote stock ID 2783) ISBN: 9787507200669

Rulin Waishi (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is more than a landmark in the history of the Chinese novel. This 18th-century work, which was deeply embedded in the intellectual and literary discourses of its time, challenges the reader to come to grips with the mid-Qing debates over ritual and ritualism, and the construction of history, narrative, and lyricism. Wu Jingzi's (1701-54) ironic portrait of literati life was unprecedented in its comprehensive treatment of the degeneration of mores, the predicaments of official institutions, and the Confucian elite's futile struggle to reassert moral and cultural authority. Like many of his fellow literati, Wu found the vernacular novel an expressive and malleable medium for discussing elite concerns. Through a close reading of Rulin Waishi, Shang Wei seeks to answer such questions as: What accounts for the literati's enthusiasm for writing and reading novels? Does this enthusiasm bespeak a conscious effort to develop a community of critical discourse outside the official world? Why did literati authors eschew publication? What are the bases for their social and cultural criticisms? How far do their criticisms go, given the authors' alleged Confucianism? And if literati authors were interested solely in recovering moral and cultural hegemony for their class, how can we explain the irony found in their works? (For this item please quote stock ID 2831) ISBN: 9780674010956

The Book of Songs, the earliest anthology of poetry in China, consists of 305 songs popular between the 11th and 6th centuries B.C. More than half of them are folk songs from various parts of the country, while the rest are ceremonial or festivals songs sung at court or at banquets, and hymns used during sacrifices to the gods or ancestors. Most of the poems, written in a simple and natural style to reflect the life and struggle, labour and love, and joys and sorrows of the people in ancient times, have been highly appreciated through the ages and have exerted a profound influence in the development of Chinese literature. This selection includes 45 songs together with an article by Yu Guanying, an expert in this field. (For this item please quote stock ID 2934)

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Arguably the greatest work of Chinese fiction, A Dream of Red Mansions (Hong Lou Meng) has enjoyed a prominent role in world literature for centuries. It provides a penetrating view into the lives of ruling class families in China during the 1700s. Many western readers are daunted by the 120-chapter complete version. Working from the unexpurgated Chinese edition, translator Huang Xinqu focuses on the main characters and primary story line, making this new abridged English edition more accessible to a wider circle of readers. (For this item please quote stock ID 4816) ISBN: 9780835125291

This abridged edition allows you to enjoy the most moving passages of this famous work and is a good choice if you are daunted by the full version. Enter the scenes of this Chinese tragic love story and appreciate its artistic impact. This abridged version is thoroughly reliable and satisfactory. (For this item please quote stock ID 4829) ISBN: 9789620710681

This anthology of Chinese women?s poetry in translation brings together representative selections from the work of some 130 poets from the Han dynasty to the early 20th century. To measure the development of Chinese women?s poetry, one must take into account not only the poems but also the prose writings ? prefaces, biographies, theoretical tracts ? that framed them and attempted to shape women?s writing as a distinct category of literature. To this end, the anthology contains an extended section of criticism by and about women writers. These poets include empresses, imperial concubines, courtesans, grandmothers, recluses, Buddhist nuns, widows, painters, farm wives, revolutionaries, and adolescent girls thought to be incarnate immortals. Some women wrote out of isolation and despair, finding in words a mastery that otherwise eluded them. Others were recruited into poetry by family members, friends, or sympathetic male advocates. Some dwelt on intimate family matters and cast their poems as addresses to husbands and sons at large in the wide world of men?s affairs. Each woman had her own reasons for poetry and her own ways of appropriating, and often changing, the conventions of both men?s and women?s verse. The primary purpose of this anthology is to put before the English-speaking reader evidence of the poetic talent that flourished, against all odds, among women in premodern China. It is also designed to spur reflection among specialists in Chinese poetry, inspiring new perspectives on both the Chinese poetic tradition and the canon of female poets within that tradition. This partial history both connects with and departs from the established patterns for women?s writing in the West, thus complementing current discussions of 'feminine writing'. (For this item please quote stock ID 5127) ISBN: 9780804732314

Provides a general view of classical Chinese fiction in five units and is accompanied by extracts from core works. A time line of important historical and literary events is included as an appendix. Unit One: Tales of the Six Dynasties (A.D. 222-589); Unit Two: Tang Dynasty Romances (A.D. 618-907); Unit Three: Storyteller's Scripts of the Song Dynasty (960-1279); Unit Four: Novels of the 14th to 16th Centuries; Unit Five: Novels from the 17th to early 20th Centuries. (For this item please quote stock ID 5277) ISBN: 9787800051104

Provides a general view of classical Chinese fiction in five units and is accompanied by extracts from core works. A time line of important historical and literary events is included as an appendix. Unit One: Tales of the Six Dynasties (A.D. 222-589); Unit Two: Tang Dynasty Romances (A.D. 618-907); Unit Three: Storyteller's Scripts of the Song Dynasty (960-1279); Unit Four: Novels of the 14th to 16th Centuries; Unit Five: Novels from the 17th to early 20th Centuries. (For this item please quote stock ID 5278) ISBN: 9787800051098

Fourteen plays are here selected with a variety of themes - trials, heroic deeds of noble outlaws, romance and history. They give a glimpse into the beauty and charm of representative works by some of China?s greatest playwrights of 800 years ago. (For this item please quote stock ID 5293) ISBN: 9787119003429

The love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is very popular among the Chinese people, and Zhu and Liang are often compared to Romeo and Juliet. This folk tale is one of the finest works of ancient Chinese literature. This current bilingual edition, with its parallel English and Chinese text, was adapted from all currently available versions of the story - from popular story telling to film - and is presented here in novel form. (For this item please quote stock ID 5842) ISBN: 9787800054112

Hou Chaozong, a man of letters, meets and marries a beautiful prostitute, Li Xiangjun. A corrupt official sets a trap for Hou Chaozong and he ends up in prison. The official tries to force Li Xiangjun to marry another but she remains faithful to her husband and the story, which reflects the turmoil of a particular period, has a surprising ending. (For this item please quote stock ID 5843) ISBN: 9787800054327

The Story of the Lute is a heart-rending tale reinterpreted by Gao Ming of the Ming dynasty, and is based on folk legend and on an opera of the Song and Yuan dynasties. The tortuous plots, crowded action , true-to-life characterisation, and a series of climaxes all display a vibrant technique and contribute to an overall artistic effect. (For this item please quote stock ID 5845) ISBN: 9787800055515

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'The selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point. If I were asked to recommend only one book for anyone who wishes to know something about Chinese culture, I would name, without a moment of hesitation, this new edition of Sources of Chinese Tradition'. ? Yingshih Yü, Gordon Wu 1958 Professor of Chinese Studies & professor of history, Princeton University (For this item please quote stock ID 6311) ISBN: 9780231112703

'The selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point. If I were asked to recommend only one book for anyone who wishes to know something about Chinese culture, I would name, without a moment of hesitation, this new edition of Sources of Chinese Tradition'. ? Yingshih Yü, Gordon Wu 1958 Professor of Chinese Studies & professor of history, Princeton University (For this item please quote stock ID 6312) ISBN: 9780231109383

Also known as Yushi Minyan, or Illustrious Words to Instruct the World. (For this item please quote stock ID 6918) ISBN: 9780295978444

Mr. Gong?s selected ci-poems read well in English and have a natural flow. This book presents readers with a collection of ci-poem gems rendered into modern English verse. (For this item please quote stock ID 7521) ISBN: 9787100025959

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Late in life, Meng Chiao (A.D. 751-814) developed an experimental poetry of virtuosic beauty, a poetry that anticipated landmark developments in the modern Western tradition by a millennium. With the T'ang dynasty crumbling, Meng's later work employed surrealist and symbolist techniques as it turned to a deep introspection. This is truly major work - work that may be the most radical in the Chinese tradition. And though written more than a thousand years ago, it is remarkably fresh and contemporary. But, in spite of Meng's significance, this is the first volume of his poetry to appear in English. Until the age of forty, Meng Chiao lived as a poet-recluse associated with Ch'an (Zen) poet-monks in south China. He then embarked on a rather unsuccessful career as a government official. Throughout this time, his poetry was decidedly mediocre, conventional verse inevitably undone by his penchant for the strange and surprising. After his retirement, Meng developed the innovative poetry translated in this book. His late work is singular not only for its bleak introspection and 'avant-garde' methods, but also for its dimensions: in a tradition typified by the short lyric poem, this work is made up entirely of large poetic sequences. (For this item please quote stock ID 7980) ISBN: 9780691012360

Into the Porcelain Pillow, compiled by Li Fang and others of the Song dynasty includes 101 tales from Records of the Taiping Era and comprises works in the categories of ?Gods and Spirits? and ?Man and Life?. The stories of ?Gods and Spirits? are full of wisdom, while those of ?Man and Life? are endearing and exotic. Products of a liberal and romantic era in China?s history, these exquisite and marvellous stories encapsulate the imagination and creativity of the ancient Chinese people. They have had a lasting impact on the thinking of Chinese people, their folk customs and everyday life through the ages. The lavish illustrations of the plots of these stories will lead readers into a mysterious world. (For this item please quote stock ID 9557) ISBN: 9787119020112

One of the most original - and controversial - figures in the history of Chinese literature, Li Yu specialised in challenging social taboos and turning traditional literary themes on their heads. The stories featured here combine the racy wit and bawdiness of the traditional oral story-teller with a very modern blend of subtlety, irony and psychological insight to create a vibrant and accessible picture of 17th century Chinese life. This illustrated collection is an important step in bringing the writing of Li Yu to a wider audience. Here is a compelling example of vibrancy and insight only now being rediscovered by contemporary Chinese writers. 'Transcending formulaic themes, Li Yu makes it so that one can never read the classic Chinese folktale with quite the same respect for tradition.' - South China Morning Post (For this item please quote stock ID 9655) ISBN: 9789627255079

The Amazing Tales by Ling Mengchu (1580-1644) - a famous writer of vernacular stories - have topped the 'best-loved' works of Chinese fiction during the last few centuries. In closely knit plots, often punctuated with surprising denouements and evocative colloquial language, these stories cover a wide range of subjects. Eighteen stories are collected here (from an original 40) and they sing the praises of fidelity of love and all-weather friendship; expose the greed of nefarious monks and nuns for sex and wealth, etc. Catch a glimpse of 17th century China ethics, customs, and social life as you enjoy these fascinating tales. (For this item please quote stock ID 9847) ISBN: 9787119033518

The second series of Ling Mengchu?s Amazing Tales is mostly about the fate of women and their miserable existence in a polygamous society, their daring struggles for genuine love and their implication in legal cases. Features 19 carefully chosen stories from an original 40. (For this item please quote stock ID 9848) ISBN: 9787119033525

The Travels of Lao Can was written by Liu E, a brilliant intellectual born into a scholarly family at the end of the Qing dynasty. By describing what Lao Can sees and hears on his travels, the author fiercely attacked the injustices he witnessed and exposed so-called 'honest and upright officials' as hypocrites who tried to rise to power at the expense of the people. Written in 1905, The Travels of Lao Can has been circulating for a century and readers think highly of Liu E's mastery of language. The use of language, observations and detailed descriptions all show the author's originality. Among late Qing-dynasty novels, The Travels of Lao Can is, artistically, a prominent work. (For this item please quote stock ID 9928) ISBN: 9787119033532

The Tang-Song period (AD 8th to 12th century) is regarded as the golden age of Chinese prose. The eight classical prose masters represented in this anthology were the motivating force of a literary movement which aimed at moral regeneration as well as stylistic restoration. Their success in extending the range of the prose genre and reinvigorating its style made them household names in China's literary tradition. Shih Shun Liu, the translator, served as Research Professor at St. John's University in Jamaica, N.Y. and is a leading scholar of classical Chinese literature. '... Liu's bilingual text, in the attractive and well-edited Renditions production, will be of great utility in the college classroom.' - World Literature Today (For this item please quote stock ID 9977) ISBN: 9789622011793

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'Innovative, talented, lively, and splendidly readable'. ? Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 'The list of translators reads like a Who´s Who of Western Sinology. This is a book one can open at any page and immediately be drawn in by its great and appealing content. It is at once a reference book, with examples drawn from the huge corpus of Chinese literature, and a book which guarantees superb reading pleasure'. ? New Asia Review 'A lifetime spent reading Chinese literature has produced this enormous, enthralling, canon-exploding book. . .Often, the funniest and liveliest entries are translated by the editor himself, who has an uncanny ability to capture puns and rhymes even in English translation. . . . [W]onderful'. ? Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume. (For this item please quote stock ID 10476) ISBN: 9780231074292

Admirers of the monumental original edition of Victor H. Mair´s Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature have long clamored for a shorter, more affordable version. In response, this abridged volume, like the original, includes selections of Chinese literature from the beginnings to 1919. This shorter anthology retains the characteristics of the original in that it is arranged according to genre rather than chronology and interprets 'literature' very broadly to include not just literary fiction, poetry, and drama, but folk and popular literature, lyrics and arias, elegies and rhapsodies, biographies, autobiographies and memoirs, letters, criticism and theory, and travelogues and jokes. It also contains fresh translations by newer voices in the field. Acclaim for I>Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature: 'Innovative, talented, lively, and splendidly readable'. - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 'The list of translators reads like a Who´s Who of Western sinology. This is a book one can open at any page and immediately be drawn in by its great and appealing content. It is at once a reference book, with examples drawn from the huge corpus of Chinese literature, and a book which guarantees superb reading pleasure'. - New Asia Review (For this item please quote stock ID 10478) ISBN: 9780231119993

The book examines one of the most potent images in traditional China: the femme fatale, a beautiful woman whose sexual dominance leads to the destruction of her family and society at large. These stories were written to meet the needs of a significant literate class that emerged with the growth of towns in the Ming period. The stories are entertaining and at times risque and raunchy. This is the first anthology of Chinese femme-fatale stories; previous anthologies have been devoted to 'virtuous' women. (For this item please quote stock ID 10733) ISBN: 9780646149240

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Another famous work by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling. This selection of fifty-one stories (from an original 500 pieces) cover a wide range of subjects - were foxes and fish spirits and ghosts and monsters that are personified. Like human beings, they have characteristics of good and evil, beauty and ugliness, love and hatred, as well as happiness and discontent. These mystical stories reflect the social life of the time in which they were written. Living under a feudal monarchy, the writer has criticized the unfairness of feudalism, and expressed his indignation by writing of fox spirits and monsters. Although most of these stories are progressive and written with a critical slant, some of them still are influence by superstition and fatalism. The achievements of Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio have greatly influenced later novels and operas. (For this item please quote stock ID 11901) ISBN: 9787119009773

This shorter edition presents famous and exciting episodes from this great classic. The thrilling tales deliver the adventures of a bold brigand army battling tyranny and oppression. (For this item please quote stock ID 12616) ISBN: 9789620710674

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Chu (Qu) Yuan, born in the 4th century B.C., is the father of Chinese poetry. Although he lived in an age more than 2300 years ago, his ideas and sympathies, his conviction and pursuits, his sorrows and indignation are clearly perceivable in the pulse of his lines, which still have the ability to move you to long sighs . . . (For this item please quote stock ID 13041) ISBN: 9787810099769

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Li Yu was the last ruler of a small kingdom which existed for a short time (939-975 AD) in the confused historical period between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the establishment of Song dynastic rule over the whole of China. He was a distinguished poet, painter and calligrapher. It is his poetry that is collected and translated in this book. Many of his poems are known by heart by millions of Chinese people. However, they are little known outside China and the communities that make up the Chinese diaspora. His poetry is written directly from the heart about his observations and emotions in simple lyrical language, although there are occasional flashes of passion. Li Yu?s poetry is relatively free of the historical allusions and scholarly references that characterise a good deal of Chinese poetry but which make little sense to a modern reader either in Chinese or in English. This book contains those poems of Li Yu that have survived the millennium that separates us from him, together with some samples of his calligraphy. An additional feature that characterises this book is that all poems are presented in English, modern Chinese characters, and pinyin, making it a valuable language-learning aid as well as a beautifully presented book of poetry. The author: Dr. Clifford Pannam, QC, is a barrister in practice at the Victorian Bar. His interest in China and Chinese literature was first aroused in 1965 when he went to Hong Kong for six months as the research member of a Committee of Inquiry which recommended the establishment of what is now the Law School of Hong Kong University. At that time he was fortunate to be able to visit a China that was experiencing the last years of the Cultural Revolution. Since that time he has travelled widely throughout China. He also has been a keen observer of the development of the modern Chinese legal system. However, it is his interest in the Chinese language and in the poetry, art and calligraphy of the Tang and Song dynasties that have produced this book. (For this item please quote stock ID 14049) ISBN: 9781876462109

The Journey to the West, Volume 3, comprises the third 25 chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the 16-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a 1000 years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the 100-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humour, and satire. (For this item please quote stock ID 14128) ISBN: 9780226971537

The Journey to the West, Volume 2, comprises the second 25 chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the 16-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a 1000 years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the 100-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humour, and satire. (For this item please quote stock ID 14129) ISBN: 9780226971513

The Journey to the West, Volume 4, comprises the last 25 chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the 16-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a 1000 years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the 100-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humour, and satire. (For this item please quote stock ID 14131) ISBN: 9780226971544

Consists of 104 famous Tang quatrains in Chinese and English. Annotations in English are given for the names of people, places and for the verses difficult to understand. (For this item please quote stock ID 14238) ISBN: 9787530621110

A new translation of the Chinese classical novel generally known as The Water Margin. When Marshal Hong breaks the seals - which generations of Taoist Masters have placed on the temple doors to hold back 108 incarcerated Demon Princes - powerful forces of disorder are released. One after another, brave men fall out with officialdom and are obliged to join the brotherhood of the rivers and lakes, the mixed company of heroes and vagabonds who live by their wits and their fighting skills. The story of The Broken Seals branches this way and that, following first one hero, then another, as their paths converge and part, until finally 108 brave - but not entirely admirable - men are united at the outlaws' stronghold in the Marshes of Mount Liang. The story takes us through the vast landscape of imperial China. We hear of epic duels, gargantuan feasts, and cunning ambushes, and we witness injustice, betrayal, murder and revenge. We are told also of the beauty of the moon during Mid-Autumn Festival or of the snow, crisp underfoot on a stormy night in the country. This volume consists of the first twenty-two chapters of the full 120-chapter version of the classic Chinese novel by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong. It is the first English translation based on this version and includes much of the verse. It offers the English reader something of the liveliness and humour of a work that has delighted generations of Chinese readers. About the Translators: John Dent-Young is a writer and translator now working from his home in England. Alex Dent-Young graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University and is presently pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago. (For this item please quote stock ID 14703) ISBN: 9789622016026

In this volume, the company of outlaws on Mount Liang continues to grow - a butcher, a blacksmith, a public executioner, a petty thief and the usual generals defecting from the government forces. Lu Zhishen, the Flowery Monk, and his companions from Twin Dragon Peak reappear and finally join the company, uniting two important strands of the story. Some episodes are relatively light: a tiger is stolen, an innkeeper?s favourite rooster is illicitly eaten, Iron Ox is lowered to the bottom of a well and nearly gets forgotten. But in general the mood is darker. The naked body of a lecherous wife is carved up, an innocent child is mercilessly dispatched to gain a reluctant recruit. Chao Gai, the leader on Mount Liang, is killed in battle. Song Jiang replaces him, but for how long can he control his unruly forces? Despite the attraction of the life on the marshes, with its rootless freedom and rough code of honour, we are not to forget how the story was launched, when 108 Demon Princes were released in a black cloud. This new translation series by John and Alex Dent-Young is also the first English translation of the 120-chapter version of The Water Margin. The translators have made the English translation as readable to English readers as possible by finding meaningful equivalents for many local terms and proverbial expressions, while aiming to retain some flavour of other times and customs. Readers in the West, even with no specialised knowledge of Chinese, will certainly enjoy the stories and characters presented in the novel. (For this item please quote stock ID 14705) ISBN: 9789622018471

A collection of 56 poems by Tao Yuanming (AD 365-427), one of the great lyric poets in the history of Chinese literature (For this item please quote stock ID 15125) ISBN: 9787560016306

Consisting of 305 poems, the earliest part of the Book of Songs dates from 1714BC. It?s themes cover a wide cross section of Chinese society, describing the complex social life and the ideas and sentiments of the populace. The book is remarkable for its vivid and refined use of a rich vocabulary, life-like characterisation and imagery, and soul touching narration and descriptions. A gem of China?s literature and history. (For this item please quote stock ID 15348) ISBN: 9787507102345

The Tiger Killers is the second volume of a new translation of this Chinese classical novel. Like the first volume, The Broken Seals, it follows the fortunes of various outlaw heroes as they move through a world of treacherous officials, jealous toadies, bullying gaolers, hired assassins, foolhardy generals and cannibalistic innkeepers. This volume contains some of the most famous scenes in the novel, starting with the episode in which Wu Song gets drunk at the tavern, ascends the pass in late evening and kills a notorious man-eating tiger with his bare hands. His subsequent encounter with his midget brother's flirtatious wife, Jinlian or Golden Lotus, and her vain attempt to seduce him lead into a tale of adultery, callous murder and bloody vengeance. The second half of the book is concerned with Song Jiang's attempts to serve out his prison sentence honourably and avoid becoming an outlaw, until he is unjustly condemned to death for a misconstrued poem. Towards the end of this volume we meet the violent Li Kui, variously known as Iron Ox or Black Whirlwind, who also turns out to have a way with tigers. This volume consists of chapters 23 to 43 of the full 120-chapter version of the novel by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong. It is the first English translation based on this version. (For this item please quote stock ID 15350) ISBN: 9789622017511

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The six tragic stories selected in this book - Snow in Midsummer, Autumn in the Han Palace, The Orphan of the Zhao Family, A Banner of Loyalty, The Peach Blossom Fan and Leifeng Pagoda - are adapted from six famous tragic dramas from ancient China. They are distinctive for their complex plots and for the vivid portrayal of the principal characters. (For this item please quote stock ID 16042) ISBN: 9787119023519

Lunar Frost is a collection of poems adapted from poets of the Tang (618-906) and Song (960-1296) dynasties of China, elegantly reflecting the essence, spirit and meaning of the original. The translations were done with the collaboration of Zhan Qiao and Liang Rui-Qing from Jinan University, Guangzhou. 'Lunar Frost is an erudite, aesthetically pleasing volume of translations' - Times Literary Supplement (For this item please quote stock ID 16518) ISBN: 9781876040222

Sixty Annotated Tang Poems is intended for intermediate level students of Chinese to help them appreciate classical Chinese poetry. Tang dynasty poetry is generally acclaimed as the peak of such poetry. The book contains 60 masterpieces arranged according to length and degree of difficulty. Each poem is printed in both simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, followed by a prose version in modern English. Difficult words are explained in detail. The book also includes a brief introduction to famous Tang Dynasty poets and to poetic form of the time. (For this item please quote stock ID 16878) ISBN: 9787800522321

The summation of more than 2,000 years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of 300 years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history, rendered in English by the most renowned translators of classical Chinese literature: Arthur Waley, David Hawkes, James Legge, Ezra Pound, Burton Watson, Stephen Owen, Cyril Birch, A. C. Graham, Kenneth Rexroth, and others. Bibliographies, explanatory notes, copious illustrations, a chronology of major dynasties, and two-way romanization tables coordinating the Wade-Giles and Pinyin transliteration systems provide helpful tools to aid students, teachers, and general readers in exploring this rich tradition of literature. (For this item please quote stock ID 16907) ISBN: 9789622016255

This tragedy, handed down since the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), is the story of the love between Wang Jiaoniang and Shen Chun. It is a tale that has appeared in over a dozen versions in novels or zaju over the years. Meng Chengshun elaborated and developed the story when he composed this romance. (For this item please quote stock ID 17702) ISBN: 9787800056451

Contains: Xiang Yu; The Lord of Xinling; Li Guang; Lian Po and Lin Xiangru; Sun Wu and Sun Bin; Yu Rang; Nie Zheng; Jing Ke; Guo Jie; The Jesters. (For this item please quote stock ID 17711) ISBN: 9787800056529

Each of the five volumes in the series is provided with a rendering in modern Chinese as well as an English translation. Contains 26 stories including The Man Who Sold a Ghost; The Prince of Suiyang?s Daughter; Han Ping and His Wife; Ji Kang and the Headless Ghost; The Lady of the White Stream; The Sword-Maker; The Tiantai Mountain Stream; The Power Girl. (For this item please quote stock ID 17715) ISBN: 9787800056536

Contains: Ren the Fox Fairy; The Dragon King?s Daughter; Prince Huo?s Daughter; Governor of the Southern Tributary State; Story of a Singsong Girl; Wushuang the Peerless; The Man with the Curly Beard; The Jade Mortar and Pestle; The Kunlun Slave; The General?s Daughter; The Prince?s Tomb. (For this item please quote stock ID 17717) ISBN: 9787800056543

Contains 82 fables including The Lord Who Loved Dragons; How the Fool Moved Mountains; The Rats in the Altar; The Chicken Thief; Waiting for a Hare to Turn up; The Fox Who Profited by the Tiger?s Might; Entering the City Gate with a Long Pole; Punishing the Horse; etc. (For this item please quote stock ID 17718) ISBN: 9787800056550

Contains 86 satires including Poor Memory; Buying a Slave; Cravings; The Doctrine of Ultimate Causes; The Signal of the Bell; The Stutterer; A Connoisseur of Watchdogs; The Use of the Bell; Even the Gods Fear Bullies. (For this item please quote stock ID 17719) ISBN: 9787800056567

These Chinese classical poems are mainly selected from those of the Tang and Song dynasties and translated in English in free verse form. English translations of some of these poems have been published in Daybreak on the Land, an anthology compiled in America, and have been highly commended in poet circles. (For this item please quote stock ID 17776) ISBN: 9787101027976

Six Classical Chinese Comedies is adapted from six classical Chinese comic operas: Saving a Fallen Angel, Elopement, The Western Chamber, The Miser, The Jade Hairpin and The Kite Wrangle. The plots and protagonists are well known in almost every household in China. The amusing and instructional tales give prominence to righteous and resourceful figures whilst mocking negative characters. Six Classical Chinese Comedies is suitable for general readers and for visitors to China. (For this item please quote stock ID 17782) ISBN: 9787119023809

This novel relates the tragic story of the love between Emperor Yuan of Han and his concubine, Wang Zhaojun. The story is set against a historical background marking the transitional period between the Jin and Yuan dynasties and the degeneration of feudal rulers. (For this item please quote stock ID 17800) ISBN: 9787800055942

A representative work of the outstanding sixteenth century Chinese dramatist, Tang Xianzu. The drama, enacted through the romance between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, reflects a persistent aspiration for free love and exposes the evils of feudal ethics. With a complicated plot and a magnificent structure, The Peony Pavilion is particularly known for the excellent character portrayals that provide a panoramic picture of Ming dynasty social life. It is also renowned for its beautiful verse and its influence on later Chinese drama. This English translation is the first versified version of The Peony Pavilion. (For this item please quote stock ID 18116) ISBN: 9787543825345

A Chinese Bestiary presents a fascinating pageant of mythical creatures from a unique and enduring cosmography written in ancient China. The Guideways Through Mountains & Seas, compiled between the fourth and first centuries B.C.E., contains descriptions of hundreds of fantastic denizens of mountains, rivers, islands, and seas, along with minerals, flora, and medicine. The text also represents a wide range of beliefs held by the ancient Chinese. Richard Strassberg brings the Guideways to life for modern readers by weaving together translations from the work itself with information from other texts and recent archaeological finds to create a lavishly illustrated guide to the imaginative world of early China. Unlike the bestiaries of the late medieval period in Europe, the Guideways was not interpreted allegorically; the strange creatures described in it were regarded as actual entities found throughout the landscape. The work was originally used as a sacred geography, as a guidebook for travellers, and as a book of omens. Today, it is regarded as the richest repository of ancient Chinese mythology and shamanistic wisdom. The Guideways may have been illustrated from the start, but the earliest surviving illustrations are woodblock engravings from a rare 1597 edition. Seventy-six of those plates are reproduced here for the first time, and they provide a fine example of the Chinese engraver's art during the late Ming dynasty. This beautiful volume, compiled by a well-known specialist in the field, provides a fascinating window on the thoughts and beliefs of an ancient people, and will delight specialists and general readers alike. (For this item please quote stock ID 18170) ISBN: 9780520218444

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In this volume . . . Iron Ox contains chapters 63-90 of the original and can be divided into four main sections. The first of these is very much concerned with the question of the leadership on Mount Liang. Iron Ox is prominent in the second section, probably the most varied and entertaining part of the volume. The third section is concerned with the count's various attempts to subdue Mount Liang by force or win them over with an amnesty. The fourth section begins with the granting of the amnesty and the first campaign in the Emperor's service against the Liao Tartars. This part ends with an encounter which foreshadows the campaign against tian Hu in Volume 5, The Scattered Flock. (For this item please quote stock ID 19102) ISBN: 9789622019898

In this volume . . . The Scattered Flock, the last volume of this new translation, contains chapters 91-120 that mark the disastrous end of the 108 heroes. The action in this volume can be divided into three parts: the campaign against Tian Hu, the campaign against Wang Qing and the campaign against Fang La. It is in the last of these that the heroes of Mount Liang begin to die. Their demise is as haphazard and casual as the scattering of the flock of geese when the Prodigy shoots them for mere amusement. But the theme of the vanity of human wishes, the emptiness of ambition, becomes prominent earlier. (For this item please quote stock ID 19103) ISBN: 9789622019904

Du Fu (712­777) has been called China´s greatest poet, and some call him the greatest non-epic, non-dramatic poet whose writings survive in any language. Du Fu excelled in a great variety of poetic forms, showing a richness of language ranging from elegant to colloquial, from allusive to direct. His impressive breadth of subject matter includes intimate personal detail as well as a great deal of historical information -which earned him the epithet 'poet-historian'. Some 1,400 of Du Fu´s poems survive today, his fame resting on about 100 that have been widely admired over the centuries. Pre-eminent translator Burton Watson has selected 127 poems, including those for which Du Fu is best remembered, and lesser-known works. Burton Watson is one of the most respected translators of Chinese and Japanese literature. He has translated Chinese and Japanese classics such as Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, Ryo¯kan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, and The Lotus Sutra. (For this item please quote stock ID 19165) ISBN: 9780231128292

Based on the first volume of Story of the Stone In this beautiful volume, award-winning writer and photographer Linda Ching provides an exquisite visual and verbal interpretation of what is often called China's greatest novel, Dream of the Red Chamber, by the eighteenth-century author Cao Xueqin. Magnificent photographs of China magically recapture a rich period of history that is all but a dream today, while Ching's imagery illuminates the brilliance of Xueqin's masterpiece. With full colour throughout, this feast for the senses is a must for an Asian literature or art collection, as well as for anyone fascinated by this ancient and mysterious world. (For this item please quote stock ID 19984) ISBN: 9780961989156

'The selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point. If I were asked to recommend only one book for anyone who wishes to know something about Chinese culture, I would name, without a moment of hesitation, this new edition of Sources of Chinese Tradition'. ? Yingshih Yü, Gordon Wu 1958 Professor of Chinese Studies & professor of history, Princeton University (For this item please quote stock ID 20067) ISBN: 9780231112710

One of the great classic Chinese novels, The Scholars departs from the impersonal tradition of Chinese fiction, as the author makes significant use of autobiographical experience and models many characters on friends and relatives. (For this item please quote stock ID 20080) ISBN: 9780231081535

'Chaves' anthology breaks new ground. A vast poetic corpus, which has suffered relative neglect in China and Japan, let alone the West, is opened by Chaves to the general reader for the first time' ? Times Literary Supplement (For this item please quote stock ID 20081) ISBN: 9780231061490

'Without indulging in either anti-foreign or anti-mainlander sentiments, A Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers assures the reader that Taiwanese folk culture and local Chinese traditions...can provide all of the wisdom necessary for dealing with emotional crises like the death of a loved one and a sundered love relationship' ? World Literature Today. Winner of the 1980 United Daily Literature Competition, this novel about love, betrayal, family life, and the power of tradition in small-town Taiwan was an instant bestseller when first published in Taiwan. At once a bittersweet romance and a vividly detailed portrait of life in a southern Taiwanese coastal town in the 1970s, A Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers captures the intimacy of agricultural life in the midst of an increasingly industrialised society. At the heart of the story is Zhenguan, a sensitive young woman whose coming of age is influenced by new experiences in the city, the wisdom of her elders, and her strong, unique identity. In Zhenguan´s journey of first love, suffering, disillusionment, and - ultimately - zenlike triumph, Hsiao Li-hung celebrates the values and traditions that have sustained and nurtured life in Taiwan through the centuries. With understated elegance, Hsiao Li-hung´s lyrical work affirms a way of life both fleeting and enduring. For readers interested in Chinese literature and culture, and anyone who enjoys a rich family saga, this is a unique and beautifully told story. (For this item please quote stock ID 20128) ISBN: 9780231117937

This is one of the best known and loved of the ancient Chinese novels. It tells why and how some hundred odd men and women banded together on a mountain in what is today's Shandong Province, became leaders of an outlaw army of thousands and fought brave and resourceful battles against pompous, heartless tyrants. Their rebellious deeds struck a responsive chord in the oppressed masses and gradually evolved into folk legends. This abridged version makes this novel more accessible to English readers. In the first volume, Emergence of the Demons, you will witness how demons were released from the Hall of Subdued Demons, how Shi Jin captured Chen Da, why Lu Da became a monk and was given the religious name Lu Zhishen, and how Lin Chong was framed by Gao Qiu and exiled to Cangzhou. In the second volume, Marsh at the Foot of Liangshan, you will witness why Yang Zhi tried to sell his sword and killed a rogue in Bianliang, how Wu Yong took a convoy of birthday presents by strategy on the Ridge of Yellow Earth, how the Ruan brothers fought He Tao, and how Lin Chong was forced to seize the waterside stronghold out of true fraternity. (For this item please quote stock ID 20233) ISBN: 9789620742842

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Li Bo (701-762), has long inspired controversy among readers and critics. Known even during his lifetime as the 'Banished Immortal,' he continues to spark imaginations, challenge passionately held convictions about poetic values, and maintain, alongside Du Fu, his position as 'one of China's two greatest poets'. In this lucidly and gracefully written volume, Paula Varsano presents the first full-length study of Li Bo in English in half a century and the first extended look at the poet's critical reception. Persuaded that the essence of his poetry lay well beyond the reach of the usual modes of study and description, readers from the ninth to the 20th century developed a particularly dynamic critical language. Varsano shows how this language, evolving out of the critical concepts of 'emptiness' and 'substance,' answered the need to conceptualise shifting parameters of poetic creativity over hundreds of years. At the same time, she offers an account of Li Bo's entry into the canon and asks how this in turn transformed both the reception of his work and the transmission of his poetic persona. This story of Li Bo's critical reception and canonisation is propelled by the malleable and elusive ideal of the 'ancient'. And so, Varsano devotes the second part of her study to the poems themselves, investigating those poetic manifestations of ancientness that translated into the enduring figure of the Banished Immortal. Through close readings of his poems, she demonstrates how play and performance paradoxically augment the ancient values of expressive immediacy and genuineness. Paula Varsano is associate professor of Chinese language and literature at Smith College. (For this item please quote stock ID 21159) ISBN: 9780824825737

Wenxin diaolong by Liu Xie (ca. 465-ca. 521) is arguably the most complex and comprehensive work of literary criticism in ancient China. For centuries it has intrigued and inspired Chinese literati, and modern English-speaking scholars have also found it an important source for inquiries into traditional Chinese poetics and aesthetics. The present volume of 10 essays is the first book-length study in English of this classic work. The first two parts of the book focus on cultural traditions, showing how Liu canonised the Chinese literary tradition, assessing where Liu?s work stands in that tradition, and demonstrating his debts to the intellectual currents of his time. The third part explores Liu?s theory of literary creation by using contemporary critical perspectives to analyse Liu?s conception of imagination. The fourth part presents three detailed studies of Liu?s views on rhetoric: a close reading of his chapter on rhetorical parallelism, a discussion of his own use of parallelism as a means of analysis and textual production, and an investigation of his views on changes and continuities in Chinese literary styles. The book concludes with a critical survey of Asian-language scholarship on Wenxin diaolong in this century. Contributors: Zong-qi Cai, Kang-i Sun Chang, Ronald Egan, Wai-yee Li, Shuen-fu Lin, Richard Lynn, Victor Mair, Stephen Owen, Andrew Plaks, Maureen Robertson, and Zhang Shaokang. (For this item please quote stock ID 21340) ISBN: 9780804736183

Part of a series of eight ancient Chinese classics translated into English by Lin Yutang. (For this item please quote stock ID 21468) ISBN: 9787530633663

Part of a series of eight ancient Chinese classics translated into English by Lin Yutang. (For this item please quote stock ID 21470) ISBN: 9787530633670

Part of a series of eight ancient Chinese classics translated into English by Lin Yutang. (For this item please quote stock ID 21472) ISBN: 9787530633656

'Singing of Scented Grass is a unique selection of Tang poetry by Wang Wei, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin, followed by the translator?s own poems that interrogate the Confucian ideal of aspiring to high political office. These elegant translations from the Chinese testify to the depth of Johnston?s engagement with these Tang masters: Singing of Scented Grass is his journey to poetry' - Mabel Lee, University of Sydney This beautifully designed book contains elegant translations of Tang poets Wang Wei, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin. It includes Ian Johnston's poetic responses to the Confucian Analects, Chinese text and Chan paintings. (For this item please quote stock ID 21959) ISBN: 9780957843639

A Dream Under The Southern Bough, written in 1600, is a representative work of Tang Xianzu, a distinguished playwright of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and this unabridged version is the first to be published in English. The play revolves around a dream and along with three other plays - The Peony Pavilion, The Dream on the Handan Road, and The Anecdote of the Purple Hairpin - are known as 'the four dreams', given that dreams play a vital part in the development of all four plots. A Dream Under The Southern Bough, sees hero Chunyu Fen, a discharged army officer, dream that he enters an ant hole and eventually marries the daughter of the king of the ants. The king appoints Chunyu Fen to a high position and for some 20 years, he pursues an illustrious career. However, following the death of his wife, Chunyu Fen's downfall is engineered by a political rival and the king has Chunyu Fen arrested and expelled from the realm. (For this item please quote stock ID 21976) ISBN: 9787119032702

Written by Yan Zhitui during the period of the Southern and Northern dynasty (420-589), Admonitions for the Yan Clan has never been out of favour as the most influential and comprehensive book on family education in China. The author applies the Confucian theory of cultivating one's moral character to the development of family harmony and education. It admonishes offspring to study hard and become useful people when they grow up, and emphasizes applying what one has learned and serving one's country. Apart from its didactic value, the book - originally in seven volumes with 20 chapters - shed much light on history and social life in the period in which it was written. Containing cogent arguments, unique viewpoints and wide-ranging theories, it is acclaimed as the pioneer in family education. (For this item please quote stock ID 22781) ISBN: 9787119033242

Anecdotes About Spirits & Immortals is a collection of myths, legends and stories of monsters and incredible and uncanny happenings. It is a treasure trove of Chinese folklore prior to the third century A.D. The compiler, Gan Bao, was a historian of the Eastern Jin dynasty (317-420). He was a firm believer in fate and the occult, including astrology and fortune telling, and applied the historian's method of recording to the fantastic stories which were current in his time. The breadth of imagination displayed in the Anecdotes About Spirits & Immortals and the story material itself had a far-reaching impact on Chinese literature, especially novels, of later generations, and provided a wellspring of inspiration for writers. Anecdotes About Spirits & Immortals was introduced to Korea in the 11th century, and to Europe in the 19th century. This book is a complete English version by the renowned translator Ding Wangdao. (For this item please quote stock ID 22782) ISBN: 9787119033297

Guan Hanqing was the leading playwright of the Yuan dynasty (1206-1368), and one of China's greatest dramatists. His works are marked by realism, reflecting the social realities of his time and giving special insight into the problems women faced in feudal society. There are 18 of his plays extant. The eight chosen for this volume are considered the most representative of Guan's art. Snow in Midsummer is his most famous play. It depicts the injustice done to Dou E, the heroine, and her resistance to her unjust fate, using an exaggerative artistic technique incisively. Rescued by A Coquette has a novel plot marked by a rich comical flavor. Lord Guan Goes to the Feast has its own artistic characteristics, paying much attention to foreshadowing before the characters appear on stage. Guan's plays have been translated into several foreign languages. The English translations presented here are by Yang Xianyi and his wife Gladys Yang, the most renowned modern translators of Chinese into English. (For this item please quote stock ID 22784) ISBN: 9787119033952

The historical opera The Palace of Eternal Youth, written by Hong Sheng (1645-1704) in the 27th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1688), is one of the masterpieces of ancient Chinese opera. It tells the love story of Li Longji (reigned 712-756), a Tang dynasty emperor of China, and his concubine Yang Yuhuan. The story, based on historical facts, had been told for generations. Hong Sheng presented it anew in this superb, moving opera using an artistic method of interlacing reality to dream. It tells the love story between the emperor and his concubine who wished to be 'two love-birds flying wing to wing, and on earth two trees with branches twined from spring to spring.' The work also reflects the complicated contradictions and clashes within and outside the court, giving a historical picture of the joys and sorrows of the people and the rise and fall of the country at that time. It was welcomed as the most outstanding and influential among the operas based on this theme immediately after its publication, and was widely copied and performed. The opera, consisting of 50 scenes, has been translated into English, Japanese and Russian. This edition is the translation by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang from the Chinese text edited by Xu Shoufang. (For this item please quote stock ID 22785) ISBN: 9787119033303

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~This is the love story between Li Yu, the last king of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhou Yiyi, his second queen. (For this item please quote stock ID 23545) ISBN: 9787801873071

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The Tang and Song dynasties, spanning the 8th to the 13th centuries, saw a period of great economic and cultural development in Chinese society. During this golden age of classical literature, numerous masterpieces were written which have exerted a profound influence ever since. This collection of poetry and prose contains the work of eighteen classical authors, including the major poets, Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Su Shi and Lu You as well as the great prose stylists, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Ouyang Xiu. This volume represents only a small sample of the voluminous literature of these two dynasties. However, it's variety should prove informative and interesting for specialists and general readers alike. (For this item please quote stock ID 24292) ISBN: 9787119033556

The Han, Wei and Six dynasties period, which lasted from 206 B.C. to A.D. 589, was rife with political turmoil, but produced many eminent writers and monumental works. This volume presents some of the most significant literature of this period, including folk songs, a record of travels, literary criticism and a long narrative poem, and will help to expand readers interest in Chinese literature. (For this item please quote stock ID 24293) ISBN: 9787119033563

Modern American poets translate classical Chinese poetry. The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry is a rich compendium of translations like no other. It is the first to look at Chinese poetry through its enormous influence on American poetry, starting with Ezra Pound's Cathay (1915), and including translations by three other major US poets (William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder) and an important poet-translator-scholar (David Hinton). Moreover, it is the first general anthology ever to consider the process of translation by presenting different versions of the same poem by various translators, as well as examples of the translators rewriting themselves. The collection, at once playful and instructive, serves as an excellent introduction to the art and tradition of Chinese poetry, gathering some 250 poems by nearly 40 poets, from the anonymous early poetry through the great masters of the T'ang and Sung dynasties. The anthology also includes previously uncollected translations by Pound, a selection of essays on Chinese poetry by all five translators, some never published before in book form, and biographical notes that are a collage of poems and comments by both the American translators and the Chinese poets themselves. Translator and essayist Eliot Weinberger's first study of multiple Chinese translations was the perennially popular 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei. (For this item please quote stock ID 25633) ISBN: 9780811216050

'An elegant English translation that embodies the careful scholarship of this eminent translator of Chinese texts' ? Journal of Asian Studies The Tso chuan has long been recognised as a classic of China's early prose tradition. Probably written in the third century B.C., the book is a vivid account of events during the crucial period from 722 to 468. The Tso chuan focuses on political, diplomatic, and military affairs, but also reveals a great deal about economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when China's warring feudal states were gradually working toward unification. Burton Watson presents here the most famous and influential narratives from the Tso chuan. His expert translations give the reader the principal ideas of the original text as well as a sense of its style. (For this item please quote stock ID 26241) ISBN: 9780231067157

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Anthony C. Yu?s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature?s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared 30 years ago. Yu?s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey & the Monk, finally distills the epic novel?s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit. These fantastic episodes recount the adventures of Xuanzang, a 7th Century monk who became one of China?s most illustrious religious heroes after travelling for 16 years in search of Buddhist scriptures. Powerfully combining religious allegory with humour, fantasy, and satire, accounts of Xuanzang?s journey were passed down for a millennium before culminating in the 16th Century with The Journey to the West. Now, readers of The Monkey & the Monk can experience the full force of his lengthy quest as he travels to India with four animal disciples, most significant among them a guardian-monkey known as 'the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven'. Moreover, in its newly streamlined form, this acclaimed translation of a seminal work of world literature is sure to attract an entirely new following of students and fans. 'A new translation of a major literary text which totally supersedes the best existing version . . . It establishes beyond contention the position of The Journey to the West in world literature, while at the same time throwing open wide the doors to interpretive study on the part of the English audience' - Modern Language Notes, on the unabridged translation (For this item please quote stock ID 27075) ISBN: 9780226971568

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Wang Yun (1749-1819) was a famous playwright in imperial China, and her A Dream of Glory is a significant, full length chaunqi about female dreams and desires. This volume provides a complete English translation with detailed annotations, an extensive introduction to traditional Chinese women's drama, and a foreword by Owen Aldridge. About the author Qingyun Wu is professor of Chinese at California State University in Los Angeles. (For this item please quote stock ID 29570) ISBN: 9789629963095

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In this seventeenth-century Chinese novel, Han Xiangzi, best known as one of the Eight Immortals, seeks and achieves immortality and then devotes himself to converting his materialistic, politically ambitious Confucian uncle-Han Yu, a real historical figure-to Daoism. Written in lively vernacular prose interspersed with poems and songs, the novel takes its readers across China, to the heavens, and into the underworld. Readers listen to debates among Confucians, Daoists, and Buddhists and witness trials of faith and the performance of magical feats. In the mode of the famous religious novel Journey to the West (also known in English as Monkey), The Story of Han Xiangzi uses colorful characters, twists of plot, witty dialogue, and action suitable for a superhero comic book to convey its religious message-that worldly life is ephemeral and that true contentment can be found only through Daoist cultivation. This is the first translation into any Western language of Han Xiangzi quanzhuan (literally, The Complete Story of Han Xiangzi). On one level, the novel is a delightful adventure; on another, it is serious theology. Although The Story of Han Xiangzi's irreverent attitude toward the Confucian establishment prevented its acceptance by literary critics in imperial China, it has remained popular among Chinese readers for four centuries. Philip Clart's Introduction outlines the Han Xiangzi story cycle, presents Yang Erzeng in his social context, assesses the literary merits and religious significance of the text, and explores the theory and practice of inner alchemy. This unabridged translation will appeal to students of Chinese literature and to general readers who enjoy international fiction, as well as to readers with an interest in Daoism. Yang Erzeng (fl. 1590-1602) was a writer and publisher from the city of Hangzhou in southeastern China. Philip Clart is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. (For this item please quote stock ID 29261) ISBN: 9780295987255

Also known as 'The Dream of the Red Chamber' Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. ?An astonishing book. It recreates a world that would otherwise be utterly lost. One of the best translations into English of our time? ? The Times Higher Educational Supplement ?A vivid, glowing masterpiece . . . making this classic available to its readers in a form that does justice to the profundity of the original? ? The New York Review of Books (For this item please quote stock ID 4836) ISBN: 9780140442939

Also known as 'The Dream of the Red Chamber' Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. (For this item please quote stock ID 4837) ISBN: 9780140443264

Also known as 'The Dream of the Red Chamber' Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. (For this item please quote stock ID 4838) ISBN: 9780140443707

Also known as 'The Dream of the Red Chamber' Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. (For this item please quote stock ID 4839) ISBN: 9780140443714

Also known as 'The Dream of the Red Chamber' Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. (For this item please quote stock ID 4840) ISBN: 9780140443721

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'Like a treasure chest of precious stones, the writings of Chuang Tzu shine with uncommon wisdom and insight. This new translation, which expertly preserves the humour and bite of these ancient teachings, will entice a whole new audience to read ? and reread ? Chuang Tzu's writings' - Publishers Weekly In traditional Chinese culture, the written word, along with the appreciation of it, was prized with an almost religious reverence. Poetry held a place that was unrivaled by any other single art, ability, or practical accomplishment. Poetic talent was a source of prestige and affluence and even of political power. In this rich, comprehensive collection of Chinese poetry, J. P. Seaton, the preeminent American translator and scholar of Chinese literature, introduces the reader to the main styles of Chinese poetry and the major poets, from the classic Shih Ching (The Book of Songs), which dates from 1766 BCE, to the twentieth century. Unlike many academics, Seaton has a poet's ear, and his translations here are fresh and vivid. His commentaries on the poems illuminate their historical and stylistic significance. 'J.P. Seaton's luminous translations are accurate in presenting the meaning and order of words and images from the original while revealing the true spirit of this very great poet' - Sam Hamill 'J.P. Seaton is the finest living translator and explicator of Chinese poetry. Beyond a genius for interpretation and impeccable scholarship, Seaton has that quality that can magically transcend intuition and learning: he is a poet' - Carolyn Kizer (For this item please quote stock ID 26904) ISBN: 9781570628627

For this introductory volume Qiu Xiaolong has chosen a number of well-known love poems from China's long literary history. In particular, he has chosen those from the great Tang period (618-906), which have remained alive and on people's lips ever since they were written. Most of the selection here date from that period; the remainder were penned during the later dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. (For this item please quote stock ID 25782) ISBN: 9787806812198

17 century quotations on the art of living. (For this item please quote stock ID 23615) ISBN: 9787801871541

This book looks into some highlights of Chinese poetics from a historical and transcultural perspective. It carries out an in-depth discussion of such thematic topics as Confucius? expectation of poetry in education, Mozi and Xunzi on musical functions, Lie Xie?s critical illumination of poetic styles, Zhu Xi?s moralistic view of poetry, the poetic wisdom in the zen enlightenment, Wang Guowei?s aesthetic criticism of the poetic state par excellence, and Lu Xun?s sublime poetics of maratic type. All this is conducted through textual and contextual analysis in order to facilitate a new rediscovery and creative synthesis. About the Author Wang Keping (Keping Wang, b.1955, M.A., PhD.) is a research fellow of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, university professor of Beijing International Studies University, Visiting fellow at St. Anne?s college of the University of Oxford (2000), and an honorary member of Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture under the University of Athens. His main writings in English include Ethos of Chinese Culture, Chinese Philosophy on Life and The Classic of the Dao: A New Investigation. His major works in Chinese include Interpretation and Reflection, Plato?s Poetics in Republic, Towards A Transcultural Aesthetics and Aesthetic Traveling. Two of his books were awarded Beijing Municipal Price in 2004 and 2006 respectively (For this item please quote stock ID 29908) ISBN: 9787119053844

The genre know as chuanqi, or short stories of the Tang Dynasty (618-906), was a vehicle for writers of those days to express their thoughts and feelings by recounting the adventures and destinies of characters. The social life and human feelings described in the stories aroused people's interest and sympathetic response, and gained for them a huge popular following. Particular favourites down the centuries were such masterpieces as Ren the Fox Fairy, The Dragon King's Daughter and Price Huo's Daughter, and these, among others, were also adapted into the forms of local operas and later vernacular fiction. English and Japanese translations of many of these stories have also appeared. As part of efforts to sustain China's fine cultural heritage, we have selected ten chuanqi masterpieces and presented them in the form of original texts followed by modern Chinese and English translations. The translations strive to be accurate and smooth, to enable readers to better appreciate this important aspect of ancient Chinese culture while gaining pleasure from reading these absorbing tales. (For this item please quote stock ID 29939) ISBN: 9787119044217

Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio was written by Pu Songling (1640-1715) in the Qing Dynasty. Based on folk tales, the work is unique in the history of Chinese fiction. Its 500-odd tales conjure up a weird fanciful world of human beings, ghosts, fox spirits and monsters. The author vividly depicted a group of "Liaozhai Studio" characters, soon to become well known throughout China, with his superb grasp of descriptive and concise writing. The strange tales have strongly satirical flavor, intermingling the supernatural with the real world, and presenting both the beautiful and ugly sides of life. Enriched by the author's powerful imagination, Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio is a gem in the corpus of China's classical literary works. (For this item please quote stock ID 29942) ISBN: 9787119050775

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Stories to Caution the World is the first complete translation of Jingshi tongyan, the second of Feng Menglong's three collections of stories which were pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. These tales, whose importance in the Chinese literary canon and in world literature is without question, have been compared to Boccaccio's Decameron and the stories of A Thousand and One Nights.
Feng Menglong collected popular stories from a variety of sources (some dating back centuries) and circulated them via the flourishing seventeenth-century publishing industry. He not only saved them from oblivion but elevated the status of vernacular literature and provided material for authors of the great late-Ming and Qing novels to draw upon. As in their translation of the first collection of Feng's trilogy, Stories Old and New, Shuhui and Yunqin Yang include all forty stories as well as Feng's interlinear and marginal comments and all of the verse woven throughout the stories. (For this item please quote stock ID 31184) ISBN: 9780295985688

'The selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point. If I were asked to recommend only one book for anyone who wishes to know something about Chinese culture, I would name, without a moment of hesitation, this new edition of Sources of Chinese Tradition'. ? Yingshih Yü, Gordon Wu 1958 Professor of Chinese Studies & professor of history, Princeton University A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition' has been widely used and praised for almost 40 years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students and as a thorough and engaging introduction for general readers. Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of this classic sourcebook, compiled by noted China scholars Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. Updated to reflect recent scholarly developments, with extensive material on popular thought and religion, social roles, and women´s education, this edition features new translations of more than half the works from the first edition, as well as many new selections. Arranged chronologically, this anthology is divided into four parts, beginning at the dawn of literate Chinese civiliation with the Oracle-Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty (1571­1045 B.C.E.) and continuing through the end of the Ming dynasty (C.E. 1644). Each chapter has an introduction that provides useful historical context and offers interpretive strategies for understanding the readings. The first part, The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity, considers the early development of Chinese civilisation and includes selections from Confucius´s Analects, the texts of Mencius and Laozi, as well as other key texts from the Confucian, Daoist, and Legalist schools. Part 2, The Making of a Classical Culture, focuses on Han China with readings from the Classic of Changes (I Jing), the Classic of Filiality, major Han syntheses, and the great historians of the Han dynasty. The development of Buddhism, from the earliest translations from Sanskrit to the central texts of the Chan school (which became Zen in Japan), is the subject of the third section of the book. Titled Later Daoism & Mahayana Buddhism in China, this part also covers the teachings of Wang Bi, Daoist religion, and texts of the major schools of Buddhist doctrine and practice. The final part, The Confucian Revival & Neo-Confucianism, details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang, Song, and Ming periods, with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political, social, and educational developments in late imperial China. With annotations, a detailed chronology, glossary, and a new introduction by the editors, Sources of Chinese Tradition' will continue to be a standard resource, guidebook, and introduction to Chinese civilisation well into the twenty-first century. (For this item please quote stock ID 19294) ISBN: 9780231109390

This is the first complete English translation of Lüshi chunqiu, compiled in 239 B.C. An exceptionally This is the first complete English translation of Lüshi chunqiu, compiled in 239 B.C. under the patronage of Lü Buwei, prime minister to the ruler of the state of Qin, who was to become the first emperor of a newly unified China fifteen years later. Lü retained a group of scholars whose aim was to encompass the world?s knowledge in one great encyclopedia; so delighted was Lü with the finished work that he is said to have offered a fabulous prize of gold to anyone who could add or subtract even a single word. An exceptionally rich and comprehensive compendium, The Annals of Lü Buwei recounts in engaging, straightforward, and readable prose the great variety of beliefs and customs of its time. The work is one of the great monuments of Chinese thinking, a work of originality and cohesion, inspired by a vision of a universal empire ruled by principles that ensured harmony between man and nature, protective of human and animal life, devoted to learning and culture, practicing benevolence and kindness, and motivated by reason and morality. In addition to revealing an advanced state of technical knowledge, The Annals set forth a philosophy of government suitable to the centralised control that the Qin state would subsequently establish. It also took into account every philosophical trend of the day, sometimes adapting themes, sometimes combining ideas that had not previously been associated, sometimes rejecting and refuting positions that were in conflict with its basic vision. Because Lü aimed at comprehensiveness, his work preserved a number of systems of thought that are otherwise unknown or scarcely known. The Annals thus provides an essential tool for anyone seeking to reconstruct the philosophical controversies of the third century B.C. At the same time, Lü?s compendium proclaims his independent, highly original philosophical positions. Today, with most of the works of classical Chinese philosophy long lost, The Annals of Lü Buwei remains indispensable as a summa of the Chinese intellectual world of its time. (For this item please quote stock ID 18751) ISBN: 9780804733540

Arthur Sze has rare qualifications when it comes to translating Chinese: he is an award-winning poet who was raised in both languages. A second-generation Chinese-American, Sze has gathered over 70 poems that have had a profound effect on both American poetics and Sze's own maturation as an artist. His anthology features poets who have become literary icons to generations of Chinese readers and scholars. Here are the quiet nature poems of Li Ching Chao alongside the remorseful exile poems of Su Tung-p'o. Also included is an informative insightful essay on Sze's methods and processes of translating ideogramic poetry. (For this item please quote stock ID 19876) ISBN: 9781556591532

Su Shi is China's important figure of countless poems in his life, and there are many famous and well-known. Su Shi is a treasure of Chinese literature, Western literature and has a distinctive mood. This book the way the use of Chinese-English, sub-poetry, words, prose works of the three parts of Su Shi representative works of a total of about 100, including drink clear lake after the beginning of rain, East column Ewha, title resistant walls Mo drink the rain and the lake of the same year, Crane sighed, vertical pen, after the Red Cliff, Azolla and so on.

"Poem of Dongpo - Selected Works of Su Shi's poetry text" (Chinese-English) of poetry, words, prose works of the three parts of Su Shi representative works of a total of about 100, are classified and summarized comments. Selected articles reasonable, asked the beautiful smooth,notes. Chinese readers can learn the English translation of ancient Chinese poetry, but also to help foreigners understand the culture of ancient Chinese poetry and the medieval connotation of ancient prose.

Ren Zhiji (Charles Jen in USA), born in 1930, graduated from the English Dept. Of Fudan University in 1956 and worked his way in the academia as an assistant teacher and lecturer of English until he was an associate professor in 1980. He also participated in compiling English textbooks for non-English majors in the early 60's as well as editing dictionaries in the 70's. He left Fudan University in 1988 and has been living in Los Angeles ever since.

His interest in translating classical Chinese poetry dates back to the late 90's of the last century. A late comer, but an addicted one at that,for now he considers it as one of his hobbies. His other hobbies are: music and photography. His interest in translating classical Chinese poetry dates back to the late 90's of the last century. A late comer, but an addicted one at that, for now he considers it as one of his hobbies. His other hobbies are: music and photography.

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The summation of more than 2,000 years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of 300 years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history, rendered in English by the most renowned translators of classical Chinese literature: Arthur Waley, David Hawkes, James Legge, Ezra Pound, Burton Watson, Stephen Owen, Cyril Birch, A. C. Graham, Kenneth Rexroth, and others. Bibliographies, explanatory notes, copious illustrations, a chronology of major dynasties, and two-way romanization tables coordinating the Wade-Giles and Pinyin transliteration systems provide helpful tools to aid students, teachers, and general readers in exploring this rich tradition of literature. John Minford was awarded his doctoral degree from Australian National University in 1980. He has taught Chinese literature and literary translation in China, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Prior to his retirement in September 1999, he was Chair Professor of Translation and Director of the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Among his many important works are: the Penguin Classics edition of The Story of the Stone (co-translator), Classical, Modern and Humane: Essays in Chinese Literature (co-editor). His most recent publication is The Deer and the Cauldron, the English translation of a popular martial arts novel written by Louis Cha. Joseph S. M. Lau graduated from the National Taiwan University with a B.A. degree in 1960 and then received his doctoral degree from Indiana University in 1966. He is now the Head and Chair Professor of the Department of Chinese at Lingnan University. Being a renowned scholar, translator, literary critic and novelist, he has written extensively in both English and Chinese. Some of his major works include: (in English) The Unbroken Chain: An Anthology of Taiwan Fiction Since 1926 (editor); (in Chinese) Tangrenjie de Xiaoshuo Shijie (The Literary world of Chinatown), Ercan youji (The travel notes of Ercan); (Chinese translation) George Orwell's 1984. (For this item please quote stock ID 27236) ISBN: 9789629960483

The summation of more than 2,000 years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of 300 years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history, rendered in English by the most renowned translators of classical Chinese literature: Arthur Waley, David Hawkes, James Legge, Ezra Pound, Burton Watson, Stephen Owen, Cyril Birch, A. C. Graham, Kenneth Rexroth, and others. Bibliographies, explanatory notes, copious illustrations, a chronology of major dynasties, and two-way romanization tables coordinating the Wade-Giles and Pinyin transliteration systems provide helpful tools to aid students, teachers, and general readers in exploring this rich tradition of literature. John Minford was awarded his doctoral degree from Australian National University in 1980. He has taught Chinese literature and literary translation in China, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Prior to his retirement in September 1999, he was Chair Professor of Translation and Director of the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Among his many important works are: the Penguin Classics edition of The Story of the Stone (co-translator), Classical, Modern and Humane: Essays in Chinese Literature (co-editor). His most recent publication is The Deer and the Cauldron, the English translation of a popular martial arts novel written by Louis Cha. Joseph S. M. Lau graduated from the National Taiwan University with a B.A. degree in 1960 and then received his doctoral degree from Indiana University in 1966. He is now the Head and Chair Professor of the Department of Chinese at Lingnan University. Being a renowned scholar, translator, literary critic and novelist, he has written extensively in both English and Chinese. Some of his major works include: (in English) The Unbroken Chain: An Anthology of Taiwan Fiction Since 1926 (editor); (in Chinese) Tangrenjie de Xiaoshuo Shijie (The Literary world of Chinatown), Ercan youji (The travel notes of Ercan); (Chinese translation) George Orwell's 1984. (For this item please quote stock ID 27237) ISBN: 9789622019102

A 'bundle' consisting of Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations, Volume 1: From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty (ISBN 9629960486, paperback), and Chinese Companion to Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations, Volume 1: From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty (Chinese edition) (ISBN 9622019102, paperback) The summation of more than 2,000 years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of 300 years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history, rendered in English by the most renowned translators of classical Chinese literature: Arthur Waley, David Hawkes, James Legge, Ezra Pound, Burton Watson, Stephen Owen, Cyril Birch, A. C. Graham, Kenneth Rexroth, and others. Bibliographies, explanatory notes, copious illustrations, a chronology of major dynasties, and two-way romanization tables coordinating the Wade-Giles and Pinyin transliteration systems provide helpful tools to aid students, teachers, and general readers in exploring this rich tradition of literature. (For this item please quote stock ID 27245)

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Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. In this intimate memoir, Shen Fu recounts the domestic and romantic joys of his marriage to Yun, the beautiful and artistic girl he fell in love with as a child. He also describes other incidents of his life, including how his beloved wife obtained a courtesan for him and reflects on his travels through China. Shen Fu's exquisite memoir shows six parallel layers' of one man's life, loves and career, with revealing glimpses into Chinese society of the Ch'ing Dynasty. (For this item please quote stock ID 12572) ISBN: 9780140444292

More than forty selections from two eighth-century poets of China cover the whole spectrum of human life and feeling. (For this item please quote stock ID 9608) ISBN: 9780140442724

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The second volume of The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. Volume II includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditional Chinese literature, followed by an extensive bibliographic update (1985-1997) of editions, translations, and studies (primarily in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and German) for the 500+ entries of Volume I. These new entries are generally longer that those in the first volume and some contain translations of original poems to illustrate the style of the author or work in question. Volume II augments the basic background, analysis, and bibliography on the literature of China prior to 1911 which was provided by Volume I. The two-volume set gives scholars and beginning students alike a standard handbook for the study of traditional Chinese literature. (For this item please quote stock ID 24934) ISBN: 9780253334565

Guanzi was written in Guan Zhong's name during the Warring States, Qin dynasty and Han dynasty periods, and contains some of Guan Zhong's own thoughts. Liu Xiang originally edited these 564 writings, expunged repetitive contents and selected 86 for inclusion. Subsequently, 10 of the selected texts were lost and this present edition contains the extant 76 works. All bibliographies have considered Guanzi to be the work of the Legalists of the State of Qi. In fact, this collection contains not only the thoughts of the Taoists, Confucians and ancient Chinese Thinkers specialising in the art of war but also ideas on Yin-Yang, the Five Main Elements, astronomy, the ancient calendar, education and agriculture. In addition, Guanzi's economic theories make this collection unique among all classical Chinese documents. This English edition is the first complete translation of Guanzi. (For this item please quote stock ID 25103) ISBN: 9787563353460

The Spring & Autumn Annals of Lü Buwei is a collection of writings written by the guests of Lü Buwei, the Prime Minister of the state of Qin, and edited by Lü Buwei himself during the late Warring States period. This collection has three parts, 'the Twelve Records', 'the eight Views' and 'The Six Discussions', and has one hundred and sixty articles in total. In this collection Lü Buwei was providing references on the methodology of governing the people to the feudal regime that was going to unify China. As such, it is focused on topics such as the notion of government according to the sovereign's principles and his inferiors serving the sovereign whole-heartedly. The contents of The Spring & Autumn Annals of Lü Buwei are very complex and cover astronomy, geography, Yin, Yang, the Five Main Elements, climate, music, education, military affairs, regimen, agrology and agriculture. The collection also contains a huge amount of historical material. (For this item please quote stock ID 25104) ISBN: 9787563353200

'This is a beautiful and useful book of translations by Julie Landau of 150 Chinese lyric poems (tz´u) from the Sung dynasty (960-1279)'. ? Harvard Review 'As many readers will surely be, I am very grateful for Beyond Spring, which gives me an ancient poetry of which I had known nothing. Julie Landau's translations are exquisite, conveying these old poems with fresh poignancy, with clarity of image, and with a truly evoked "essence beyond the image" '. ? Richard Wilbur The first anthology of Sung dynasty tz'u poems available in English, Beyond Spring provides a representative body of translations, 150 in all. Keeping true to the original music, Landau's faithful translations capture the phrasing and rhythms crucial to Tz'u. (For this item please quote stock ID 9157) ISBN: 9780231096799

A highly commended anthology of classical Chinese poetry which includes verse translations of 121 poems ranging from the Zhou (11th century BC) to the Qing dynasties. Through the sensitive and learned rendering of the translator, almost the entire range of classical Chinese poetry is represented here. '... deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone who teaches classical Chinese poetry, Chinese literature in translation, and indeed, any course on Chinese culture and civilisation.' - The China Quarterly 'John Turner's meticulous and sensitive translations reveal a welcome glimpse of the beauty of traditional Chinese poetry.' - China Now (For this item please quote stock ID 13596) ISBN: 9789627255048

The poetry of the Late Tang often looked backward, and many poets of the period distinguished themselves through the intensity of their retrospective gaze. Chinese poets had always looked backward to some degree, but for many Late Tang poets the echoes and the traces of the past had a singular aura.

In this work, Stephen Owen resumes telling the literary history of the Tang that he began in his works on the Early and High Tang. Focusing in particular on Du Mu, Li Shangyin, and Wen Tingyun, he analyzes the redirection of poetry that followed the deaths of the major poets of the High and Mid-Tang and the rejection of their poetic styles. The Late Tang, Owen argues, forces us to change our very notion of the history of poetry. Poets had always drawn on past poetry, but in the Late Tang, the poetic past was beginning to assume the form it would have for the next millennium; it was becoming a repertoire of available choices--styles, genres, the voices of past poets. It was this repertoire that would endure. (For this item please quote stock ID 31298) ISBN: 9780674033283

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In his preface, the anonymous author of Fengyue Meng, translated as Romantic Illusions, describes his book as an act of penance for thirty years spent patronizing the brothels of Yangzhou. Written in the 1840s, Romantic Illusions is a cautionary tale exposing the seedy side of city life. It is Chinese literature's first true city novel, built on the author's biting observations and filled with freshly observed characters. As the author looks back on his career of debauchery, he portrays the Chinese brothel as a place of enthralling pursuit and romantic illusion. While marriages were arranged and often loveless, brothels offered passion and pleasure with accomplished courtesans ready to serve as both entertaining companions and sensual lovers. Following five sworn brothers and their respective relationships with Yangzhou courtesans, the anonymous Fool of Yangzhou depicts the lurid materialism of this dangerous world & its violence and corruption as well as its seductive but illusory promise. Never before translated into English, Courtesans and Opium is a brilliant portrait of decadence in nineteenth-century China. (For this item please quote stock ID 31061) ISBN: 9780231148221

Poetry is China's greatest art, and for the past eight centuries Poems of the Masters has been that country's most studied and memorized collection of verse. For the first time ever in English, here is the complete text, with an introduction and extensive notes by renowned translator, Red Pine. Over one hundred poets are represented in this bilingual edition, including many of China's celebrated poets: Li Pai, Wang Wei, Tu Fu, Wang Po, and Ou-yang Hsiu.

Poems of the Masters was compiled during the Sung dynasty (9601278), a time when poetry became the defining measure of human relationships and understanding.

As Red Pine writes in his introduction: "Nothing was significant without a poem, no social or ritual occasion, no political or personal event was considered complete without a few well-chosen words that summarized the complexities of the Chinese vision of reality and linked that vision with the beat of their hearts . . . [Poetry's] greatest flowering was in the T'ang and Sung, when suddenly it was everywhere: in the palace, in the street, in every household, every inn, every monastery, in every village square."

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The standard introduction to the poetry of Tu Fu (712-770) regarded by many Chinese as their country's greatest poet. The thirty-five poems from the well-known Chinese anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems are each accompanied by a detailed and lively explication of form, historical background and meaning. At the same time, inclusion of Chinese characters, romanization, and both literal and prose translations offer the general reader or beginning language student the rare chance to savour the poet's art first-hand. (For this item please quote stock ID 7835) ISBN: 9789627255024

Wang Wei (698-759) is one of the greatest High Tang poets. His works are often claimed to take a Buddhist perspective, combining appreciation of the beauty of nature with awareness of sensory illusion, and thus rendering Wang widely as 'Poet Buddha'. The book is an original and ambitious attempt to criticise the prevalent assumptions about Chan Buddhist implications in Wang's nature poetry. While research on similar topics investigate how Wang might have intentionally imparted Chan significance to his poetry, this book argues there lacks evidence for such an assumption. Yang Jingqing received his Ph.D. at the University of Sydney. He is currently Lecturer in China Language and Culture at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia (For this item please quote stock ID 25610) ISBN: 9789629962326

'With its crisp translation and copiously documented discussion, The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica will appeal to specialists and general readers alike' - Paul Rakita Goldin, University of Pennsylvania. The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun zhuan), a short work of fiction from the early 16th century, tells the story of the Tang dynasty's notorious Wu Zetian, the only woman to rule as emperor of China. It is famous not for the history it relates, but for its graphic sexual descriptions - the first ever in a Chinese novel - purportedly given from a woman's point of view. Despite its renown and unmistakable influence on later writing, the origins and significance of the Ruyijun zhuan have never been explored, in any language, and until now it has never been translated. Its date of composition is unknown, its author unidentified. One of its earliest appraisals, written by a contemporary scholar known for his conservatism, maintains that the Ruyijun zhuan is a moral work notwithstanding its sexual content. Combining a complete translation with a detailed and far-ranging study of the text, The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica places this important cultural document into historical context and offers possibilities on its meaning. Charles Stone received his doctorate from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. (For this item please quote stock ID 20692) ISBN: 9780824824129

One of the great Chinese collections of supernatural tales and ghost stories, here are highly accessible graphic novel versions covering fifteen of the best-known stories from Pu Songling's 17C masterpiece. The manga style artwork and colloquial dialogue aids immeasurably in comprehension. A great complement to any advanced reading class. (For this item please quote stock ID 31885) ISBN: 9787531017073

One of the great Chinese collections of supernatural tales and ghost stories, here are highly accessible graphic novel versions covering fifteen of the best-known stories from Pu Songling's 17C masterpiece. The manga style artwork and colloquial dialogue aids immeasurably in comprehension. A great complement to any advanced reading class. (For this item please quote stock ID 31886) ISBN: 9787531020349

'This excellent guide to Chinese literature before 1911 opens a world previously accessible only to trained specialists. The result of seven years work by nearly 200 scholars around the world with funding from a number of sources, it is a stunning example of what careful coordination of effort and painstaking editorial supervision can achieve' - Choice. 'Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this original work will have immense value in academic and large public libraries' - Library Journal. 'Truly the quintessential and indispensable addition for academic and public libraries' - Critic's Choice, Global Library Marketing Services. (For this item please quote stock ID 11426) ISBN: 9780253329837

The Peony Pavilion, a touching and romantic love story, is the most moving poetic drama of the Chinese classics. Written by a famous writer Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), it has had a far-reaching influence on Chinese literature and drama. (For this item please quote stock ID 14845) ISBN: 9787119026923

With this groundbreaking collection, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature, and this rich and far-reaching anthology of nearly five hundred poems provides a comprehensive account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE to 1200 CE), the period during which virtually all its landmark developments took place. Unlike earlier anthologies of Chinese poetry, Hinton's book focuses on a relatively small number of poets, providing selections that are large enough to re-create each as a fully realized and unique voice. New introductions to each poet's work provide a readable history, told for the first time as a series of poetic innovations forged by a series of master poeets. From the classic texts of Chinese philosophy to intensely personal lyrics, from love poems to startling and strange perspectives on nature, Hinton has collected an entire world of beauty and insight. And in his eye-opening translations, these ancient poems feel remarkably fresh and contemporary, presenting a literature both radically new and entirely resonant.
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A masterwork of the illustrious Yuan Dynasty playwright, Guan Hanqing, and developed from an ancient folk tale, the play reveals the seamy side of Yuan dynasty society. The heroine, Dou E, finds herself not only accused of a murder she did not commit but imprisoned by a magistrate who wants her for himself. The story is one of gross injustices committed by thieves and petty officials alike and presents a bleak picture of the struggles faced by ordinary people trying to live decently. Only the favours of a merciful providence, the story seeems to say, can provide any kind of retribution. This classic play is presented in a bilingual format. The Chinese is adapted from the original text and retains a large proportion of classical Chinese stylistic features. It is suitable for students wanting to get a taste of this unique dramatic tradition. Contains: Eternal Parting; Widow Cai Meets with Misfortune; Inviting Wolves into the House; Zhang the Dog Dies at the Hands of His Son; Evil Plotters; A Confession Extracted Under Torture; Appeal to Heaven on the Execution Ground; The Emperor?s Inspector; A Ghost Appeals for Justice; An Injustice Avenged. (For this item please quote stock ID 17706) ISBN: 9787800056468

Compiled by a leading scholar of Chinese poetry, this anthology provides interpretive strategies that best capture the ideological and literary nuances of Chan (Zen) poetry. Charles Egan outlines basic Mahayana Buddhist tenets, Chan development, and principles of Chinese poetry, enabling a rich encounter with works that were composed, paradoxically, to "say more by saying less."
The anthology features monk-poets from the eighth to seventeenth centuries whose writing ranges from direct vernacular to evocative, imagistic styles. Egan's faithful and elegant translations of poems by Han Shan, Guanxiu, and Qiji, among many other monks, will delight all readers, and Egan's detailed notes and analyses, which illuminate the specialized language of metaphor and allusion developed over hundreds of years of Chan discourse, will prove invaluable to scholars. Monk-poets joined mainstream ideas on poetic function to religious reflection and proselytizing, inventing a distinct genre that influenced generations of Chinese poets, critics, and writers. The simplicity of Chan poetry belies its complex ideology and sophisticated language, elements Egan vividly explicates through religious and literary critique. Exquisite paintings by Charles Chu further enhance the aesthetic and intellectual experience of these works, creating a truly sensational experience for readers of every background. (For this item please quote stock ID 32717) ISBN: 9780231150392

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Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and remains a great work of world literature.

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The author of My Country and My People, The Importance of Living, and The Wisdom of China and India, Lin Yutang's works were praised by The New York Times as "wise, humorous and altogether charming." One of the most significant Chinese writers of the twentieth century, it was his bilingual essays in Chinese and English that established his reputation amongst his respective readerships. However, what remains largely ignored is the fact that in these bilingual pairs of essays Lin did not simply present the same text in two languages, but rather tailored the tone, writing style and even content of each version for its intended audiences. A variety of these witty and insightful essay pairs have been selected for this volume, presenting some of Lin Yutang's finest works to a new generation of readers.

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Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways, sometimes comically, sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers, resorting to ingenious stratagems and risky escapades in defiance of contemporary mores. Chosen to represent the best works from the great age of the vernacular story, they offer an admirable introduction to the world of Chinese fiction in this era. All of the stories in Falling in Love have been translated especially for this volume, and most appear here in translation for the first time. They are taken from two works, Constant Words to Awaken the World (Xing shi heng yan) and a related collection, The Rocks Nod Their Heads (Shi dian tou), both published in the early 17th century. Patrick Hanan is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the author of The Chinese Vernacular Story, a history of the genre, and the translator of many works of Chinese traditional fiction, including The Carnal Prayer Mat and The Sea of Regret. (For this item please quote stock ID 26816) ISBN: 9780824829957

These translation from Classical into modern Chinese and English by Fushiang Chia of the 160 "Arts of the States" from the Shi Jing represent the first new, complete version to appear in English in well over half a century. The collection is the oldest extant book of lyric poetry in world literature - parts dating back 3,000 years. It gathers the most ancient written lyric poems in the entire human patrimony, and stands as the headwaters, the fountainhead of all known literary culture.

Fushiang Chia makes these poem once again contemporary, while preserving hints of their antiquity. His language is as lexically accurate as possible, and plain without being spare or un-poetic. The poems have been made companionable for a 21st century audience, without sacrificing either their exotic foreignness or their careful specificity.

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The tale of Zhao the Orphan has circulated both inside and outside of China for thousands of years. This volume is adapted from the drama of the same title written by Ji Junxiang during Yuan dynasty (AD1206-1368). (For this item please quote stock ID 16043) ISBN: 9787800055652

'The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been'. Echoing the rhythms of Chinese history itself, the monumental tale Three Kingdoms begins. Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. This decisive period in Chinese history became a subject of intense and continuing interest to historians, poets, and dramatists. Writing some 1,200 later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on this rich literary heritage to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. Luo's novel offers a startling and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought; it has influenced the ways the Chinese think about power, diplomacy, and war even to this day. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, and remains a great work of world literature. 'A martial epic with an astonishing fidelity to history, which has been translated now into lively English by Moss Roberts . . . The subject matter of Three Kingdoms has long held an extraordinary grip on the Chinese imagination. . . . The great achievement of the author . . . was to match historiography with fiction and gain a synergistic effect from the combination of elite and popular tradition' - Patrick Hanan, New York Times Book Review 'By the measure of sheer density of history and drama, all other historical novels suffer by comparison to Three Kingdoms, the great epic of the Chinese literary tradition. Roberts' rendition of the prose is lively and readable, but his translation of the poetry is a delight, capturing the flavour and pace, and sometimes even the rhyme, of the original' - National Post, Canada 'The Three Kingdoms gives us The Iliad of China. First of the five great works of traditional prose fiction, this master narrative transforms history into epic and has thereby educated and entertained readers of five centuries with unforgettable exemplars of martial and civic virtue, of personal fidelity and political treachery. Moss Roberts's translation, the first complete rendering in English, is one of surpassing excellence and impeccable scholarship. It should delight and captivate Western readers for many more years to come' - Anthony Yu, University of Chicago 'Moss Roberts's elegant and powerful translation of China's most important historical romance has a stunning directness that aptly conveys the dramatic boldness of the original episodic narrative. English readers may now finally understand why this 15th-century novel so strategically shaped the political world-view of generations of Chinese' - Frederic Wakeman, Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley (For this item please quote stock ID 10318) ISBN: 9780520224780

'The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been'. Echoing the rhythms of Chinese history itself, the monumental tale Three Kingdoms begins. Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. This decisive period in Chinese history became a subject of intense and continuing interest to historians, poets, and dramatists. Writing some 1,200 later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on this rich literary heritage to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. Luo's novel offers a startling and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought; it has influenced the ways the Chinese think about power, diplomacy, and war even to this day. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, and remains a great work of world literature. (For this item please quote stock ID 10319) ISBN: 9780520225039

This play by Wang Shifu of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) is a classical drama and a masterpiece of Chinese literature. It's theme is the love between a young scholar, Zhang Gong, and Cui Yingying (or Oriole), the 19-year old daughter of former Prime Minister Cui. Divided into five acts and 20 scenes, it deals with the conflict between love and family honour, and ends with their reconciliation. (For this item please quote stock ID 18118) ISBN: 9787543825352

Facsimile reprint of woodblock edition from the original copy of 1610s, in traditional presentation (vertical columns of characters, page numberings, illustrations, etc) (For this item please quote stock ID 23016) ISBN: 9789623290197

(The Shi Jing) is one of the earliest collections of poems in the world. It contains the Chinese poems written from the 11th century BC to the 6th century BC. The poems written during this period amounted to more than 3000, from which Confucius selected 305 to complete this anthology. The poems in The Book of Poetry are classified into the three categories of the regional song, the odes and the hymns; the techniques of description, metaphor and allusion are employed in composing these poems. These poems constitute the origin of the Chinese poetry. The Book of Poetry has been translated into different languages in the world. The earliest English translation was done in the 19th century and several English translations have been published. The present translation is the latest effort in rendering these poems into English in their profound insight and linguistic enchantment. (For this item please quote stock ID 31569) ISBN: 9787543852440

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This bilingual book presents the Yuan drama, The Peony Pavilion written by Tang Xianzu (AD1550-1616). The drama revolves around the extraordinary love story between Du Liniang and her dream-lover, Liu Mengmei. One spring day, Du Liniang, daughter of Prefect Du Bao in Nan’an, takes a stroll in her garden. Her budding love is aroused by thriving birds and flowers and she conceives a dream encounter with a young scholar, Liu Mengmei. She is so obsessed by her desire for the young scholar that she dies in deep melancholy. The Infernal Judge is moved by her deep affection and allows her soul to be released to wander in search of her lover . . . (For this item please quote stock ID 16040) ISBN: 9787810468398

This bilingual book presents the Yuan drama, The Peony Pavilion written by Tang Xianzu (AD1550-1616). The drama revolves around the extraordinary love story between Du Liniang and her dream-lover, Liu Mengmei. One spring day, Du Liniang, daughter of Prefect Du Bao in Nan’an, takes a stroll in her garden. Her budding love is aroused by thriving birds and flowers and she conceives a dream encounter with a young scholar, Liu Mengmei. She is so obsessed by her desire for the young scholar that she dies in deep melancholy. The Infernal Judge is moved by her deep affection and allows her soul to be released to wander in search of her lover . . . (For this item please quote stock ID 34844) ISBN: 9787500122685

This book is a joke set in ancient China.It tells a joke in the form of popular classical, and then, translated into modern vernacular.So, while you enjoy the joke, you can also learn classical increase of knowledge, entertainment and learning can be described as double benefit. (For this item please quote stock ID 34869) ISBN: 9787119067568

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2003年在出任国务院总理的中外记者招待会上，温家宝总理在回答德新社记者提问时，引出林则徐的两句诗"苟利国家生死以，岂因祸福避趋之"，以表达自己不论福祸、一心报国的工作态度，让人印象深刻。事实上，自就任至今，温总理在公开场合引用过的诗文已达百余首。

《温文尔雅》全书分为“诗”和“文”两大部分，详细解读温总理引用的语境和环境，结合原作和温总理引用时的背景予以文学性和政治性的赏析。本书由首都师范大学文学院教授汪龙麟、国务院机关事务管理局办公厅副主任何长江主编，以温总理在不同场合引用的一百多首传统诗文名句为题，以文学赏析的形式详细解读其背景出处，既有对文本的知识性分析，又有对原文义理的评述与阐发，并且阐释了温总理引用诗词的语境和内涵。

2003年3月18日，在新一届国务院领导首次召开的中外记者会上，针对台湾中天电视台记者有关两岸关系的问题，温家宝总理不疾不徐地背诵出辛亥革命元老于右任的《望大陆》一诗："葬我于高山之上兮，望我大陆。大陆不可见兮，只有痛哭。葬我于高山之上兮，望我故乡。故乡不可见兮，永远不忘。天苍苍，野茫茫，山之上，国有殇。" 温总理的引用既回答了记者提问，也让这首原本不为多数人所知的诗歌闻名。

2007年5月4日，温总理来到中国人民大学，与青年学子们共度五四青年节。在回答同学们的提问时，一位同学提到总理常在谈话中引用诗文，有很深的文学造诣。温总理回答说："我在网上看到，沈阳有位教授曾把我几次记者招待会引用的古代诗文统计了一下，说我引用诗文95％是教科书上没有的，这应该引起我们的深思。"

本书的编者汪龙麟教授表示，希望借此书可让读者领略到一个大国总理的文化底蕴和语言魅力，体会到东方古国传统文化的智性闪光。希望本书的出版能够激发广大民众对传统文化著述的阅读激情和探索兴趣。 (For this item please quote stock ID 33542) ISBN: 9787802208865

Also known as The Wife of Jiao Zhongqing or An Old Poem Written for the Wife of Jiao Zhongqing, this is the most celebrated long narrative poem of ancient China. Set in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), the story tells of the tragic love between Jiao Zhongqing, a minor official of Lujiang Prefecture (in the area of present-day Qianshan County, Anhui Province), and his wife, Liu Lanzhi. (For this item please quote stock ID 23594) ISBN: 9787800059230

中国是一个诗的国度，以诗叙事是中国诗歌的一种重要形式。早在《诗经》中的一些抒情诗，就已具有叙事的成分。至汉代，诗歌的叙事性、戏剧性得到进一步发展，特别是乐府民歌《孔雀东南飞》，不仅标志着叙事诗已经发展到了相当成熟的阶段，且其艺术成就也深受世人喜爱，与随后的北朝乐府民歌《木兰辞》并称中国诗歌史上的“双璧”。乐府在汉代是指专设的音乐机构，魏晋时则演变为一种诗体，此后其概念内涵每有变化，但所涉诗歌“缘事而发”的特色却始终未变。唐朝诗人白居易以新乐府的名义，把抒情写景融入叙事，将叙事诗的艺术表现力推向极致。他的代表作《长恨歌》、《琵琶行》等融叙事与抒发感伤为一体，与《孔雀东南飞》、《木兰辞》等后先辉映，构成了中国古代叙事诗的重要篇章。 (For this item please quote stock ID 35461) ISBN: 9787532266678

元和十年，予左迁九江郡司马。明年秋，送客湓浦口。闻舟中夜弹琵琶者，听其音，铮铮然有京都声。问其人，本长安倡女。尝学琵琶于穆、曹二善才，年长色衰，委身为贾人妇。遂命酒使快弹数曲。曲罢悯然，自叙少小时欢乐事，今漂沦憔悴，转徙于江湖间。予出官二年，恬然自安，感斯人言，是夕始觉有迁谪意。因为长歌以赠之，凡六百一十二言。命曰《琵琶行》。 (For this item please quote stock ID 35462) ISBN: 9787532266654

中国是一个诗的国度，以诗叙事是中国诗歌的一种重要形式。早在《诗经》中的一些抒情诗，就已具有叙事的成分。至汉代，诗歌的叙事性、戏剧性得到进一步发展，特别是乐府民歌《孔雀东南飞》，不仅标志着叙事诗已经发展到了相当成熟的阶段，且其艺术成就也深受世人喜爱，与随后的北朝乐府民歌《木兰辞》并称中国诗歌史上的“双璧”。乐府在汉代是指专设的音乐机构，魏晋时则演变为一种诗体，此后其概念内涵每有变化，但所涉诗歌“缘事而发”的特色却始终未变。唐朝诗人白居易以新乐府的名义，把抒情写景融入叙事，将叙事诗的艺术表现力推向极致。他的代表作《长恨歌》、《琵琶行》等融叙事与抒发感伤为一体，与《孔雀东南飞》、《木兰辞》等后先辉映，构成了中国古代叙事诗的重要篇章。 (For this item please quote stock ID 35463) ISBN: 9787532266647

Also known as The Wife of Jiao Zhongqing or An Old Poem Written for the Wife of Jiao Zhongqing, this is the most celebrated long narrative poem of ancient China. Set in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), the story tells of the tragic love between Jiao Zhongqing, a minor official of Lujiang Prefecture (in the area of present-day Qianshan County, Anhui Province), and his wife, Liu Lanzhi. (For this item please quote stock ID 35464) ISBN: 9787532266661

《聊斋志异》是一部不可多得的奇书，也是一部不可不读的奇书。因为人之为人，就是有一个情在，能够借他人之口，以至神、仙、鬼、魅、狐、兽、精、怪之口，道出一个天经地义，人人应该享有，往往又百般坎坷，千般险阻、万般无奈的"情"来，这就是《聊斋志异》的伟大人文精神所在，也是作者蒲松龄的非凡人格所在。

蒲松龄（1640—1715），字留仙，别号柳泉居士，山东淄川（今淄博）人。出生于一个衰落的农家。十岁时被录为秀才，虽然文名远扬，但始终没有考上举人，到垂暮之年才援例成为贡生。功名的失落，家境的窘迫，使才华与志向不居人后的蒲松龄，不得不一度当过幕客，几十年做缙绅家的塾师。

蒲松龄一生郁郁不得志，生命之树在社会邪风淫雨的侵剥下，竟然找不到一块乐土，真是"子夜荧荧，灯昏欲蕊；萧斋瑟瑟，案冷疑冰"（《聊斋自志》）。但是他的生命之火并没有熄灭，就在这萧瑟的寒夜，在昏暗的油灯下面，他饱蘸着恨血情泪写下了这部“孤愤之书”。 (For this item please quote stock ID 33506) ISBN: 9787101065602

The song lyric (ci), which began as a form of minor divertissement in the urban pleasure quarters of eighth and ninth century China, evolved into a major, and then dominant, poetic form over the four centuries that followed. Though most of the original tunes are now lost, the lyric remains unrivalled among Chinese literary genres for musicality and sheer evocative power. It was also, until modern times, the preferred vehicle for the expression of romantic love. The 130 poems in this collection are chosen to represent the genre's major stylistic developments and the varied talents of its best poets. These poems have been translated by some of the most respected scholars and translators in Chinese literary studies. Now English readers may share in the pleasure that the lyric has afforded its Chinese aficionados for over a thousand years. This hardcover edition is in face-to-face bilingual format. An inexpensive paperback edition, with an English text and an appendix of Chinese lyrics, is also available in the Renditions Paperbacks series. Contents: Anonymous Songs from Dunhuang: >The Phoenix Returns to the Clouds >The Pleasures of Playing Ball >Joyful Autumn Days >A Farewell to the Faeries >Heavenly Barbarian (No. 1) >Heavenly Barbarian (No. 2) >Mountain Hawthorne >Audience at Golden Gate >Riverbank Faery >The Sands at Silk-washing Creek >The Huajian ji Niu Xiji: >Mountain Hawthorne Huangfu Song: >Remembering the South >Waves Scour the Sands Ouyang Jiong: >The South Country >River Town Yin E: >Heavenly Barbarian Wen Tingyun: >A Southern Song (No. 1) >A Southern Song (No. 2) >Heavenly Barbarian >Water Clock by Night Wei Zhuang: >Priestess of Taoist Mysteries (No. 1) >Priestess of Taoist Mysteries (No. 2) >Heavenly Barbarian (No. 1) >Heavenly Barbarian (No. 2) >Heavenly Barbarian (No. 3) Feng Yansi: >Butterflies Romancing the Flowers (No. 1) >Butterflies Romancing the Flowers (No. 2) >Picking Mulberry Leaves Li Yu: >A Bushel of Pearls >Jade Tower Spring >Crows Cry in the Night (No. 1) >Crows Cry in the Night (No. 2) >Waves Scour the Sands (No. 1) >Waves Scour the Sands (No. 2) >The Beauteous Lady Yu Liu Yong: >Magnolia Bloom >Viewing the Tide >Crane Rushes Heavenwards >Lost Among Faeries >Jade Butterfly >Empty the Cup Yan Shu: >The Sands at Silk-washing Creek >Treading the Sedge >Willow by the Hillside Pavilion Ouyang Xiu: >A Southern Song >Riverbank Faery >Waves Scour the Sands >Picking Mulberry Leaves (No. 1) >Picking Mulberry Leaves (No. 2) Su Shi: >River Town (No. 1) >River Town (No. 2) >Prelude to Water Music >The Charms of Niannu >Courtyard Filled with Fragrance >The Diviner >Riverbank Faery >Feasting the Bridegroom >Butterflies Romancing the Flowers Yan Jidao: >Partridge Weather (No. 1) >Partridge Weather (No. 2) >Jade Tower Spring Huang Tingjian: >Pure Serene Music >The Beauteous Lady Yu Qin Guan: >Courtyard Filled with Fragrance >Eight Sixes >Much Ado Zhou Bangyan: >Youthful Diversions >Jade Tower Spring >Butterflies Romancing the Flowers >Courtyard Filled with Fragrance >Virtuoso Piece >West River Li Qingzhao: >Tipsy Under the Flowers >Heavenly Barbarian >The Sands of Silk-washing Creek >The Bliss of Eternal Union >A Southern Song >Spring at Wuling Zhu Dunru: >Partridge Weather >Magnolia Bloom (short form) >Much Ado >The Charms of Niannu Chen Yuyi: >Riverbank Faery Yue Fei: >The River Runs Red Fan Chengda: >Butterflies Romancing the Flowers >Drunk, Down & Out >Enchanting Eyes Lu You: >Phoenix Hairpin >Partridge Weather >Fisherman's Pride >Night Revels in the Palace >Faeries on the Magpie Bridge >Much Ado >The Diviner Xin Qiji: >Song of Zhu Yingtai >Green Jade Wine Jar >Pure Serene Music >Picking Mulberry Leaves >Spring in the Princess's Garden >West River Moon >Feasting the Bridegroom >Breaking Through the Ranks >Partridge Weather >The Bliss of Eternal Union Jiang Kui: >Treading the Sedge >The Charms of Niannu >Dark Fragrance >Joyous as Heaven Shi Dazu: >Perfumed Silks >Three Lovely Maidens Dai Fugu: >Song of the Grotto Faery >Pure Serene Music Liu Kezhuang: >The River Runs Red >Jade Tower Spring >Pure Serene Music Wu Wenying: >The Oriole Song Sequence >Wind Enters the Pines >The Sands at Silk-washing Creek Liu Chenweng: >Willow Tips A-greening >Precious Censer Jiang Jie: >Swallows Nesting Under the Beams >The Beauteous Lady Yu >Feasting the Bridegroom Wang Yisun: >Bewitching Beauty >Joyous as Heaven Zhang Yan: >High Mount Yangtai >Courtyard Filled with Fragrance >Master Ruan Returns (For this item please quote stock ID 19318) ISBN: 9789627255284

A collection of sixty lyrical poems written by a leading Song-dynasty poet Fan Ch'eng-ta (1126-1193) and translated by the English poet and novelist Gerald Bullett. The verse translations are complemented by an introduction to the translation approach. This is a bilingual edition, with the original Chinese texts written in elegant calligraphy, and amply illustrated with Chinese landscape paintings. This book won the AAUP Design Award in 1982. (For this item please quote stock ID 6820) ISBN: 9789622012462

Liu Yi & the Dragon Princess is an adaptation, made with a view to a sung, staged production, of the 13th-century zaju play Liu Yi Chuan Shu, which was itself based on an eighth-century fairy tale about a failed examination candidate's encounter with a shepherdess in distress who turns out to be the youngest daughter of the Dragon King of Lake Dongting. The young man's help is rewarded with riches, immortality and marriage to the beautiful princess. It is a wish-fulfillment fantasy written with charm and a certain ironical edge. This adaptation consists of the freely-translated lyrics of the zaju with a new, original dialogue, including an on-stage narrator. There is a long introduction with synopses of the Chinese text of the zaju and the original story it was based on. There is also an appendix explaining the use of 'padding words' in zaju. David Hawkes was born in 1923. He studied Classics (Latin and Greek) for a year (1942) during the War and Classical Chinese for two and a half years (1945-1948) after the War at Oxford University, followed by three years as a research student at the National University in Beiping/Beijing (1948-1951). He was professor of Chinese in Oxford University from 1960 to 1971 and a Fellow of All Souls College from 1973 to 1983, after which he abandoned Chinese Studies and lived in rural retirement in Wales. Publications: a translation of the Chuci (The Songs of the South, Oxford, 1959; greatly revised edition, Penguin, 1985); a translation of Hongloumeng (The Story of the Stone, volumes 1-3, Penguin, 1973-1980); and A Little Primer of Tu Fu (Oxford, 1967; reprinted Hong Kong, 1987). In 1989 The Chinese University Press published a volume of his essays on Chinese literature, entitled Classical, Modern & Humane. In 2000 the Centre for Literature and Translation of Lingnan University, Hong Kong, published a facsimile edition of notebooks he kept during the period of the Stone translation. (For this item please quote stock ID 20273) ISBN: 9789629960643

In this book, twenty-eight Chinese poems are translated and adapted by one writer, then used as a point of departure for another . . . Copies of this 'out of print' title still available. (For this item please quote stock ID 4753) ISBN: 9780948454127

Du Liniang has a dream in which she meets a young scholar and promises to marry him. When she awakes she yearns for her lover and falls ill, and after a while dies of lovesickness. The young scholar in her dream, Liu Mengmei, makes his way to the capital to undertake the imperial examination where meets Du Liniang’s soul in Plum Blossom Nunnery. He agrees to help her return to life by reuniting her soul with her body, and soon they are successful and then live happily ever after. (For this item please quote stock ID 5844) ISBN: 9787800054334

From this work: FLOWER OR NOT FLOWER? Flower or not flower; mist or not mist was here ­ At midnight, came ­ with day, no longer there! Came, as a dream of spring, a time; Went, like a cloud at dawn, no where. Bai Juyi (also transcribed: Po Chü-i) Copies of this 'out of print' title still available! (For this item please quote stock ID 6071) ISBN: 9780948454097

The song lyric (ci), which began as a form of minor divertissement in the urban pleasure quarters of eighth and ninth century China, evolved into a major, and then dominant, poetic form over the four centuries that followed. Though most of the original tunes are now lost, the lyric remains unrivalled among Chinese literary genres for musicality and sheer evocative power. It was also, until modern times, the preferred vehicle for the expression of romantic love. The 130 poems in this collection are chosen to represent the genre's major stylistic developments and the varied talents of its best poets. These poems have been translated by some of the most respected scholars and translators in Chinese literary studies. Now English readers may share in the pleasure that the lyric has afforded its Chinese aficionados for over a thousand years. This paperback edition is in English, with a Chinese lyrics appendix. An impressive hardback edition, in face-to-face bilingual format, is also available in the Renditions Books series. Alice W. Cheang, the editor, read English at Yale College and earned her Ph.D. degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. She is an occasional Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Associate Editor of Renditions. (For this item please quote stock ID 22306) ISBN: 9789627255277

Journey to the West is a mythological novel based on many centuries of popular tradition. It was probably shaped into its present form in the 1570s by Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582). This lively fantasy relates the amazing adventures of the priest Xuanzang as he travels west in search of the Buddhist sutras with his three disciples: the irreverent and capable Monkey, the greedy Pig, and the Friar Sand. The main story, the journey, takes the priest through all kinds of entertaining trials and tribulations, mainly at the hands of monsters and spirits who want to eat him. Only the courage and powers of his disciples, especially Monkey, save him from death. Monkey is the hero of this fantasy, and the reader will soon learn why he has been so loved in China. Will the pilgrims reach the Vulture Peak and obtain the scriptures? The answer will only be found at the end of the 100-chapter novel. The 36 pages of illustrations are from a 19th century Chinese edition. (For this item please quote stock ID 14026) ISBN: 9787119016634

The Scholars, an eighteenth century satire, is outstanding among Chinese classical novels. Wu Jingzi mercilessly flays the decadence of the literate and ruthlessly exposes the disastrous effects and corruption of that institution and the darkness of feudal society. (For this item please quote stock ID 15380) ISBN: 9787119012131

This celebrated Chinese novel is a masterpiece of realism written in the middle of the eighteenth century. Set against the decline of several related big families and drawing much from personal experience, the author Cao Xueqin focussed on the tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. The story also paints a picture of the varied lives of people in a degenerating Empire. However, the work was left unfinished and Gao E completed it some years later. The book exposes social evils and is a denunciation of the feudal system. (For this item please quote stock ID 17777) ISBN: 9787119006437

Contents: A Jujiu Cooing; Lush,Lush Millet Seedlings; The Canary; Lamentations Over Estrangement; The Last Song of Gaixia; Ode to the Rising Gale; A Short Song; Steppe of Us Tiele Tribes; Farewell to Mr Du Off to Sichuan; Beyond the Jade Pass; On the Frontier; Yellow Crane Tower; Leaving White Dragon City at Dawn; Painted Zither; To the Tune Yu The Famous Beauty; (For this item please quote stock ID 31133) ISBN: 9787119042619

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A classic novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong, translated by Moss Roberts. Three Kingdoms portrays a fateful moment at the end of the Han dynasty (206BC-AD220) when the future of the Chinese empire lay in the balance. Writing more than a millennium later, Luo Guanzhong drew on often-told tales of this turbulent period to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative, whose characters display stark individuality and epic grandeur. Moss Roberts's new translation provides for the first time an authoritative, annotated English-language version of this great and enduring work of world literature. (For this item please quote stock ID 10315) ISBN: 9787119016641

This celebrated Chinese classical novel is a masterpiece of realism written in the middle of the eighteen century during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty. It takes as its background the decline of four great noble families and deals with the tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. The novel provides a comprehensive and faithful picture of the social reality of the time, exposes the corrupt and iniquitous nature of feudal society and wrathfully denounces the crimes of the feudal autocratic system. (For this item please quote stock ID 4833) ISBN: 9787119015484

A classic novel Attributed to Luo Guanzhong, translated by Moss Roberts. Three Kingdoms portrays a fateful moment at the end of the Han dynasty (206BC-AD220) when the future of the Chinese empire lay in the balance. Writing more than a millennium later, Luo Guanzhong drew on often-told tales of this turbulent period to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative, whose characters display stark individuality and epic grandeur. Moss Roberts's new translation provides for the first time an authoritative, annotated English-language version of this great and enduring work of world literature. (For this item please quote stock ID 10313) ISBN: 9787119005904

Fox-fairies, ghosts and other strange spirits abound in these tales by Pu Songling (1640-1715). Based on popular legends and folklore, these tales were retold by Pu Songling in an era of strict censorship and indirectly express his hostility to the Manchu rulers. Seventeen stories have been selected for this edition. Pu Songling's style is highly romantic and richly imaginative. Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio is an enduring work, enjoyed and appreciated for its fantasy and message as much today as three centuries ago. (For this item please quote stock ID 17500) ISBN: 9787800655999

Fox-fairies, ghosts and other strange spirits abound in these tales by Pu Songling (1640-1715). Based on popular legends and folklore, these tales were retold by Pu Songling in an era of strict censorship and indirectly express his hostility to the Manchu rulers. Seventeen stories have been selected for this edition. Pu Songling's style is highly romantic and richly imaginative. Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio is an enduring work, enjoyed and appreciated for its fantasy and message as much today as three centuries ago. (For this item please quote stock ID 17501) ISBN: 9787800655999

Fox-fairies, ghosts and other strange spirits abound in these tales by Pu Songling (1640-1715). Based on popular legends and folklore, these tales were retold by Pu Songling in an era of strict censorship and indirectly express his hostility to the Manchu rulers. Seventeen stories have been selected for this edition. Pu Songling's style is highly romantic and richly imaginative. Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio is an enduring work, enjoyed and appreciated for its fantasy and message as much today as three centuries ago. (For this item please quote stock ID 17502) ISBN: 9787800655999

China's great classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh, written in the 14th century by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, is a fictional dramatization of 12th century events during the Song Dynasty. One by one, 108 men and women are forced by harsh feudal officialdom to take to the hills. They band together and ingeniously defeat every attempt of the government troops to crush them. Within this framework, we find intrigue, adventure, murder, warfare, romance ... in a connected series of fascinating individual tales told in the suspenseful manner of the traditional story-teller. (For this item please quote stock ID 12614) ISBN: 9787119016627

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Jin Ping Mei or The Plum in the Golden Vase (pinyin: Jīn Píng Méi) (also The Golden Lotus) is a Chinese naturalistic novel composed in the vernacular (baihua) during the late Ming Dynasty. The author was Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, a clear pseudonym. Earliest versions of the novel exist only in handwritten scripts; the first block-printed book was released only in 1610. The more complete version today comprises one hundred chapters.

Jin Ping Mei is sometimes considered to be the fifth classical novel after the Four Great Classical Novels. It is the first full-length Chinese fictional work to depict sexuality in a graphically explicit manner, and as such has a notoriety in China akin to Fanny Hill or Lady Chatterley's Lover in English.

Jin Ping Mei takes its name from the three central female characters Pan Jin-lian (whose name means "Golden Lotus"); Li Ping-Er (literally, "Little Vase"), a concubine of Ximen Qing; and Pang Chun-mei ("Spring plum blossoms"), a young maid who rose to power within the family.
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First published in 1952, The Journey to the West, Volume 1, comprises the first 25 chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the 16-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a 1000 years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the 100-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humour, and satire. (For this item please quote stock ID 14130) ISBN: 9780226971506

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Lo Kuan-chung’s retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.D., one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods in Chinese history. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this fourteenth-century masterpiece continues to be loved and read throughout China as well as in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. (For this item please quote stock ID 4679) ISBN: 9780804834674

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Lo Kuan-chung’s retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.D., one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods in Chinese history. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this fourteenth-century masterpiece continues to be loved and read throughout China as well as in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. (For this item please quote stock ID 17315) ISBN: 9780804834681

The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature. It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters and telling observations on the life and social structures of 18th century China and is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the classical Chinese novel.
The Red Chamber is an expression used for the sheltered area where the daughters of wealthy Chinese families lived. Believed to be based on the author's own life and intended as a memorial to the women that he knew in his youth, The Dream of the Red Chamber is a multilayered story that offers up key insights into Chinese culture.
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Classical poems are an integral part of Chinese culture. The poems have been memorized, savored and handed down from one generation to the next. Famous lines are quoted frequently in both daily life conversations and official speeches. Shi and Ci, though both classical Chinese poems, are different in many ways. This volume fon Ci. Some of the most well-known Ci poems, mostly from the Song Dynasty (960-1279), are presented in this book. The unique bilingual format captures the cadence and the spirit of each poem. The hanyu pinyin to all Chinese characters makes it possible for people who cannot read Chinese language can also appreciate the poems. The author explains the poems in such a way that you will find reading classical Chinese poems can be easy and fun. Enjoy the book! (For this item please quote stock ID 33876) ISBN: 9787508517452

"The Water Margin" is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels" of Chinese literature. Based upon the story of the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, this epic tale of a rebellion against tyranny has been thrilling and inspiring readers for hundreds of years. A stirring tale of a band of men left with no choice but to become outlaws when faced with a tyrannical and unjust government, "The Water Margin" is the Chinese equivalent of "Robin Hood and His Merry Men."
First gaining popularity in the West when it was translated by Pearl S. Buck as "All Men Are Brothers," this classic tale is presented here in a detailed translation more faithful to the Chinese original. (For this item please quote stock ID 36178) ISBN: 9780804840958

"The Art of Self Cultivation" and "The Art of Attainment, " contain some 500 individual quotations respectively, drawn from over 2,000 years of Chinese history, ranging from the early philosophers such as Confucius and the Daoist philosopher Li Er, to early historians like Ban Gu and Sima Qian, through the poets and officials of the brilliant Tang and Song dynasties and on to the writers that flourished in the 17th to 19th centuries.
The quotations found in, "The Art of Attainment, " cover almost any wider action undertaken in pursuit of an aim, such as the conduct of government, management and warfare. This volume includes quotes from "The Art of War" and "The Six Bow-Cases of Duke Tai." (For this item please quote stock ID 36185) ISBN: 9781602201347

"The Art of Self Cultivation" and "The Art of Attainment contain some 500 individual quotations respectively, drawn from over 2,000 years of Chinese history, ranging from the early philosophers such as Confucius and the Daoist philosopher Li Er, to early historians like Ban Gu and Sima Qian, through the poets and officials of the brilliant Tang and Song dynasties and on to the writers that flourished in the 17th to 19th centuries.
"The Art of Self Cultivation" addresses individual behavior and conduct from the essentials of character such as morality, through activities like the acquisition of knowledge. (For this item please quote stock ID 36186) ISBN: 9781602201330

This exquisite edition of "A Dream of Red Mansions" features a rare set of Qing Dynasty paintings by Sun Wen. This collector's edition features a complete set of Sun Wen's 230 paintings in splendid color, printed on fine paper. Condensed text from the original novel accompanies each of the paintings and offers a wonderful insight and a brief summary of each of the 120 chapters. (For this item please quote stock ID 36191) ISBN: 9781602200043

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Han Shan was one of the leading poets of the Tang Dynasty, and perhaps the most ‘modern’ in the remarkably diversity of his subject matter and the breadth of his emotional responses to the world. He retired to Cold Mountain, took its name for his own and lived the life of a hermit. He left some 300 poems which, as legend has it, friends and visitors copied from the rocks and tree trunks on which he carved them. In short, though he adopted the life of a hermit, Han Shan seems to have lived, however, vicariously, a complete life, a diverse emotional and intellectual life during which the quest for his internal Buddha-nature was never quite capable of quelling the desire for a full and rich life in the world. This edition is bilingual (Chinese-English) and has been edited and rendered into modern language by Peter Stambler. (For this item please quote stock ID 7736) ISBN: 9787507103175

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Classical poems are an integral part of Chinese culture. The poems have been memorized, savoured and handed down from one generation to the next. Shi and Ci, though both classical Chinese poems, are different in many ways. Some of the most well-known Ci poems, mostly from the Song Dynasty (960-1279), are presented in this book. The unique bilingual format captures the cadence and the spirit of each poem. The hanyu pinyin to all Chinese characters makes it possible for people who cannot read Chinese language can also appreciatethe poems. The author explains the poems in such a way that you will find reading classical Chinese poems can be easy and fun. Enjoy the book! (For this item please quote stock ID 33877) ISBN: 9787508517469

China's most popular traditional novel, Journey to the West is the thrilling story of the Monkey King and his epic quest, with his trusted companions, to redeem himself. They face fantastic foes, demons and monsters during their amazing adventures traveling to the Western paradise.

No matter what obstacle was put before him, the clever, wily Monkey King always got what he wanted—unimaginable strength, eternal life, even his own position in the Celestial Realm with the gods. More than anything else, though, the Monkey King loved mischief and rule–breaking, and was sure he was the most powerful creature in the world.

But after defeat and punishment for his tricks, the Monkey King found himself wanting some things he never expected: to be disciplined and good enough to help the monk Hsuan Zhang on his mission to bring Buddhist Scriptures—and enlightenment—to China.

Readers of all ages will thrill to Timothy Richard's retelling of the Monkey King's exploits—whether in the Dragon King's underwater castle, the Halls of the Dead or the palace of Buddha himself—and find themselves captivated as the Monkey King joins Hsuan Zhang and their companions the Dragon Horse, the Monk Sand and the equally mischievous Pig on the dangerous trek West. Despite the tale's ancient origins, Journey to the West proves as fresh and engaging an adventure as anything written today.

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