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Hailed as a groundbreaking text in Chinese Studies, An Anthology of Chinese Literature brings together representative works from the first millenium B.C. to the end of the imperial system in 1911. This collection of over 600 pieces, translated with great clarity and sense of the original, presents the tradition in historical and aesthetic context. Moving roughly chronologically through the tradition, An Anthology of Chinese Literature gathers texts in a variety of genres - songs, letters, anecdotes, poetry, political oratory, plays, traditional literary theory, and more - to show how the essential texts build on and echo each other. Coupled with highly readable commentary, this innovative structure uniquely highlights the interplay among Chinese literature, culture, and history. Classroom tested, An Anthology of Chinese Literature incorporates pedagogical elements that provide students with neccessary background and suugest points of study and comparison. >A general introduction traces the evolution of Chinese literature >A timeline lays out major literary & historical events >Period introductions discuss literary & cultural events >Interpretive commentary elucidates major themes & suggests connections among pieces, ideas, & authors >Special commentary sections called 'Other Voices in the Tradition' allow readers to examine individual pieces in relation to the greater tradition. Stephen Owen is Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His books include The Poetry of Meng Chiao and Han Yü, The Poetry of the Early T'ang, The Great Age of Chinese Poetry: The High T'ang, Traditional Chinese Poetry and Poetics: An Omen of the World, Remebrances: The Experience of the Past in Classical Chinese Literature, Mi-lou: Poetry and the Labryinth of Desire, and Readings in Chinese Literary Thought. He is also an editor of The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition, and of The Vitality of the Lyric Voice: Shih Poetry from the Late Han to the T'ang. (ISBN:0393971066) (For this item please quote stock ID 11614) ISBN: 0393971066

A series of English translations of Chinese classics. The original books are famous and authoritative in their respective fields, and the English versions produced by notable translators. The complete set consists of Gems of Classical Chinese Literature (1-3) and Works of Modern Writers. Works of Modern Writers includes works by eight well-known Chinese writers: The Goddesses, Dayanhe: My Wet–Nurse, Thunderstorm, Teahouse, Garden of Repose, The Shop of the Lin Family, The True Story of Ah Q and Mao Zedong Poems. (ISBN:7119025244) (For this item please quote stock ID 18113) ISBN: 7119025244

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This book includes 95 tales selected from the Records of the Taiping Era. (ISBN:7119028944) (For this item please quote stock ID 24054) ISBN: 7119028944

Three hundred poems from the Tang dynasty are presented in this beautifully bound, golden-lettered book. The preface provides a history of several of the translated collections of Tang poetry as well as the process of translating the poems from Chinese to English. Featured poets include: Yu Shinan, Kong Shaoan, Wang Ji, Han Shan, Shangguan Yi, Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Luo Binwang and Wei Chengqing. (ISBN:7040086425) (For this item please quote stock ID 22861) ISBN: 7040086425

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A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 12504) ISBN: 9787500106661

A series of English translations of Chinese classics. The original books are famous and authoritative in their respective fields, and the English versions produced by notable translators. The complete set consists of Gems of Classical Chinese Literature (1-3) and Works of Modern Writers. This volume includes Selected Elegies of the State of Chu, Du Fu: Selected Poems, The Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing and The Palace of Eternal Youth. (For this item please quote stock ID 18110) ISBN: 9787119025230

A series of English translations of Chinese classics. The original books are famous and authoritative in their respective fields, and the English versions produced by notable translators. The complete set consists of Gems of Classical Chinese Literature (1-3) and Works of Modern Writers. This volume includes: Ancient Chinese Fables, Selected Tang Dynasty Stories, The Selections from Record of the Taiping Era, Selected Chinese Stories of the Song & Ming Dynasties, Sunzi: Art of War: Sunbin The Art of War, Selections from Records of the Historian, Selected Chinese Tales of the Han, Wei & Six Dynasties Periods, and Strange Tale from Make-Do Studio. (For this item please quote stock ID 18112) ISBN: 9787119026916

A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 9176) ISBN: 9787500106692

A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 4196) ISBN: 9787500106708

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'Dawn blossoms plucked at dusk' is a beautiful, evocative phrase familiar to all Chinese people thanks to Lu Xun. This great Chinese man of letters once published a collection of essays with this title and since then, it has been used to refer to collections of things of the past. The titles in this series can be appreciated for their literary qualities, and they can be adapted for use in language learning - English or Chinese. Each item is appropriately annotated. Jointly published by the Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press and Chinese Literature Press. (For this item please quote stock ID 6298) ISBN: 9787507104752

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A set of 50 Chinese literary works published in three series: Classical Literature Series, Modern Literature Series, & Contemporary Literature Series. (For this item please quote stock ID 7349) ISBN: 9787507105285

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A set of 50 Chinese literary works published in three series: Classical Literature Series, Modern Literature Series, & Contemporary Literature Series. (For this item please quote stock ID 7361) ISBN: 9787560016795

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A collection of fiction from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including the works of Eileen Chang, Lin Haiyin (Memories of Old Beijing), Liu Suola, Li Ang and Wang Anyi, as well as substantial selections of poetry. (For this item please quote stock ID 12097)

The Salt Calamity by Jian Xian?ai (For this item please quote stock ID 12670) ISBN: 9787507105063

The Sand Fox by Guo Xuebo (For this item please quote stock ID 12671) ISBN: 9787507105087

The Sesame Oil Mill by Zhou Daxin (For this item please quote stock ID 12672) ISBN: 9787507105070

A set of 50 Chinese literary works published in three series: Classical Literature Series, Modern Literature Series, & Contemporary Literature Series. Selected Poems & Essays by Wen Yiduo A selection of 35 poems and essays. (For this item please quote stock ID 14848) ISBN: 9787507105636

A selection of 29 poems including 'Dayanhe - My Nurse' (For this item please quote stock ID 14849) ISBN: 9787507105377

A selection of four stories including 'Miss Sophie?s Diary' (For this item please quote stock ID 15126) ISBN: 9787507105674

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A selection of five stories. (For this item please quote stock ID 15131) ISBN: 9787507105728

A selection of five stories including 'Ah, Fragrant Snow' and 'Haystacks'. (For this item please quote stock ID 15135) ISBN: 9787560016818

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A selection of two representative works. (For this item please quote stock ID 16025) ISBN: 9787119027777

An important work of Lu Xun consisting of 23 essays and poems. (For this item please quote stock ID 16030) ISBN: 9787119026947

A collection of 40 poems. (For this item please quote stock ID 16032) ISBN: 9787119027005

A collection of 14 short stories, including A Madman?s Diary, Kong Yiji, The True Story of Ah Q, etc. (For this item please quote stock ID 16033) ISBN: 9787119026954

Includes ten essays recording the people and events of Lu Xun?s life. (For this item please quote stock ID 16034) ISBN: 9787119026978

Eight historical stories based on the fables and legends of ancient China. (For this item please quote stock ID 16035) ISBN: 9787119026992

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Notable work from one of China's most influential modern authors. (For this item please quote stock ID 17699) ISBN: 9787119020686

Selected excerpts from Pu Songling's influential look at the odd, peculiar and the supernatural! (For this item please quote stock ID 17701) ISBN: 9787119028996

Contains eight interesting stories selected from the three collections of short stories edited by Feng Menglong and two volumes of Amazing Stories edited by Ling Menghu. (For this item please quote stock ID 17785) ISBN: 9787119028842

Includes 90 famous tales of the Han, Wei and Six dynasties. (For this item please quote stock ID 17786) ISBN: 9787119028859

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This volume contains an opera by the well-known Qing dynasty poet and dramatist Hong Sheng. Through the tragic love story of Emperor Minghuang and Lady Yang of the Tang dynasty, the author has not only created two unforgettable lovers but also shown us a turbulent society and the hard lot of the people. (For this item please quote stock ID 17789) ISBN: 9787119028880

A series of English translations of Chinese classics, published to display the best parts of Chinese culture and its achievements. The books in the original are famous and authoritative in their respective fields, and their English translations are master works produced by notable translators both at home and abroad. Each book is carefully compiled and translated with minute precision. Consequently, the English versions as well as their Chinese originals may both be rated as classics. This volume contains a choice selection of representative poems of Du Fu, one of the greatest poets of the Tang dynasty. (For this item please quote stock ID 17790) ISBN: 9787119028897

Contains representative elegies of the State of Chu. (For this item please quote stock ID 17791) ISBN: 9787119028903

Contains Snow in Summer, The Wife-Snatcher, The Butterfly Dream and Rescued by a Coquette. (For this item please quote stock ID 17792) ISBN: 9787119028910

Contains The Riverside Pavilion, The Jade Mirror Stand, Lord Guan Goes to the Feast, and Death of the Winged Tiger General. (For this item please quote stock ID 17793) ISBN: 9787119028927

A selection of 18 basic annals, biographies, etc. from Records of the Historian. (For this item please quote stock ID 17794) ISBN: 9787119028934

A classic novel of modern China written by the famous Lao She during the 1920s. The author is perhaps best known for his vivid portrayal of characters, as well as his biting and lively use of language. This book narrates the experiences of father and son, Ma Zeren and Ma Wei, during their one-year sojourn in London, and subtly reveals the striking difference in outlook and attitude between East and West. (For this item please quote stock ID 17796) ISBN: 9787119028972

A selection of 10 stories from the Tang dynasty, the golden age of Chinese poetry and short stories, including Ren the Fox Fairy, The Dragon King?s Daughter and others. (For this item please quote stock ID 17797) ISBN: 9787119028989

Two thousand years ago, the Chinese created the Book of Songs, and a 1000 years ago they created the Song lyrics. The Song lyrics are considered the most beautiful of ancient Chinese poetry because they can express more refined, more delicate and more subtle feelings than, say, Tang poetry. Three hundred Song lyrics are presented in this beautifully bound, gold-lettered book. Lyricists featured include: Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, Wang Anguo, Yan Jidao and Su Shi. (For this item please quote stock ID 20519) ISBN: 9787543812000

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In 1936, Lao She embarked on an ambitious project to address the complex relations between the individual and society in modern China. His novel Camel Xiangzi not only marks the peak of his career as a professional writer, but it also registers a new approach to the representation of China in its absurdist situation. The novel shows Lao She at his best the work of a mature writer, who excels in his mastery of narrative techniques, as well as his prophetic vision of the future of China. For this reason, it can be read as an 'epic' of modern China. Renowned for his absurdist re-visioning of the world and experimentation with the techniques of humour in his satirical writings, Lao She (pen-name of Shu Qingchun, and also Sheyu, 1899-1966) is one of the few writers who have written on almost all major events in modern China. To say that his works are mirrors of modern Chinese sociocultural changes is no exaggeration. His works, fictional and dramatic, are not historical writings; they are the author's reflections upon history, as well as the voices of the common people trapped in the social turmoil in modern China. (For this item please quote stock ID 24439) ISBN: 9789629961978

These essays deal with familiar and timeless topics, in which social satire in post-war China is tempered with light humour. At a time when the common cry was 'to write as one would speak' and a battle line was drawn between two linguistic campuses - the vernacular against the classical - Liang was able to create a rich and effective medium by skillfully blending the two. (For this item please quote stock ID 24441) ISBN: 9789629962180

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These essays deal with familiar and timeless topics, in which social satire in post-war China is tempered with light humour. At a time when the common cry was 'to write as one would speak' and a battle line was drawn between two linguistic campuses - the vernacular against the classical - Liang was able to create a rich and effective medium by skillfully blending the two. A Cottager?s Sketchbook is a collection of informal essays written by Liang Shih-chiu over a span of more than four decades. The earliest pieces originally appeared in a weekly in the wartime capital of Chongqing and, in the subsequent articles, the author continues to ridicule human foibles and social follies. His elegant and graceful prose, enriched with his liberal use of classical quotations and literary allusions, is sprinkled with lampoons of contemporary life and culture. Volume II of this collection features pieces from the 1970s and 1980s. Liang?s distinct style continues to shine, but these late essays reveal a mellowness that comes with age. While the poignant sarcasm subtly and slowly shifts to a benign humour, the nostalgia for his hometown becomes more and more palpable during his exile in Taiwan. Liang Shih-chiu (1903?1987), a renowned educator and lexicographer as well as writer and literary critic, was the first scholar to have translated the complete works of Shakespeare into Chinese. Ta-tsun Chen, a former student of Liang, was a veteran translator with the United Nations. (For this item please quote stock ID 25999) ISBN: 9789629962197

Was $24.95. NOW $10.00A collection of Chinese literary gems, complete or extracts from larger works, created between the Ming Dynasty (14th-17th century) and the era of Mao Zedong. Translated into English by a master of the art, their tightly constructed plots and subtle characterisations dispel the strangeness of a distant land and a different culture. The human qualities of their personae seem remarkably familiar. Selections from China?s most famous and best-loved fiction are divided into four time frames. ?Feudal Fiction? is represented by Outlaws of the Marsh, the great picaresque classic novel. ?War and Revolution? reflects the angry reaction of an outraged people against domestic tyranny and foreign invasion. ?Transition? graphically describes China?s intellectual ferment and ethical conflicts in an era of revolution. ?Satiric Verse? gives a glimpse of what bitterly sardonic poets were writing earlier this century. Sampler is an introduction to models of China?s finest fiction, admired for their high literary quality and for their vivid illumination of Chinese history. (For this item please quote stock ID 12544) ISBN: 9787507103458

The True Story of Ah Q, a representative work of Lu Xun, is a masterpiece of modern Chinese literature. The story was written in 1921 and set in 1911 - a period of early Chinese democratic revolution. (For this item please quote stock ID 16036) ISBN: 9787119026930

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A selection of seven stories including 'Lotus Creek' (For this item please quote stock ID 15130) ISBN: 9787507105742

A bilingual presentation of the drama, Thunderstorm (For this item please quote stock ID 16028) ISBN: 9787119027753

A collection of 11 short stories including The New-Year Sacrifice, Regret for the Past, etc. (For this item please quote stock ID 16029) ISBN: 9787119026961

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A collection of ancient Chinese folk songs. This book contains 24 Yuefu songs, including "the Peacock Flew to the Southeast,""the Ballad of Mulan" (For this item please quote stock ID 17361) ISBN: 9787119028217

A bilingual version of Lao She?s famous play. (For this item please quote stock ID 16026) ISBN: 9787119027807

This volume consists of the four-act play written by Cao Yu, a well-known Chinese playwright. Through the story of Chen Bailu, this book denounces the decadence and crimes of Old China, and expresses the author?s strong desire to destroy an evil society. (For this item please quote stock ID 17795) ISBN: 9787119028965

Duanmu Hongliang (1912-1996) was one of the most talented writers in the modern period of Chinese literature. His poetry, prose, painting and calligraphy are all works of art and each has its unique style. None of his contemporaries can match the brilliance of his descriptions of the vastness and the wild nature of the plains and desert of northern China, as well as the spectacular images of nature in his early literary works. Some of his short stories from the 1940's remain as lasting literary treasures.
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Wang Meng is one of the most prominent Chinese contemporary writers and was the head of Ministry of Culture of China in 1980's. Bilingual in English and Chinese, this book contains three of his most well-known works including '"The Young Newcomer", ''The Eyes of Night'' and ''The Butterfly.'' You will not only enjoy these stories, but also will learn a great deal about Chinese people and their daily life in modern times. While reading in English, you can also learn more Chinese by studying the characters on the opposing pages! (For this item please quote stock ID 14269) ISBN: 9787560016689

~Xiao Hong (1911-1942) was an accomplished writer in the New Literature Period in the first half of the 20th century. The six stories in this collection display her genius in re-creating scenes from her past, as if she were living the lives of her protagonists. This tends to give the best of her writings a sense of personal appeal, inasmuch as the reader is intimately involved with the author herself. She was also adept at depicting the plight of women in a feudalistic society with great feeling and perception.

~This collection short stories contains: Death of Wang Asao, The Bridge, Hands, On the Oxcart, The Family Outsider & Flight from Danger. Published for the first time in traditional Chinese characters.

~Howard Goldblatt, the translator, is Research Professor of Chinese at The University of Notre Dame, U.S.A. One of his translated works was named 'Translation of the Year' by the American Literary Translators Association in 1999. (For this item please quote stock ID 22269) ISBN: 9789629960148

Comprises 13 short stories, including A Madman?s Diary (For this item please quote stock ID 16031) ISBN: 9787119026985

A poetry collection selected from mainly Western writers, from early to modern times, has been organised into a number of categories: satire, irony, humour and, epitaphs, limericks, and nonsense poems. Each poem is presented in both English and Chinese, and they can be enjoyed in their own right or as a further tool in the process of learning either Chinese or English. (For this item please quote stock ID 9607) ISBN: 9787560013350

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A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 10836) ISBN: 9787500106678

A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 12509) ISBN: 9787500106647

A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 12553) ISBN: 9787500106654

A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 16440) ISBN: 9787500106685

Contains an English translation of these significant works, as well as the original texts in ancient Chinese and versions rendered in vernacular Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 17787) ISBN: 9787119028866

A collection of eight plays by well-known Chinese and foreign playwrights. Three of the plays are translated from Chinese into English, and five from English into Chinese. (For this item please quote stock ID 8601) ISBN: 9787500106715

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故事讲述了1986年至今20余年来，东北某市黑道组织触目惊心的发展历程。这是对改革开放三十年的一次不同寻常的纪念和追忆，沉重地反思在过去几十年中我们所得到的和所失去的。
20年前，他们是老山战友；20年后，他们是江湖大佬
1984年，赵红兵和他的战友们在老山前线为保家卫国而把生命抛之脑后；
1985年，他们复员返乡，在办公室开始朝九晚五的平凡生活；
1986年，他们在家乡街头遭遇地痞挑衅，以暴治暴，一战成名，从此泥潭深陷；
1992年，他们已经在当地独霸一方；
1998年，他们已然成为全东北江湖盟主，呼风唤雨，无所不能；
2006年，他们死的死，残的残，有的洗心革面，有的牢底坐穿，有的亡命天涯，有的飞黄腾达、风光无限……
读《黑道风云20年》，感受残酷真实的黑道故事，参透变幻莫测的命运哲学。 (For this item please quote stock ID 32514) ISBN: 9787229005764