Preface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series
A Note on How to Use This Book
Symbols, Abbreviations, and Typographical Usages
Contributors Who Have Written Literary Analyses for This Book
Historical Writings
Recorded Conversations
Allegorical Tales and Argumentative Essays
Biographical Writings
Letters
Prefaces and Occasional Writings
Expository Essays
Accounts of Sites and Events
Essentials of Classical Chinese Grammar Taught
Answers to Unit Exercises
Jie Cui is the coauthor of How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook
(2012).
Liu Yucai is professor of Chinese language and literature at the
Center for Chinese Classical Texts at Peking University.
Zong-qi Cai is professor of Chinese and comparative literature at
Lingnan University of Hong Kong and the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. He is the general editor of the How to Read
Chinese Literature series.
Learning classical Chinese can be daunting! Anyone aspiring to
competency will benefit enormously by letting this group of leading
scholars guide them word-by-word through key texts in the
tradition. The readings, glosses, and notes all ease the burden on
the learner.
*Patricia Ebrey, author of Emperor Huizong*
An insightful anthology for appreciating classical Chinese prose in
the original language and a perfect textbook for studying classical
Chinese! I applaud the authors for selecting a corpus that is both
canonical and diverse and appreciate the user-friendly design.
*Xiarong Li, author of The Poetics and Politics of Sensuality in
China: The “Fragrant and Bedazzling” Movement (1600-1930)*
With its judiciously selected sample texts and expertly prepared
learning aids, this latest volume in the How to Read Chinese
Literature series is an excellent choice for those interested in
studying essential classical Chinese while gaining a literary
appreciation of Chinese prose in different genres from different
periods.
*Xiaoshan Yang, author of Metamorphosis of the Private Sphere:
Gardens and Objects in Tang-Song Poetry*
This is the first volume available on the U.S. market to introduce
comprehensively and systematically all of the major genres of
classical Chinese prose in the form of a classical Chinese textbook
taught through modern Mandarin Chinese. Teachers and students will
benefit from its broad coverage, flexibility for course use, and
its useful glossary-index.
*Benjamin Ridgway, Swarthmore College*
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