Gateway to the Chinese Classics: A Practical Guide to Literary Chinese - Couverture souple

Jeanette, Faurot

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0835125378 ISBN 13 : 9780835125376

Editeur : China Books, 2024

Synopsis

Students who want to read Chinese history, philosophy, and literature must first master the difficult language of literary Chinese, or Wenyan. The dense poetic language of ancient China is often deliberately ambiguous to the point that Chinese scholars need commentaries to understand the. This introduction presents the structure of literary Chinese including grammar, basic vocabulary, cultural notes, translations and exercise. Professor Faurot has used interesting, original text in the lessons, including: poems by Du Fu, Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Li Qingzhao; selections from influential philosophers Lao Zi, Confucius, and Mencius; passages from Sun Zi s Art of War and Sima Qian s Record of the Historian.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Learning Classical Chinese poetry has never been easier than by using this easy to follow anthology of selected famous works. Each poem is written in large print with an author's biography and a vocabulary list with traditional Chinese, Pinyin and English translations. Characters are broken down to their literal translation allowing easier accessibility to the complexities of the poems' meanings. Faurot chose 81 classical poems, from poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu Su Shi and others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: China Books
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0835125378
• ISBN 13: 9780835125376
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible