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Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk
Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk mainly refers to the collection of ten nostalgic essays written in 1926, Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk; the collection of short stories, Old Tales Retold, written between 1922 and 1935 and based on ancient myths and historical legends; and the 1925 novel Remembrance, which portrays the love between a young man and woman. Time flows by as if yesterday, every word a gem. With illustrations and text in four colors, it is a delight to read and treasure. Morning
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Great Tang Records on the Western Regions
The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, in twelve volumes, is a historical and geographical account of the Western Regions during the Tang dynasty. Its author was Xuanzang, a renowned Tang Buddhist monk, Buddhist theorist, and translator. The book covers 138 countries and regions in what is now Xinjiang, as well as Central and South Asia. It describes their geography, land and water routes, climate, produce, peoples, languages, history, politics, economic life, religions, culture, and cus
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The Dao De Jing
The Dao De Jing is a philosophical work by Laozi (Li Er) from the Spring and Autumn period. It is also known as The Classic of the Way and Virtue, Laozi, The Five Thousand Words, and Laozi’s Five Thousand Words. Written before the various schools of thought in ancient China had fully emerged, it is an important source of Daoist philosophy. The Dao De Jing is divided into two parts. In the original text, the first part was The Classic of Virtue and the second The Classic of the Way, with no chapt
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The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs contains 311 poems, also known as the Three Hundred Poems. Six of them are songs for the sheng, with titles but no surviving text, leaving 305 poems with both titles and verses. By the Warring States period, rites and music had fallen into disarray, and many musical scores were lost. Only the surviving lyrics were compiled into the Book of Songs. This edition has no annotations, so readers should bear that in mind.
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The Life of Li Hongzhang
Liang Qichao once said, “For forty years, hardly any major event in China has had nothing to do with Li Hongzhang.” Through one man, we can see forty years in the life of a nation. A figure like him deserves to be taken seriously and remembered. The Biography of Li Hongzhang traces his life from his impoverished youth, through his suppression of the Taiping Rebellion and the founding of the Self-Strengthening Movement, which brought his reputation to its peak, to the First Sino-Japanese War, whi
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Remarks on Ci Poetry
Wang Guowei’s Notes on Poetry in the Human World is a landmark work of poetic criticism, centered on the idea of “realm.” It advocates an unmediated style and the expression of genuine feeling. Incorporating Western aesthetic thought, it offers many original insights and made a profound impression on readers of both the old and new generations at the time. It holds milestone significance in the history of Chinese classical literary aesthetics.
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Three Hundred Tang Poems
Three Hundred Tang Poems is a widely circulated anthology of Tang poetry. The Tang dynasty (618–907) was a golden age in the development of Chinese poetry. Its literary scene flourished, producing many famous poets, and more than 50,000 Tang poems were written. In the preface to his Summary of Six Hundred Tang Poetry Anthologies, Sun Qin’an notes, “Many Tang poetry anthologies have been lost over the years, but more than 300 still survive. Of these, the most popular and best known in every house
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The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art is a mathematical treatise written by Zhang Cang and Geng Shouchang in ancient China. It is the most important of the Ten Mathematical Classics and was compiled around the first century AD. Most of the versions that survive today are Liu Hui’s commentary on the Nine Chapters, written in 263, the fourth year of the Jingyuan era under Emperor Yuan of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art covers a wealth of material
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The Back View
Selected Works of Zhu Ziqing is a collection of Zhu Ziqing’s prose and poetry. It includes his most representative prose masterpieces, “Retreating Figure,” “In Haste,” “Moonlight over the Lotus Pond,” and “The Qinhuai River in the Sound of Oars and Shadows of Lanterns,” as well as rare, celebrated poems such as “Destruction” and “A Sense of Insufficiency.” It offers you the most complete collection of Zhu Ziqing’s work in one volume.
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The Classic of Tea
The Classic of Tea, written by Lu Yu of the Tang dynasty, is the earliest surviving and most complete comprehensive treatise on tea in China and the world. Hailed as an encyclopedia of tea, it covers the history, origins, and state of tea production, as well as cultivation techniques, the art of drinking tea, and the principles of the tea ceremony. It is a landmark work in tea studies, a profound agricultural treatise, and a book explaining tea culture. By elevating the everyday practice of drin
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Collected Essays of Yu Dafu
This book collects twenty-four essays written by the author between 1922 and 1932. They capture his hopeful feelings as he returned from Japan, as well as his profound dismay upon seeing his ravaged homeland. His writing reflects both a sorrowful pessimism about the revolution’s future and fervent, impassioned calls for revolutionary change. Like his fiction, his essays carry a subtle sadness between the lines, evoking a desolation that can feel almost suffocating. A writer’s style is closely ti
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Essays of Zhu Ziqing
This is a collection of essays by Zhu Ziqing, bringing together works such as Traces, Back, Miscellaneous Notes from Europe, Miscellaneous Notes from London, and You and Me.
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Han Feizi
The Han Feizi is the crowning achievement of the pre-Qin Legalist school and a celebrated work of ancient Chinese political thought. It is also renowned in the history of ancient philosophy and literature. Han Fei’s prose is incisive, his arguments penetrating, and his reasoning gets straight to the heart of the matter. The book is also notable for preserving many famous parables, including “The Spear and the Shield,” “Waiting by a Tree Stump for a Rabbit,” “Hiding an Illness from the Doctor,” a
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A History of Vernacular Literature
Hu Shi was a pioneering figure in modern Chinese history, and his A History of Vernacular Literature likewise holds a groundbreaking, landmark place in the history of Chinese literature. With a wholly new approach and structure, the author moves beyond traditional biases and assesses ancient Chinese literature from fresh aesthetic and critical perspectives.
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Collected Works of Li Qingzhao
The Song dynasty was the golden age of ci poetry, and its poets shone like stars. Li Qingzhao, one of the foremost women poets, stood apart in the world of ci and came to be known as the founder of the “Yi’an style.” She was a leading figure of the graceful and restrained school. Her poetry falls into two periods, divided by the southern migration. Her earlier works mostly depict the quiet pleasures of life within the women’s quarters, expressing the distinct tenderness and sensitivity of a fema
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