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  1. The Eastern Zhou Kingdoms New Author TBarNcHistorical674k WordsCompleted Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou was compiled by Feng Menglong of the Ming dynasty and later polished by Cai Yuanfang of the Qing dynasty. To this day, it remains the most widely read novel about the history and people of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. It has been beloved by readers for the centuries since its publication. Drawing on a sweeping historical perspective and sources such as Zuo Tradition and Discourses of the States, the author carefully selected and linked together 0Tickets13.4kClicks147Favorites
  2. Records of the Grand Historian New Author Bf4z8oHistorical173k WordsCompleted Records of the Grand Historian is divided into five sections: Basic Annals, Tables, Treatises, Hereditary Houses, and Biographies. The Basic Annals and Biographies form its core. The work uses emperors and other central political figures as the main thread of its historical narrative, with each section serving a distinct purpose. The Basic Annals, Hereditary Houses, and Biographies make up most of the book and all record history through accounts centered on individuals. In this way, Sima Qian cr 0Tickets6.9kClicks324Favorites
  3. Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance New Author RjfmztHistorical240k WordsCompleted The content of Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government focuses mainly on politics, military affairs, and relations among ethnic groups, while also covering economics, culture, and assessments of historical figures. Its purpose is to warn future generations through accounts of the policies of ruling classes that shaped the rise and fall of states and the fortunes of peoples. The title came from Emperor Shenzong of Song, who bestowed it on the work, believing that it “offers lessons from the pas 0Tickets11.7kClicks501Favorites
  4. The Analects New Author ewJsxhHistorical59k WordsCompleted The Analects is a collection of sayings by Confucius and his disciples, compiled by his disciples and later generations of their students. It was completed in the early Warring States period. The book consists of 20 chapters and 492 sections. It is primarily written in the form of sayings, with some narrative passages, and chiefly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples. It offers a relatively concentrated account of Confucius’s political views, ethical thought, moral principl 0Tickets3.6kClicks232Favorites
  5. The Hundred Family Surnames New Author ZRPZsqHistorical49k WordsCompleted The Hundred Family Surnames is a text about Chinese surnames. According to historical records, it was written in the early Northern Song dynasty. It originally listed 411 surnames, later expanded to 568, including 444 single-character surnames and 124 compound surnames. 0Tickets1.3kClicks38Favorites
  6. The Great Learning New Author 8OpC38Historical10k WordsCompleted The Great Learning is a prose work on Confucian ideas of self-cultivation, governing the state, and bringing peace to the world. It was originally the forty-second chapter of the Record of Rites compiled by Dai the Younger and was traditionally attributed to Zengzi, though in fact it was written by Confucians during the Qin and Han periods. It is an important work of ancient Chinese educational theory. After being strongly championed by Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi in the Northern Song dynasty, it rec 0Tickets3.7kClicks155Favorites
  7. Mencius New Author uQxEmHHistorical120k WordsCompleted The Mencius is one of the Four Books; the other three are the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, and the Analects. It was written in the mid-Warring States period by Mencius and his disciples Wan Zhang, Gongsun Chou, and others. The earliest reference to it appears in Zhao Qi’s “Preface to the Mencius”: “This book was written by Mencius, and is therefore collectively called the Mencius.” The Book of Han’s “Treatise on Literature” lists eleven chapters of the Mencius, while the surviving t 0Tickets1.1kClicks83Favorites
  8. The Doctrine of the Mean New Author hm99olHistorical22k WordsCompleted The Doctrine of the Mean is an ancient Chinese treatise in moral philosophy on the cultivation of human character and the highest reaches of self-development. It is one of the Confucian classics and was originally the thirty-first chapter of the Book of Rites. Tradition attributes it to Zisi, who lived during the Warring States period. The text upholds the mean as the highest standard of moral conduct, regards sincerity as the substance of the world, and holds that perfect sincerity leads to the 0Tickets2.6kClicks129Favorites
  9. The Songs of Chu New Author bVoBBnHistorical150k WordsCompleted The Songs of Chu is the earliest collection of Romantic poetry and the source of Romantic literature. The name “Songs of Chu” first appears in the “Biographies of Harsh Officials” chapter of Records of the Grand Historian, showing that the term was in use by the early Han dynasty at the latest. It originally referred broadly to songs from the state of Chu, and later became the name for a distinct poetic style represented by the works of Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu during the Warring States period. In 0Tickets5.1kClicks106Favorites
  10. Complete Works of Du Fu New Author dcAnPJHistorical133k WordsCompleted Du Fu was skilled at using many forms of classical poetry and developing them creatively. He pioneered the new yuefu poetic form, and his yuefu poems helped bring about the rise of the New Yuefu Movement in the mid-Tang period. His long poems in five- and seven-character lines blend poetry with history. They unfold through extensive narration while carefully building cycles and returns across the whole work, marking a high point in the art of Chinese poetry. 0Tickets1.4kClicks43Favorites
  11. He Xiu's Commentary on the Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals New Author ivtSvMHistorical111k WordsCompleted He Xiu’s Annotations and Examples for the Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, in ten volumes, is a foundational work of Qing-dynasty Gongyang scholarship. It systematically elucidates what He Xiu called unusual and puzzling interpretations, establishing a total of twenty-six examples and four tables. Each example begins by listing supporting passages from the Spring and Autumn Annals and its commentaries, along with relevant entries from He Xiu’s Explanations of the Commentary. 0Tickets708Clicks7Favorites
  12. Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms: Premium Gold Edition New Author TBarNcHistorical674k WordsCompleted Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms is a historical novel written in a chapter-by-chapter format, comprising 108 chapters. It depicts more than five hundred years of history, from the final years of the Western Zhou dynasty to Qin Shi Huang’s unification of the six states. The first 83 chapters center on the successive rise of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period; the final 25 follow the Seven Warring States and recount Qin Shi Huang’s unification of the states. The novel covers 0Tickets4.1kClicks104Favorites
  13. King Lear New Author wiBQujHistorical55k WordsCompleted King Lear is a play by Shakespeare and one of his four great tragedies. Its story comes from an ancient British legend and is set around the eighth century AD. The play has two parallel plotlines. The main plot follows Lear, the elderly and foolish king of ancient Britain, who plans to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to how much they love him. His eldest and middle daughters flatter and deceive him with honeyed words, while his youngest, Cordelia, speaks honestly. Enraged, 0Tickets4.5kClicks20Favorites
  14. Rickshaw Boy New Author 8IXicGHistorical134k WordsCompleted Camel Xiangzi is one of Lao She’s representative works. Set during the warlord conflicts of the 1920s, the novel tells the tragic story of Xiangzi, a young, strong, and energetic rickshaw puller in Beiping, China, who rises and falls three times. As the darkness of society eats away at him, this kind, honest, and principled man is gradually corrupted in his life, character, and politics, until he is no longer truly human. The novel reflects the wretched lives of the urban poor in old China. Cent 0Tickets13.9kClicks193Favorites