Best of
Chinese-Literature

2016

草房子 The Grass House


曹文轩 Cao Wenxuan - 2016
    The stories happened in sesame field and it took the little boy Sangsang as mainline to depict a group of characters of different personality. There were delicately beautiful girl Zhi Yue full of talent; self-esteemed stubborn boy Lu He; kind, shrewd and responsible Xi Ma; Du Xiaokang who was born of fortune but still maintained dignity after experiencing great family change; Granny Qin who suffered many mishaps but was still unyielding; principal Sang Qiao who tried to cover his past and awakened to the truth after his son got seriously ill; and Jiang Yilun who was very talented but lost his lover accidentally. Everyone's story is an independent chapter which brings readers great pleasant reading sensation. These stories are connected by Sangsang and entangled together to constitute a beautiful rural life picture scroll.

Lost Love in Times (Collector's Edition) 醉玲珑:十年珍藏版 - 上


Shi Siye - 2016
    Why would a modern woman be involved in all these?""You are no one but my woman.""In his gazing eyes, she was like falling into the destiny of reincarnation, falling down and down.In the path to the supreme power of the world, she walked with him hand in hand, conquering various difficulties. 江湖与庙堂的纷争,情孽与恩怨的纠缠,玲珑九转,风云变幻,为何会将一个相隔千万年的现代女子卷入其中?“你谁都不是,你只是我的女人。”在他凝视的目光中,她像是坠入百世千生宿命的轮回,一步步沦陷。千年相逢,回眸相知,人世间至高无上的权力之路,她与他执手前行,踏一路铁血烽烟,指点如画江山。"

Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annalsthree Volumes


Stephen Durrant - 2016
    It consists of two interwoven texts - the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that add context and interpretation to the Annals. Completed by about 300 BCE, it is the longest and one of the most difficult texts surviving from pre-imperial times. It has been as important to the foundation and preservation of Chinese culture as the historical books of the Hebrew Bible have been to the Jewish and Christian traditions. It has shaped notions of history, justice, and the significance of human action in the Chinese tradition perhaps more so than any comparable work of Latin or Greek historiography has done to Western civilization. This translation, accompanied by the original text, an introduction, and annotations, will finally make Zuozhuan accessible to all.

Poems of DuFu


Du Fu - 2016
    Ideal for language students, Asia enthusiasts or readers who just want to get closer to the original material, explore these masterpieces of poetry in two languages. Du Fu (712-770) is widely regarded as one of the greatest Eastern poets. As China's 'poet historian, ' he brings to life the world of ancient China and the flourishing culture of the Tang Dynasty. Volume I contains a selection of poems from 750-759 A.D.