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Library of Chinese Classics: Mencius

Library of Chinese Classics: Mencius Written by Mencius Translated into English by Zhao Zhentao, Zhang Wenting, Zhou Dingzhi Translated into modern Chinese by Yang Bojun Publisher: Hunan Peoples Publishing House Publication Date: 1999-9 Language: Chinese and English ISBN: 7543820854 Library Binding: hardcover, 354 pages Book Description Mencius is a Confucian classic recording the words of Mencius, a thinker and an educator of the mid Warring States period and an important representative of the Confucian school, and his followers. It was compiled by Mencius and his disciples. There are 7 existing "books" or chapters in Mencius, which mainly record Mencius' political activities and doctrines, and his philosophical, ethical and educational thoughts. Mencius was an ardent advocator of the...
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Library of Chinese Classics: Mozi

Library of Chinese Classics: Mozi Author: Mo Di Translated into modern Chinese by Zhou Caizhu and Qi Ruiduan Translated into English by Wang Rongpei and Wang Hong Library binding book, vol. I, II, dimensions 960 x 640, 1/16 Publisher: Hunan People's Publishing House, 2006 ISBN: 7543840294 9787543840294 Mozi was a collection of works and sayings by the distinguished thinker and politician Mozi (cir. 468 B.C.--376 B.C.) and his disciples. The original book contained 71 chapters, yet they were gradually scattered after the Six Dynasties (220-589). As a result, only 53 chapters are still in existence. Mozi covers a wide range of subjects, including politics, military science, philosophy, ethics, economy, logic, natural science and technology, and is the chief representative work of Mohism....
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Library of Chinese Classics: Outlaws of the Marsh

Outlaws of the Marsh By Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong English translation by Sidney Shapiro Published by Foreign Language Press Beijing, China, 1999 Hardcover, 5 volumes, 960 x 640, 1/16, 3,080 pages ISBN: 7119024094 One of the best known and best loved of the ancient Chinese novels which have come down through the ages. Outlaws of the Marsh is set mainly in the final years of Hui Zong, a Song Dynasty emperor who reigned from 1101 to 1125. It tells why and how one hundred some-old men and women banded together on a marsh-girt mountain in what today is Shandong Province, became leaders of an outlaw army of thousands and fought brave and resourceful battles against pompous, heartless tyrants. Historians confirm that the story is derived from fact. Some of the events actually happened, some...
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Library of Chinese Classics: Romance of the Western Bower

Romance of the Western Bower Written by Wang Shifu (the Yuan dynasty) Translated into English by Xu Yuanchong Published by Hunan People's Publishing House and Foreign Languages Press, 2000 Library of Chinese classics Chinese-English edition, hardcover, library binding, 441 pages ISBN: 754382535x The Romance of the Western Bower, by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), is a gem of Chinese classical drama and a masterpiece of Chinese literature. The main theme of this play is the love between a young scholar named Zhang Gong and Cui Yingying (or Oriole), nineteen-year-old daughter of former Prime Minister Cui. This play is divided into five acts and twenty scenes. Act I describes the first meeting in the temple between the two lovers. Act 11 relates how Zhang Gong saves the temple...
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Library of Chinese Classics: Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing

Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing Publisher: Foreign Languages Press Author: Guan Hanqing Publication Date: 2004 Language: Chinese-English Size: 16mo Edition: Hardcover ISBN: 7119033956 Guan Hanqing was the leading playwright of the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), and one of China's greatest dramatists. His works are marked by realism, reflecting the social realities of his time and giving special insight into the problems women faced in feudal society. There are 18 of his plays extant. The eight chosen for this volume are considered the most representative of Guan's art. "Snow in Midsummer" is his most famous play. It depicts the injustice done to Dou E, the heroine, and her resistance to her unjust fate, using an exaggerative artistic technique incisively. "Rescued by A Coquette" has a novel...
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Library of Chinese Classics: Selected Poems of Du Fu

ISBN/ISSN : 9787543860155 Published Date : 10/2009 Language : English and Chinese bilingual The Selected Poems of Du Fu is a collection of English translations of Chinese poetry by the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu. Published in 2002, the book includes an introduction to the poet and his work and an extensive bibliography. This translations are notable for conveying Du Fu's use of verbal parallelism, and include extensive annotations to explain the mythological and historical allusions in the poems.
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Library of Chinese Classics: Selected Poems of Li Bai

Selected Poems of Li Bai -Library of Chinese Classics Chinese-English Translated into English by Xu Yuanchong Published by Hunan People's Publishing House, Changsha, 2008 Library binding book, dimensions 960 x 640, 1/16, 1 Volume, 217 pages ISBN: 9787543850019 Li Bai (701-762) is regarded as the greatest romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and a representative of the high Tang culture, combination of realistic Northern culture represented by Confucian philosophy and the Book of Poetry, and romantic Southern culture represented by Taoist philosophy and the Elegies of the South. But he could neither fulfill his Confucian ideal to serve the country nor find spiritual freedom in Taoism, so he could only chant poetry and drink wine to drown his sorrow as describe by Du Fu in Eight...
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Library of Chinese Classics: Selected Poems of Su Shi

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Library of Chinese Classics: Selected Tang Dynasty Stories

Selected Tang Dynasty Stories -Library of Chinese Classics Chinese-English Compiled by Shen Jiji and others (Tang Dynasty), collated and punctuated by Zhang Youhe and others, translated into English by Yang Xiangyi and Gladys Yang, translated into modern Chinese by Wang Zhongli Published by Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 2008 Library binding book, dimensions 960 x 640, 1/16, 1 volume, 289 pages ISBN: 9787119044217
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Library of Chinese Classics: Shang Shu

Li Yage (Translator) Published by Hunan People Publishing House, 2013 ISBN 10: 7543893207 / ISBN 13: 9787543893207 393 pages, 24 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm, 721g, Text in English and Chinese. The Book of Documents or Classic of History, also known as the Shangshu, is one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature. It is a collection of rhetorical prose attributed to figures of ancient China, and served as the foundation of Chinese political philosophy for over 2,000 years. The chapters are grouped into four sections representing different eras: the semi-mythical reign of Yu the Great, and the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. The Zhou section accounts for over half the text.
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