How to Read Chinese Prose in Chinese

a Course in Classical Chinese

Zong-qi Cai, Jie Cui, Liu Yucai

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Columbia University Press
18 January 2022

Language readers; Languages & ESL; Chinese - Advanced Self-Study; Chinese - Reading Skills; Chinese - Languages

Series: How to Read Chinese Literature

This book is at once a guided introduction to Chinese nonfictional prose and an innovative textbook for the study of classical Chinese. It is a companion volume to How to Read Chinese Prose: A Guided Anthology, designed for Chinese-language learners.

How to Read Chinese Prose in Chinese presents more than forty prose works, either excerpts or in full, from antiquity through the Qing dynasty. While teaching readers how to appreciate the rich tradition of Chinese prose in its original form, the book uses these texts to introduce classical Chinese to advanced learners, helping them develop reading comprehension and vocabulary. It offers a systematic guide to classical Chinese grammar and abundant notes on vocabulary, and features an extensive network of notes, exercises, and cross-references. The book includes modern translations of the forty prose works in simplified Chinese, presented alongside the original texts in traditional Chinese. It also includes expert commentaries on each text's distinctive aesthetic qualities as well as historical and cultural contexts.

The book comprises thirty-eight lessons within eight units, organized chronologically to reflect the emergence of major prose genres. It is a major contribution to the teaching and study of classical Chinese language and literature.

Audio recordings of all forty texts are available online free of charge.

Edited by: Zong-qi Cai, Jie Cui, Liu Yucai
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9780231202930
ISBN 10: 0231202938
Series: How to Read Chinese Literature
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 18 January 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series A Note on How to Use This Book Symbols, Abbreviations, and Typographical Usages Contributors Who Have Written Literary Analyses for This Book Historical Writings Recorded Conversations Allegorical Tales and Argumentative Essays Biographical Writings Letters Prefaces and Occasional Writings Expository Essays Accounts of Sites and Events Essentials of Classical Chinese Grammar Taught Answers to Unit Exercises

Jie Cui is the coauthor of How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook (2012). Liu Yucai is professor of Chinese language and literature at the Center for Chinese Classical Texts at Peking University. Zong-qi Cai is professor of Chinese and comparative literature at Lingnan University of Hong Kong and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the general editor of the How to Read Chinese Literature series.

Reviews for How to Read Chinese Prose in Chinese: a Course in Classical Chinese

This is the first volume available on the U.S. market to introduce comprehensively and systematically all of the major genres of classical Chinese prose in the form of a classical Chinese textbook taught through modern Mandarin Chinese. Teachers and students will benefit from its broad coverage, flexibility for course use, and its useful glossary-index. -- Benjamin Ridgway, Swarthmore College With its judiciously selected sample texts and expertly prepared learning aids, this latest volume in the How to Read Chinese Literature series is an excellent choice for those interested in studying essential classical Chinese while gaining a literary appreciation of Chinese prose in different genres from different periods. -- Xiaoshan Yang, author of <i>Metamorphosis of the Private Sphere: Gardens and Objects in Tang-Song Poetry</i>