High School Classical Chinese Translation, Interpretation, Analysis, and Critique

Author: Yang Zhongqi
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: These two books are closely aligned with the newly issued Chinese language teaching by the Ministry of Education and are tightly matched with the latest PEP Chinese language textbooks. They emphasize the systematicity, scientific nature, and humanistic spirit of Chinese language knowledge, helping students master and understand common real and virtual words, as well as sentence patterns in classical Chinese. They enable students to correctly grasp the ideological content of the texts, gain some essential knowledge of ancient culture and literature, and improve their reading ability and aesthetic appreciation of classical poetry and prose. Ancient Chinese prose is rich in connotation, profound in artistic conception, exquisite in structure, and refined in language; classical poetry is vast and profound, with deep meaning and sharp wisdom, embodying lofty ideals. Learning excellent classical Chinese language and literature can inherit national cultural traditions, promote national spirit, cultivate aesthetic awareness, and enhance aesthetic taste. The ancient poetry and prose selected in middle school Chinese textbooks are the finest works of classical literature. To help middle school students learn classical poetry and prose, master classical Chinese knowledge, and comprehensively improve their Chinese language proficiency, we have written these two Chinese language readers: High School Classical Chinese Translation, Interpretation, Analysis, and Review and Junior High School Classical Chinese Translation, Interpretation, Analysis, and Review. These books can serve as reference materials for Chinese language teachers in middle schools and reference resources for self-study by lovers of classical literature.