A Series of Books on Learning Chinese: All-Knowing, Ancient and Modern - Allusions 100

Author: Zhou Lingzhong
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Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Features: China has a 5,000-year history and the world's largest population, yet the Chinese language, or more specifically the Chinese language, has not been widely learned by foreigners. This situation hinders their cultural and other exchanges with China. It is obviously necessary to do something to help foreigners learn Chinese, especially the classical Chinese texts of different styles. This series of books consists of four volumes, carefully selected with 100 of the most valuable, commonly used, and expressive Chinese idioms, proverbs, allusions, and anecdotes. Each entry is accompanied by an English definition, paired with a fine illustration, and supplemented with English-Chinese annotations for some difficult terms. This book is designed to help foreigners learn Chinese allusions, especially the classical Chinese texts of different styles, in a Chinese-English comparative format. One of the reasons foreigners have little understanding of the Chinese language is that it is quite complex, especially classical Chinese and literary Chinese. Many of the quotations and allusions in it are still in use today, and not understanding them can lead to misunderstandings. I have occasionally read English translations of some classical Chinese texts and unfortunately found some errors in translation, which are obviously due to misunderstandings of the original quotations and allusions.