Classical Views Translated into Modern Language

Author: Yuan Mei
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Publish Date: 1999-12-01
Features: This book is one of the "Popular Series of Chinese Classical Masterpieces," collecting a total of 222 articles from the Zhou Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty, divided into twelve volumes. The selected works pay attention to the diversity of themes and stylistic features, including not only historical accounts and argumentative essays but also personal anecdotes, landscape travelogues, miscellaneous essays, and other practical writings, broadly reflecting the vibrant and varied face of ancient Chinese literature. In addition, a small number of famous parallel prose and rhyming poems from various dynasties are also included. The arrangement of the articles follows chronological order, with clear headings. The selected texts vary in length, making them suitable for general readers. During the compilation process, detailed explanations of the authors' biographies and the themes of the articles were provided, along with thorough annotations and translations of words, phrases, and sentences.