Teaching Chinese: Practice and Theory

Author: Chen Jun
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This Readings in Modern Chinese primarily selects and annotates works from the late Tang and Five Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty. It also includes several passages from before the 9th century, such as The Stories of the World, The Hundred Parables, and The Memorial on Liu Zheng, which are interspersed with colloquial elements. Comparing these with the later selections, one can observe some gradual changes in the language. The editor provides brief introductions before each work, similar to the explanatory bibliography mentioned earlier, which helps readers understand the value of these works as materials for modern Chinese studies. The annotations for each piece are mainly lexical, but they also touch on some grammatical issues.