Classical prose essence

Author: Wang Fuzeng [Qing Dynasty]
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Publishing Date: 2002-04-01
Features: "A Selection of Exquisite Classical Prose" is a curated collection of masterpieces from classical Chinese literature, compiled by Wang Fuzeng (styled Xizhou) of the Wu School in the early Qing Dynasty. The book was completed around the same time as "Classical Chinese Reader" (Gǔwén Guānzhǐ), and the selected essays are generally shorter than those in "Classical Chinese Reader," yet they are no less profound in thought and artistic merit. "A Selection of Exquisite Classical Prose" is an excellent anthology of short classical Chinese essays, and it should be made available to contemporary readers to savor its essence, thereby better serving the cause of socialist modernization.