Water Margin

Author: Shi Nai'an (Ming) Liu Hongwei
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book's main feature is to simplify complexity and highlight the story. The four great classical novels are often hundreds of chapters long, nearly a million words, with hundreds of characters, making it difficult for adults to follow, let alone children. This series of books structures the story around the main characters, selecting the most thrilling and spectacular parts. The editors' approach is clear: for lower-grade children, it is important to highlight the main points and focus on the story, while the subtle intricacies of the original can wait until the child grows older. This bold adaptation is also suitable for the reading level of lower-grade children, and only those who deeply understand children's reading psychology would handle the original text in this way.
Secondly, pinyin is annotated, and appropriate notes are provided. The purpose of pinyin is to enable children to read independently and gradually transition to literary reading. Making notes seems simple but is actually challenging. If the notes are too detailed, they may hinder children's reading and make it difficult for them to "assimilate" difficulties through their existing experiences. If the notes are too simple, they may add to the burden of reading for children. This series of books adopts a flexible approach: notes are avoided as much as possible, except for some ancient proper nouns, such as official titles and place names, to give children enough reading freedom.
Finally, the language of this book. The goal of language teaching in Chinese classes is to expose students to various forms of language.