A History of Chinese Literature (Second Edition), Volume 2

Author: Yuan Xingpei, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 1999-08-01
Features: This book was originally a research outcome of the Ministry of Education's "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century." It is a curriculum textbook for the 21st century. The book provides an in-depth description of the development of ancient Chinese literature and studies it within the broad context of Chinese culture, demonstrating openness and foresight. For this revision, while maintaining the original writing purpose, guiding principles, format, structure, features, and length, the missing elements have been addressed to make it more complete. The revision work primarily focuses on the following three aspects: 1) Correcting obvious errors; 2) Carefully adding new materials and incorporating new research findings; 3) Making necessary additions and deletions to further unify the format and writing style. This book is a research outcome of the Ministry of Education's "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century" and is a curriculum textbook for the 21st century. The book provides an in-depth description of the development of ancient Chinese literature and studies it within the broad context of Chinese culture, demonstrating openness and foresight. For this revision, while maintaining the original writing purpose, guiding principles, format, structure, features, and length, the missing elements have been addressed to make it more complete. The revision work primarily focuses on the following three aspects: 1) Correcting obvious errors; 2) Carefully adding new materials and incorporating new research findings; 3) Making necessary additions and deletions to further unify the format and writing style. This book is suitable as a general textbook for Chinese departments in universities and can also be used as a reference for lovers and researchers of ancient Chinese literature.