Newly Compiled Chinese Classical Texts with Translations and Explanations for Junior High School Students

Author: Yi Wenong et al.
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Publishing Date: 2004-07-01
Features: To complement the use of the new curriculum standard nine-year compulsory education three-year junior high school textbook (trial revised edition), we have specifically compiled this "Newly Compiled Junior High Chinese Classical Text Translation and Explanation." This book is based on the new teaching materials and teaching references, making them an organic whole. The book consists of two main parts: "Text Translation and Explanation" and "Knowledge Classification."
"Text Translation and Explanation" includes four sections: problem explanation, author (work) introduction, translation and explanation, and overall explanation. The problem explanation mainly interprets the text title and introduces the historical background. The author (work) introduction focuses on introducing the author's thoughts and the historical value of the work. The overall explanation provides a summary of the text's ideological and artistic aspects. The translation and explanation is the core of the book, featuring translation, annotations, and comments. The "⊙" in square brackets indicates annotations, while the "⊙" after it indicates comments. Annotations within parentheses express our negative stance.
"Knowledge Classification" summarizes and generalizes the grammatical and syntactic aspects involved in the text. This section is selected from past junior high school entrance examination classical Chinese test questions, helping students understand the exam content and key practice points. The book emphasizes the explanation of classical Chinese grammar and syntax, as well as the structure, ideological content, and writing characteristics of the text. It strives to enable readers unfamiliar with classical Chinese to learn its translation and understand junior high school classical Chinese textbooks after reading the book.
The book also incorporates new research findings, drawing on the strengths of various experts, and employs extremely rigorous translation to successfully address challenges such as inverted subject-verb structure, preposed objects, postposed attributives, prepositional phrases as complements, and the translation of poems and ci. It saves teachers a significant amount of preparation time, allowing students to easily master junior high school classical Chinese with minimal guidance. Self-learners can become proficient in classical Chinese with just one book, achieving self-teaching across five key areas.