Lǐ Wēng Duì Yùn

Author: Li Jing
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: According to a report in Beijing Morning News (January 16, 2004), the selection exam for independent recruitment by Peking University included a couplet-writing question that stumped most candidates. The reason was simple: today's students were not raised on traditional classic readers like Lixiong Duanyun. Lixiong Duanyun is a phonetic and rhyming primer written by the Qing Dynasty scholar Li Yu (also known as Lixiong). The book is characterized by its rich and elegant vocabulary, as well as numerous allusions. Reading Lixiong Duanyun greatly helps children in word choice, poetry composition, and couplet writing. To fully appreciate the subtlety and beauty of Chinese phonetic and rhyming patterns, Lixiong Duanyun is a must-read.