Chinese literature extends back thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature fictional novel that
Category: Chinese Literature
HARD ROADS IN SHU
Folk-song-styled-verse HARD ROADS IN SHU —Li Bai Oh, but it is high and very dangerous! Such travelling is harder than
Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼梦
"The Story of the Stone" redirects here. For Barry Hughart’s fantasy novel on ancient China, see The Story of the
THE INLAID HARP
Seven-character-regular-verse THE INLAID HARP —Li Shangyin I wonder why my inlaid harp has fifty strings, Each with its flower-like fret
Su Shi 苏轼
Su Shi ( 苏轼 1037–1101) was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, and statesman of the Song Dynasty, and one
Water Margin 水浒传
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers or The Marshes of Mount Liang (水浒传 Shuǐhǔ
GUAN JU
Guan-guan go the ospreys , On the islet in the river . The modest , retiring , virtuous , young
Modern Literature
Late Qing (1895-1911) Scholars now tend to agree that modern Chinese literature did not erupt suddenly in the New Culture
纪传体 Biographic-thematic type (of historiography)
The jizhuanti 纪传体 "biographic-thematic type" is a literary type in Chinese historiography in which history is dealt with in biographies
Historical Texts and Encyclopedias
The Chinese wrote consistent and accurate records at court after the year 841 BC, with the beginning of the Gonghe