The Zhouyi 周易, also called Yijing 已经, or, shortly, Yi 易, is one of the most important Confucian classics. It has not only influenced Confucian and especially Neo-Confucian thinking but is al

The Zhouli 周礼 "Rites of the Zhou" is a decription of the putative organisation of the government during the Western Zhou period 西周 (11th cent.-770 BCE).

The Zhouli 周礼 "Rites of the Zhou" is a decription of the putative organisation of the government during the Western Zhou period 西周 (11th cent.-770 BCE).

The Zizhi tongjian 资治通鉴 "Comprehensive mirror to aid in government" is one of the most important traditional histories of China.

The Shuowen jiezi 说文解字 "Explaining simple and analyzing compound characters", short Shuowen 说文, is the oldest and one of the most important character dictionaries of ancient China. It was c

The Shuowen jiezi 说文解字 "Explaining simple and analyzing compound characters", short Shuowen 说文, is the oldest and one of the most important character dictionaries of ancient China.

The following translation gives an overview of the classic (text in red) and the commentary with its many citations of secondary literature.

The Shuijing 水经 "The river classic" was an ancient Chinese geographical book describing the course of rivers. It had been transmitted as a core component together with its commentary, the Shuij

Attributed to Shi Naian 施耐庵 or Luo Guanzhong 罗贯中, this novel depicts the joining of heroes to a bandit group in the Liangshan swamps 梁山泊.

Examples of lyrics or songs from each of the four sections. The first song of the Shijing is probably the most famous and most commented poem of old China.

During the White Dew period, if you go out on a clear night and watch the starry sky, you may get wet by the dew on your trouser cuffs. You can read some interesting proverbs and poems.

The Shijing 诗经 or "Book of Songs" is one of the traditional Confucian classics. It is a collection of three different types of songs originating in the Shang and the early and middle Zhou.

The first example is the translation of one year of the reign of emperor Han Wudi. It is compared with the same year in the Hanshu, the official dynastic history of the Han dynasty. It can be see

The Shiji 史记 "Records of the Scribe" is a very famous universal history of early China and the first of the official dynastic histories (zhengshi 正史). It is the first history of China writte

The Shen Nong bencaojing 神农本草经 "The Holy Husbandman's classic on roots and herbs", shortly called Shen Nong bencao 神农本草, Bencaojing 本草经, or Benjing 本经, is an old text on medical her

Here are Exemplarious translation of Shujing 书经 Book of Documents.

The Shangshu 尚书 "Documents of the elder" , also called Shujing 书经 "Book of documents", is one of the five ancient Confucian classics (wujing 五经).

The Shanhaijing "Classic of mountains and seas" is a kind of early geography of China. The modern version has 18 juan "scrolls" and consists of four parts describing "mountains" , "seas" , "the g

The Sanzijing 三字经 "Three-character classic" is a character text book for elementary learning. It is traditionally attributed to the Southern Song period 南宋 (1127-1279) scholar Wang Yinglin

The Quanyuanqu 全元曲 "Complete collection of Yuan period qu arias" is a collection of all surviving Yuan period (1279-1368) qu style 曲 arias.