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Zhouyi 周易 The Changes of the Zhou
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
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Exemplarious translation of Rites of the Zhou
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).
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Zhouli 周礼 Rites of the Zhou
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).
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Zizhi tongjian 资治通鉴 "Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government"
The Zizhi tongjian 资治通鉴 "Comprehensive mirror to aid in government" is one of the most important traditional histories of China.
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Exemplarious translation of Explaining Simple and Analyzing Compound Characters
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
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Shuowen jiezi 说文解字Explaining Simple and Analyzing Compound Characters
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.
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Exemplarious translation of Shuijingzhu 水经注
The following translation gives an overview of the classic (text in red) and the commentary with its many citations of secondary literature.
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Shuijingzhu 水经注 Commentary to the River Classic
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
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Shuihuzhuan 水浒传 The Water Margin
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.
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Exemplarious translation of The Book of Songs
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.
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The literature of White Dews
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.
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Shijing 诗经 The Book of Songs
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.
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Exemplarious translation of Records of the Grand Scribe
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
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Shiji 史记 Records of the Grand Scribe
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
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神农本草经 The Holy Husbandman's Classic on Roots and Herbs
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
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Exemplarious translation of Shujing 书经 Book of Documents
Here are Exemplarious translation of Shujing 书经 Book of Documents.
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Shangshu 尚书 Documents of the Elder
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).
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Shanhaijing 山海经 The Classic of Mountains and Seas
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
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Sanzijing 三字经 "The Three-Character Classic"
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
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Quanyuanqu 全元曲 The Complete Collection of Yuan Period qu Arias
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.