The Quantangwen 全唐文 is a collection of all preserved prose style literature from the Tang 唐 (618-907) and Five Dynasties 五代 (907-960) periods. It was compiled in the early years of the 19th

The Renwuzhi 人物志 "About human character" is China's oldest book on psychology. It was written by the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) scholar Liu Shao.

Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓 (1701-1754) used this novel called "Inofficial History of the Scholars" to describe with a good portion of irony the ideals of a the Confucian scholarship and their dedication to

The Sanguozhi 三国志 "Records of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the official dynastic histories (zhengshi 正史).

This romance (also called Sanguozhi yanyi) about the war between theThree Kingdoms Wei, Wu and Shu is said to be a writing by Luo Guanzhong, but it was probably already written during the Yuan Dy

When End of Heat comes, summer heat gradually disappears. But the weather is not quite cold due to the "autumn tiger," which refers to the spell of hot weather after the startbeginning of autumn.

The Sanshiliuji 三十六计 "Thirty-six stratagems" is a military primer of obscure origin. The whole book is divided into six parts, each part including six stratagems.

Zhong Kui is a figure of Chinese mythology. Traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons, his image is often painted on household

Autumn Begins is coming, while it is still hot. But we can enjoy more classical Proverbs and Poems.

The Nongzheng quanshu 农政全书 "Whole book on agricultural activities" is an agricultural encyclopaedia compiled by the lateMing period 明 (1368-1644) scholar Xu Guangqi 徐光启 (1562-1633), court

The Qimin yaoshu 齐民要术 "Important methods to condition the people's " is one of the oldest agronomical treatise of China.

The Nüerjing 女儿经 "Classic of girls" is a textbook for primary teaching for girls written by an unknown author during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) .

The Qianjiashi 千家诗 "Poems of one thousand writers" is an anthology of poems from the Tang 唐 (618-907), Five Dynasties五代 (907-960) and Song 宋 (960-1279) periods.

The Qianziwen 千字文 "Thousand-characters text" is a character text book for elementary learning. There are two books with that title, namely one from theLiang period 梁 (502-557) writer Prince X

The Qieyun 切韵 "Cut rhymes" is the oldest surviving dictionary arranging characters according to pronunciation. It was written by Lu Fayan 陆法言 during theSui period 隋 (581-618).

The Qiequn zhizhang tu 切韵指掌图 "Finger-and-palm charts to the cut rhymes system" is a rhyme table from the Song period 宋 (960-1279) originally attributed to Sima Guang 司马光 because he had w

The Quantangshi 全唐诗 is a collection of all preserved shi poems 诗 from the Tang 唐 (618-907) and Five Dynasties 五代 (907-960) periods.

Konghou, also called Kanhou, is an ancient plucked stringed instrument in China. There are mainly three kinds of Konghou: one is played lying flat, one is played upright and another one is the ph

The I Ching (易经, YìJīnɡ), is also called Yi Jing,is one of the oldest know documents in the world. 易经，是世界史上最古老的文件之一，写于3000年前。

The Mingshi 明史 "History of the Ming" is the official dynastic history (zhengshi 正史) of the Ming dynasty 明 (1368-1644).