Results found with the tag 'literature' , 162 articles in total.
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 声东击西 Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west
The Thirty-Six Stratagems are divided into a preface, six chapters containing six stratagems each, and an afterword that was incomplete with missing text. The first three chapters generally descr
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Zhuang Zhou 庄周
Zhuang Zhou 庄周 (trad. 369-286 BCE), called Zhuangzi, who lived during the late 4th century in the state of Song 宋. He refused a state office offered to him by the king of Chu 楚 and preferred
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 趁火打劫 Loot a burning house
The Thirty-Six Stratagems are divided into a preface, six chapters containing six stratagems each, and an afterword that was incomplete with missing text. The first three chapters generally descr
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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. In respect of influence it is only second to the first univers
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 无中生有 Create something from nothing
The Thirty-Six Stratagems are divided into a preface, six chapters containing six stratagems each, and an afterword that was incomplete with missing text. The first three chapters generally descr
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The Guliangzhuan 谷梁传Commentary by Guliang
The Guliangzhuan 谷梁传 is a commentary to the Confucian Classic Chunqiu 春秋 "Spring and Autumn Annals". It is traditionally attributed to Guliang Chi 谷梁赤 (also called Guliang Xi 谷梁喜 or Gu
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 以逸待劳 Leisurely await for the laboured
The Thirty-Six Stratagems are divided into a preface, six chapters containing six stratagems each, and an afterword that was incomplete with missing text. The first three chapters generally descr
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The Gongyangzhuan 公羊传 Commentary by Gongyang
The Gongyangzhuan 公羊传 is a commentary to the Confucian Classic Chunqiu 春秋 "Spring and Autumn Annals".
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 借刀杀人 Kill with a borrowed knife
The Thirty-Six Stratagems are divided into a preface, six chapters containing six stratagems each, and an afterword that was incomplete with missing text. The first three chapters generally descr
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The Zuozhuan 左传: Commentary of Zuo Qiuming
The Zuozhuan 左传 "Commentary of Zuo" is a commentary and parallel version to the chronicle Chunqiu 春秋 "Spring and Autumn Annals". It is attributed to a certain Zuo Qiuming 左丘明.
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 围魏救赵 Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào
The Thirty-Six Stratagems are divided into a preface, six chapters containing six stratagems each, and an afterword that was incomplete with missing text. The first three chapters generally descr
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The Chunqiu 春秋:Spring and Autumn Annals
The Chunqiu 春秋 "Spring and Autumn Annals" is the chronicle of the state of Lu 魯 between 722 and 479. It is the oldest and the only surviving type of chronicles from the early Eastern Zhou peri
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 瞒天过海 Fool the Emperor to Cross the Sea
The Thirty-Six Stratagems are divided into a preface, six chapters containing six stratagems each, and an afterword that was incomplete with missing text. The first three chapters generally descr
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三十六计Thirty-Six Stratagems: 起源Origin
The Thirty-Six Stratagems was a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, as well as in civil interaction, often through unorthodox or deceptive means.
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Chinese First Nobel Prize-winning Author: Mo Yan
Guan Moye, much famous by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and quick story writer. He was referred by Donald Morrisonin U.S. news magazine TIME as "one of the most famous,
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Chinese literature: Ancient Chinese Fables
A fable is "a short story devised to convey some useful lesson, an apologue". A distinctive feature of the fable is that it contains a moral truth.
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History of Chinese Mythology
The writing of such stories began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties (220-420), when various writers, influenced by the alchemist's ideas and Taoist and Buddhist superstitions, were interested in inven
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Features of Chinese Mythology
Scholars and critics have written about the special features of Chinese mythology. China's mythical stories, either those created by the primitive people or those written by later scholars, are f
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Style and Art of Writing
In style and art of writing, both early and later mythical stories are superb. Classical Chinese is extremely concise.
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Shijing (The Book of Songs)
Shijing (The Book of Songs) is the earliest collection ofChinese poems including 305 poems of the Zhou Dynasty (1122-256 B.C.). It was originally called Shi (Poems) and Shi Sanbai (Three Hundred