Chinese Fiction

《羊脂球：莫泊桑短篇小说选》收录莫泊桑多篇短篇小说。莫泊桑故事中的主人公，大多是小人物，这些人物构成了法国社会的主体，他们身边发生的故事，便构成世俗社会的万象。…… 《羊脂球：莫泊桑短篇小說選》收錄莫泊桑多篇短篇小說。莫泊桑故事中的主人公，大多是小人物，這些人物構成了法國社會的主體，他們身邊發生的故事，便構成世俗社會的萬象。

《大学》是一篇论述儒家修身治国平天下思想的散文，相传为曾子所作，实为秦汉时儒家作品，是一部中国古代讨论教育理论的重要著作。…… 《大學》是一篇論述儒家修身治國平天下思想的散文，相傳為曾子所作，實為秦漢時儒家作品，是一部中國古代討論教育理論的重要著作。

Improve your Chinese skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Chinese short stories!

The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family’s controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay.

Following his runaway best seller, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie gives us a delightful new tale of East meets West: an adventure both wry and uplifting about a love of dreams and the dream of love, and the power of reading to sustain and inspire the spirit.

As a middle-aged man, the protagonist revisits his old home which he had left more than 20 years ago. He meets up with family members, and Runtu, a childhood friend, as well as someone he does not even remember - Mrs Yang, who exclaims "Don't you know me? And I have held you in my arms!" In this story, the listener is given an intriguing insight into people’s lives in China during the 1920s. My Old Home is also available in the collection entitled Chinese Classic Stories, read by Martin Jarvis.

北京男赵小提逍遥自在地混日子，与老婆离婚后偶然邂逅了北漂姚睫，两人灵犀相通。前妻回国后，赵小提拒绝与其重归于好，姚睫却也突然消失……北京男趙小提逍遙自在地混日子，與老婆離婚後偶然邂逅了北漂姚睫，兩人靈犀相通。前妻回國後，趙小提拒絕與其重歸於好，姚睫卻也突然消失……

吉卜赛弃儿希斯克利夫被山庄老主人收养后，因受辱和恋爱不遂，外出致富。回来后对其女友凯瑟琳结婚的地主林顿及其子女进行报复……吉卜賽棄兒希斯克利夫被山莊老主人收養後，因受辱和戀愛不遂，外出致富。回來後對與女友凱瑟琳結婚的地主林頓及其子女進行報復……

The novel depicts the story of the "second generation of Xinjiang" born in the oases of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in the 1960s-1970s growing up with their fathers' generation. It portrays the passionate era of two generations dedicating themselves to defending and developing the borders, and the arduous process of building a happy homeland.

自己老婆和别人老婆同时掉水里，你救哪个？…… 自己老婆和別人老婆同時掉水裏，你救哪個？

三个火枪手正直、勇敢，有着绅士风度。达达尼昂无意间冒犯了这三位火枪手，他们为了荣誉要和达达尼昂决斗，达达尼昂只好硬着头皮接受……三個火槍手正直、勇敢，有著紳士風度。達達尼昂無意間冒犯了這三位火槍手，他們為了榮譽要和達達尼昂決鬥，達達尼昂只好硬著頭皮接受……

他集立德、立功、立言于一身而成为“真三不朽”，实现了古今圣贤的最高人格理想。他，就是王阳明……他集立德、立功、立言於一身而成為「真三不朽」，實現了古今聖賢的最高人格理想。他，就是王陽明……

Mimi is a "waste girl". A member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle, located off China’s southeastern coast, and home to the world’s largest electronic waste recycling center. There, thousands of miles from home, Mimi struggles to earn a living for her family and dreams of a better life. Luo Jincheng is the head of one of three clans who run the island, a role passed down from his father and grandfather before him. As the government enforces tighter restrictions, Luo in turn tightens the reins on the waste workers in his employ. Ruthlessness is his means of survival.

In New York City, an art student finds an unexpected subject when she moves in with a grandmother from Xi’an, and boundaries are put into question. When a newlywed couple moves to Arizona, adapting to unfamiliar customs keeps their marriage from falling apart. A woman grapples with what it means to care for another, and the limits of that care, when her dying husband returns from Beijing years after abandoning her. And during a rainy summer in Texas, a visitor exposes the unspoken but unburiable history that binds two families together.

贼王世家、五行至尊圣王鼎、封建王朝三者之间是否有着惊天动地的隐秘联系？民国时期，天下动荡，军阀割据。奉天小贼火小邪无意中被卷入盗取御风神捕保管的女身玉密谋之中，经历兄弟惨死、亡命天涯，一路凶险，天赋异禀的他能否化险为夷？…… 賊王世家、五行至尊聖王鼎、封建王朝三者之間是否有著驚天動地的隱秘聯繫？民國時期，天下動盪，軍閥割據。奉天小賊火小邪無意中被捲入盜取禦風神捕保管的女身玉密謀之中，經歷兄弟慘死、亡命天涯，一路兇險，天賦異稟的他能否化險為夷？

有个老人独自在海上捕鱼，接连几个月没有收获，后来他钓到一条很大的旗鱼，跟它缠斗了两天两夜，用鱼枪把它刺死；但在返回的途中遇到鲨鱼的袭击…… 有個老人獨自在海上捕魚，接連幾個月沒有收穫，後來他釣到一條很大的旗魚，跟它纏鬥了兩天兩夜，用魚槍把它刺死；但在返回的途中遇到鯊魚的襲擊……

Victor Chin’s life is turned upside down at the tender age of 15. Diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, otherwise known as leprosy, he’s forced to leave the familiar confines of his father’s laundry business in the Bronx–the only home he’s known since emigrating from China with his older brother—to quarantine alongside patients from all over the country at a federal institution in Carville. At first, Victor is scared not only of the disease, but of the confinement, and wants nothing more than to flee.

From one of China’s most famous contemporary writers, here is a stunning collection of stories, selected from the best of Yu Hua’s early work, that shows his far-reaching influence on a pivotal period in Chinese literature. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Yu Hua and other young Chinese writers began to reimagine their national literature. Departing from conventional realism in favor of a more surreal and subjective approach inspired by Kafka, Faulkner, and Borges, the boundary-pushing fiction of this period reflected the cultural changes sweeping the world’s most populous nation.

字字珠玑的故事、始料未及的真相、彻骨入髓的爱杀，这是一部从古言套路中挣脱出来的真情之作！一念情痴金匣起，死生契阔心相照…… 字字珠璣的故事、始料未及的真相、徹骨入髓的愛殺，這是一部從古言套路中掙脫出來的真情之作！一念情癡金匣起，死生契闊心相照……

九牛一毛和史学家司马迁有什么关系？二桃三士这个成语中，晏子又是如何用三个桃子，就除掉了齐景公的心腹大患？听《成语故事》，借用古人智慧，享受现代人生。…… 九牛一毛和史學家司馬遷有什麼關係？二桃三士這個成語中，晏子又是如何用三個桃子，就除掉了齊景公的心腹大患？聽《成語故事》，借用古人智慧，享受現代人生。