Chinese Fiction

Two novellas set in Aliette de Bodard’s award-winning, critically acclaimed Xuya universe, a timeline where Asia became dominant, and where the space age has Confucian galactic empires of Vietnamese and Chinese inspiration. Contains The Citadel of Weeping Pearls and The Tea Master and the Detective.

一千万年前，凤凰玄凤与金龙苍华出世，被定为天命之身，旨在除魔卫道。一次巧合，玄凤却与蛟龙赤颜在清池相遇，一见钟情…… 一千萬年前，鳳凰玄鳳與金龍蒼華出世，被定為天命之身，旨在除魔衛道。一次巧合，玄鳳卻與蛟龍赤顏在清池相遇，一見鍾情……

《周易》是一部是建立在阴阳二元论基础上对事物运行规律加以论证和描述的中国古哲学书籍。…… 《周易》是一部建立在陰陽二元論基礎上對事物運行規律加以論證和描述的中國古哲學書籍。

China has been a wellspring of storytelling for over 2,000 years. Sadly, this fantastic literature is little known in the west outside the halls of academia, though a handful of recent 20th century authors have attained a respectable following. The stories in this volume date from the sixth century A.D. to the early part of the 20th century, and will give the listener a good feel for the subject. Astonishingly, the Chinese enjoyed from the earliest times many of the genres we take for granted today.

这个世界上总有那么一些人，他们英勇无畏，固执，乃至偏执，不羁，骄傲，而又狂妄……這個世界上總有那麼一些人，他們英勇無畏，固執，乃至偏執，不羈，驕傲，而又狂妄……

Young Wang has received plenty of wisdom from his beloved uncle: don’t take life too seriously, get out on the road when you can, and everyone gets just seven great loves in their life—so don’t blow it. This last one sticks with Young as he is an obsessive cataloger of his life: movies watched, favorite albums . . . all filtered through Chinese numerology and superstition. He finds meaning in almost everything, for which his two best friends endlessly tease him. But then, at the end of 1995, when Young is at New York University, he meets Erena.

《金瓶梅》借《水浒传》中武松杀嫂一段故事为引子，通过对兼有官僚、恶霸、富商三种身份的封建时代市侩势力的代表人物西门庆及其家庭罪恶生活的描述，揭露了明代中叶社会的黑暗和腐败…… 《金瓶梅》借《水滸傳》中武松殺嫂一段故事為引子，通過對兼有官僚、惡霸、富商三種身份的封建時代市儈勢力的代表人物西門慶及其家庭罪惡生活的描述，揭露了明代中葉社會的黑暗和腐敗……

《名人传》是有关贝多芬，米开朗基罗和列夫·托尔斯泰的传记。三位传主都是人类历史上极富天才的人物……《名人傳》是有關貝多芬，米開朗基羅和列夫·托爾斯泰的傳記。三位傳主都是人類歷史上極富天才的人物……

人不但无法选择家庭出身，更无法选择所处的时代，但无论这两点对人多么不利，人仍有选择自己人性坐标的可能，哪怕选择余地很小很小……人不但無法選擇家庭出身，更無法選擇所處的時代，但無論這兩點對人多麼不利，人仍有選擇自己人性坐標的可能，哪怕選擇餘地很小很小……

张爱玲与胡兰成是相知的，胡兰成说：“因为相知，所以懂得。”张爱玲说：“因为懂得，所以慈悲。”……張愛玲與胡蘭成是相知的，胡蘭成說：「因為相知，所以懂得。」張愛玲說：「因為懂得，所以慈悲。」……

她只是一个地位卑微的庶女，后来嫁给了侯爷为继妻，侯府的深宅大院，她该怎样以自己的才智生存下去……她只是一個地位卑微的庶女，後來嫁給了侯爺為繼妻，侯府的深宅大院，她該怎樣以自己的才智生存下去……

在遇到冯彦均之前，方扬有着固定的生活步调——读书，谈恋爱，毕业，工作，准备结婚……在遇到馮彥均之前，方揚有著固定的生活步調——讀書，談戀愛，畢業，工作，準備結婚……

The Backstreets is an astonishing novel by a preeminent contemporary Uyghur author who was disappeared by the Chinese state. It follows an unnamed Uyghur man who comes to the impenetrable Chinese capital of Xinjiang after finding a temporary job in a government office. Seeking to escape the pain and poverty of the countryside, he finds only cold stares and rejection. He wanders the streets, accompanied by the bitter fog of winter pollution, reciting a monologue of numbers and odors, lust and loathing, memories and madness.

Idioms are selected from a large number of idioms that people use every day. The language of these stories is vivid and easy to understand, which can help children understand history, learn knowledge, and feel the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture. This album is the first series of "Idiom Stories", which recites and interprets idiom stories.

Olivia Huang Christenson is excited-slash-terrified to be taking over her grandmother’s matchmaking business. But when she learns that a new dating app has made her Pó Po’s traditional Chinese zodiac approach all about “animal attraction,” her emotions skew more toward furious-slash-outraged. Especially when L.A.’s most-eligible bachelor Bennett O’Brien is behind the app that could destroy her family’s legacy....

Join Professor Luo and his niece Xiaojing in their daring quest down the mouth of a volcano to reach the center of the earth. Guided by a mysterious passage on an ancient parchment and accompanied by their faithful guide Lao Xu, the three explorers encounter subterranean phenomena, prehistoric animals, and vast underground seas. A Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne's best-known works and one of the most classic tales of adventure ever written.

The story you’re about to hear is the second Charlie Chan novel, and it features a parrot named Tony who is witness to a crime. The unusual bird spoke Chinese and had a less-than-perfect use of English grammar but was killed by the criminals as a precaution. Chan himself was a friend of a family selling jewels and agreed to deliver them on his first trip to mainland California. While there he masquerades as a pidgin-speaking cook during his undercover investigation. His profound and original intelligence offers genial humor and witty dialogue.

两桩悬案，阳案阴审，真相大明。富家女，新婚之夜暴毙身亡，新郎不知所踪。狄仁杰顺着这个案子查下去，发现竟然有人暗中阴谋造反……兩樁懸案，陽案陰審，真相大明。富家女，新婚之夜暴斃身亡，新郎不知所踪。狄仁傑順著這個案子查下去，發現竟然有人暗中陰謀造反……

通览五千年全球文明浩荡风云，综观五千年世界历史未解之谜，还原尘封历史背后掩盖的原貌，追寻遥远年代若隐若现的足迹，在思考和探索中走向精彩未来。…… 通覽五千年全球文明浩蕩風雲，綜觀五千年世界歷史未解之謎，還原塵封歷史背後掩蓋的原貌，追尋遙遠年代若隱若現的足跡，在思考和探索中走向精彩未來。

网游荣耀中被誉为教科书级别的顶尖高手，因为种种原因遭到俱乐部的驱逐，离开职业圈的他寄身于一家网吧成了一个小小的网管…… 網遊榮耀中被譽為教科書級別的頂尖高手，因為種種原因遭到俱樂部的驅逐，離開職業圈的他寄身於一家網吧成了一個小小的網管……