Chinese Fiction

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

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……

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？

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……

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。」……

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.

胡雪岩白手起家，从一介布衣到富可敌国的“大清首富”，他凭借的是“做天下人生意”的眼光和野心，其经商绝学、处世韬略是留给后人的一笔宝贵财富，为世人所称道……胡雪巖白手起家，從一介布衣到富可敵國的「大清首富」，他憑藉的是「做天下人生意」的眼光和野心，其經商絕學、處世韜略是留給後人的一筆寶貴財富，為世人所稱道……

Leaving behind the Divine Beast World, Hui Yue embarks upon the life of an immortal in the vast outside world. To resurrect his loved one, he will go to hell and back. Follow Hui Yue as he enters a world unlike any he has ever seen before and adapts to the many changes that surrounds him on his quest to become the strongest person alive.

《西游记》以“唐僧取经”这一历史事件为蓝本，描写了孙悟空出世，后遇见了唐僧、猪八戒和沙和尚三人，一路降妖伏魔，保护唐僧西行取经，经历了九九八十一难，终于到达西天见到如来佛祖，最终五圣成真的故事。…… 《西遊記》以「唐僧取經」這一歷史事件為藍本，描寫了孫悟空出世，後遇見了唐僧、豬八戒和沙和尚三人，一路降妖伏魔，保護唐僧西行取經，經歷了九九八十一難，終於到達西天見到如來佛祖，最終五聖成真的故事。

This fictional novella, by Chen Yuanbin, follows the quest of a pregnant Chinese peasant woman who is searching for a public apology from the authorities to compensate for her husband having been kicked by the head of their rural village.

Asta Fung is sixteen and sulky. Her parents have moved the whole family to take over the Yau Sum takeaway in another town so Grandpa Charlie can be closer to the big hospital. She's had to give up her dog, her friends, her familiar teenage life. All too soon, she has to give up Grandpa Charlie too. What was the point? When the builder's son, Josh, hands her a bundle of love letters he found under the floorboards, Asta realises they were hidden there by Grandpa Charlie as a young man.

Two young girls sneak onto the grounds of a hospital, where they find a disturbing moment of silence in a rose garden. A couple grows a plant that blooms underground, invisibly, to their long-time neighbor's consternation. A cat worries about its sleepwalking owner, who receives a mysterious visitor while he's asleep. After a ten-year absence, a young man visits his uncle, on the twenty-fourth floor of a high-rise that is floating in the air, while his ugly cousin hesitates on the stairs . . .

几度情醉唐诗，几度梦回唐朝，唐诗中的唐朝，繁花如锦却又灾难深重，刚健理性却又缠绵多情，字字珠玉却也句句带血般的词句演绎出一代绝世风华……幾度情醉唐詩，幾度夢迴唐朝，唐詩中的唐朝，繁花如錦卻又災難深重，剛健理性卻又纏綿多情，字字珠玉卻也句句帶血般的詞句演繹出一代絕世風華……

美国纽约五大黑势力集团之一的维托・考利昂一家采用多种极端手段，实现了在整个美国黑暗势力团体中的独尊地位……美國紐約五大黑勢力集團之一的維托・考利昂一家採用多種極端手段，實現了在整個美國黑暗勢力團體中的獨尊地位……

王阳明，本名王守仁，自号阳明子，学者称之为“阳明先生”，后世亦多以“王阳明”称之，他是明代著名的思想家、文学家、哲学家、军事家……王陽明，本名王守仁，自號陽明子，學者稱之為「陽明先生」，後世亦多以「王陽明」稱之，他是明代著名的思想家、文學家、哲學家、軍事家……

Watch out, Stanley! Ouch! Stanley accidentally caused twin acrobats Yin and Yang to take a tumble, right before their Chinese New Year show. Yang's foot is broken, but luckily Flat Stanley is flexible enough to take his place. To make up for his mistake, Stanley travels to China to help out, but can he learn all their amazing tricks in time?

Having become the new Judge of Hell, Hui Yue travels back to the Celestial Sword Sect where he is to start a new life as an immortal. While striving to gain enough strength to defeat his enemies, he must continue to look out for the people he cares most about. He journeys out on a trip to find the one person who can help him resurrect his loved one....

While classic war films played, Old Second and his countrymen found intimacy in the screening rooms. In the box office, Bao Mei sold movie tickets to closeted men, guarding their secrets and finding her own happiness with the projectionist. But when Old Second’s passion for his male lover is revealed, a series of haunting events unfold, propelling these characters toward an uncertain future in America.

Jingwen spends her nights as a showgirl at the Paramount, one of the most lavish clubs in Shanghai, competing ruthlessly to charm wealthy patrons. To cap off her shifts, she runs money for her grandmother, the exclusive surgeon to the most powerful gang in the city. A position her grandmother is pressuring her to inherit. When a series of dancers are targeted—the attacker stealing their faces—Jingwen fears she could be next. And as the faces of the dancers start appearing on wealthy foreign socialites, she realizes Shanghai's mirage of carefree luxury comes at a terrible price.

As a child in Beijing in the 1970s, Lai lives with her family in a lively, working-class neighborhood near the heart of the city. Thoughtful yet unassuming, she spends her days with her friends beyond the attention of her parents: Her father is a reclusive figure who lingers in the background, while her mother, an aging beauty and fervent patriot, is quick-tempered and preoccupied with neighborhood gossip. Only Lai's grandmother, a formidable and colorful maverick, seems to really see Lai and believe that she can blossom beyond their circumstances.