Chinese Literature Fiction

歴戦の同志を失いながらも、梁山泊軍は、童貫軍と全軍あげてのぶつかり合いを続けている。乱戦の中、戦場の中央に陣取る郭盛軍は少しずつ前進を始めた。童貫は『幻』の旗に向かい、岳飛は楊令軍を止めるべく疾駆する。

中華全土が戦場と化していた。沙門島沖では狄成と項充が、攻めてきた敵の海鰍船に忍び込み、船もろとも消失させた。一方、海陵王は刺客を使い胡土児の暗殺を企てていた。羅辰は、南宋水軍が南の甘蔗園を狙っていることを察知し、象山の造船所に火を放つ。

推戴した皇帝が暗殺され、聞煥章の燕国建国の野望は半ばにして潰えた。燕軍は瓦解し、北の戦線は終熄する。梁山泊軍は、楊令の作戦によって河水沿いの地域を一気に制圧した。一方、江南では宋軍による方臘信徒の殺戮が凄惨を極めている。

戦火から生き延びた呉用は、梁山泊の生き残りを組織しつつ、南方で勢力を増し叛乱を企図する方臘の配下に偽名を使って潜入する。少年・岳飛は山賊掃討戦のさなか、童貫元帥と出会う。

『飛』の旗を掲げた岳飛のもとに、かつての仲間、孟遷や于才も加わり、さらに梁山泊からの援助を受けつつ、本格的に岳家軍が再興されていく。金国と講和した南宋は、韓世忠率いる水軍が、次の相手を梁山泊水軍と見据え準備を始めていた。

淮水で金軍の兀朮が岳家軍と、ほぼ同時に撻懶が梁山泊軍と交戦するが、それぞれ退く形で一旦収束する。兀朮は楊令の遺児・胡土児を養子に迎え、南宋の宰相に復帰した秦桧は漢土の統一を目指し奔走する。

金軍・兀朮と呼吸を合わせたかのように戦を停止し、本拠に戻った岳飛。一方、呉用は宣凱に「岳飛を救え」と言い遺していた。梁山泊が救出に動き始める。ようやく臨安府に赴いた岳飛は、帝に拝謁後監禁されてしまう。

延凌率いる梁山泊軍と兀朮率いる金国軍が、激戦を展開していた。両軍とも勇将を失うも、勝敗はつかず。そんな中、梁山泊水軍も動き出す。李俊は、交易船を狙う不穏な動きを見せていた韓世忠をついに追い詰め、打ち斃す。

童貫率いる宋禁軍が、ついに梁山泊討伐に出動した。開封府では、燕青と侯真が、不穏な動きを見せる青蓮寺の妓館を探っている。梁山泊は楊令を中心に結束を強め、童貫を迎え撃つ準備をかためた。張平は黒騎兵を離れ、新たに編成した青騎兵を率いる。

戦いの気配が次第に濃厚になっていた。岳都で高山の民を加え調練の日々を送る岳飛。南宋水軍の韓世忠は遭難した梁紅玉を救うため、張朔の交易船を襲った。南下してくる南宋軍に対し岳飛は警戒を強め、小梁山の秦容と手を組むことに。

南宋の宰相・秦桧は闇の中で戦いが終わってからのことを考えていた。そんな中、梁山泊の宣凱が岳飛を訪ね対話をする。岳飛は答えた。「中華を中華の民の国にしたい」と。一方、梁山泊の南の開墾地は本格的に始動。

Frontier opens with the story of Liujin, a young woman heading out on her own to create her own life in Pebble Town, a somewhat surreal place at the base of Snow Mountain where wolves roam the streets and certain enlightened individuals can see and enter a paradisaical garden. Exploring life in this city (or in the frontier) through the viewpoint of a dozen different characters, some simple, some profound, Can Xue's latest novel attempts to unify the grand opposites of life

In the twilight of the 21st century, Alton B. Tapscott battles hurricanes, his children, the trappings of polite society, organized religion, and the inescapable control of technology—his only weapons being his cat, a pair of prescription arthritic socks, and his new Wi-Fi-enabled hearing aid.

The Chinese Lunar Calendar cycles every twelve years, and each year is represented by a different animal character. In this fantastical book, they also happen to be twelve friends that play music together in a band. This fun and education book introduces kids to Mandarin characters and musical instruments.

Laila knows how clever, kind, and funny her Mama and Baba are—but sometimes they need her help translating things from English. With English classes being too expensive, Laila decides to become her parents’ teacher, even though she’s just learning the language too. There’s lots that Laila knows (like you don’t pronounce the t in ballet) but there’s so much she doesn’t know too. Together, they embrace the joy and struggles of learning a new language.

Mei is a young Chinese American girl filled with curiosity about her family’s history in Washington, D.C. Delving into their tales of courage, hope, and resilience, Mei explores the strength and spirit that unites her Chinese heritage with her American identity. Then Mei finds herself at a rally against Asian hate and she realizes that it is her time to make a difference. Armed with the inspiring stories of her ancestors and backed by the unconditional support of her family, Mei takes center stage to start an empowering chant, “We are American, too!”

Sophie’s work on the Chinese booth at last year’s Rainbow Fair is a point of pride for her and her parents, even if Sophie and her best friend, Katie, think the whole thing is a little silly. Sophie's family is Hui, Chinese Muslim. The Muslim part is something she doesn't know much about. Her parents prefer to keep it private. So when it gets slipped to an overenthusiastic teacher that Sophie is Muslim, the only Muslim in her class, suddenly Sophie is in charge of debuting a booth representing the Islamic religion she doesn't practice, an assignment she is determined to keep secret.

Fifteen-year-old Kate lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the pre-war Hong Kong expatriate community, but when the Japanese invade she’s interned in squalid Stanley Camp with her parents. Enduring cramped conditions, humiliation, disease, and starvation, Kate befriends seventeen-year-old Charles, who is half Chinese, and they give their hearts to each other under the orchid tree. Meanwhile, forty miles away in Portuguese Macau, thirteen-year-old Sofia’s suspicions are aroused when her father invites a Japanese family to dinner.

Vivian Yin is dead. The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, the trailblazing ingénue rose to fame in the eighties, only to disappear from the spotlight at the height of her career to live out the rest of her life as a recluse. Now her remaining family members are gathered for the reading of her will, and her daughters expect to inherit their childhood home: Vivian’s grand, sprawling, Southern California garden estate. But due to a last-minute change to the will, the house is passed on to another family instead—one that has suddenly returned after decades of estrangement.

This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it’s time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year.