Chinese Literature

When recently widowed Maggie McElroy is called to China to settle a claim against her late husbands estate, she is blindsided by the discovery that he may have led a double life. Since work is all that will keep her sane, her magazine editor assigns her to profile Sam, a half-Chinese American who is the last in a line of gifted chefs tracing back to the imperial palace. As she watches Sam gear up for Chinas Olympic culinary competition by planning the banquet of a lifetime, she begins to see past the cuisines artistry to glimpse its coherent expression of Chinese civilization.

《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。

The Wang family is hiding a secret—they all have the ability to time travel. When parents Joshua and Lily depart for the past and never return, their children Tommy and Eva are forced to deal with their grief alone. Eva tries to find her place in the present, while Tommy is pulled further and further into a past that he hopes holds the truth. When he falls in love with a woman from 1930s London Chinatown, his inability to confront his own history has serious ramifications for the people who can truly bring him happiness.

《诗经》是中国最早的诗歌总集。收入自西周初年至春秋中叶大约五百多年的诗歌。…… 《詩經》是中國最早的詩歌總集。收入自西周初年至春秋中葉大約五百多年的詩歌。

《尚书》又称《书》、《书经》，为一部多体裁文献汇编，是中国现存最早的史书。…… 《尚書》又稱《書》、《書經》，為一部多體裁文獻彙編，是中國現存最早的史書。

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

Peach Blossom Paradise, set at the time of the reform, is the story of Xiumi, the daughter of a wealthy landowner and former government official who falls prey to insanity and disappears. Days later, a man with a gold cicada in his pocket turns up at their family estate and is inexplicably welcomed as a relative.

1937年，南京沦陷。在一间教堂里，神职人员收留了一群金陵女大学生和13个秦淮河上的风尘女子……1937年，南京淪陷。在一間教堂裡，神職人員收留了一群金陵女大學生和13個秦淮河上的風塵女子……

一段全新改编的神话传奇，一段瑰丽奇幻的冒险之旅，一个手拿乾坤圈、脚踩风火轮的小娃娃，坚持勇敢和正义的故事。……一段全新改編的神話傳奇，一段瑰麗奇幻的冒險之旅，一個手拿乾坤圈、腳踩風火輪的小娃娃，堅持勇敢和正義的故事。

Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: happy parents and a twin sister that meant the world to him. But Alyssa went missing a year ago, stolen off the side of a lonely street with only one witness to the crime. His family shattered, his sister presumed dead, Johnny risks everything to explore the dark side of his hometown in a last, desperate search.

On the last night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, Liang discovers something evil hiding in his family’s candle shop. It's a zombie! With her friend, Tong, she must banish him away before the festival ends at midnight! Will they succeed? Or will the zombie take their qi or life energy?

《战争与和平》是俄国作家托尔斯泰的代表作品。整部作品构思宏伟、气势奔腾，有力地展示出了俄罗斯历史上最壮丽的一页…… 戰爭與和平》是俄國作家托爾斯泰的代表作品。整部作品構思宏偉、氣勢奔騰，有力地展示出了俄羅斯歷史上最壯麗的一頁……

康熙八岁即位，由顺治遗命，以索尼、苏克萨哈、遏必隆和鳌拜四人为辅臣。其中鳌拜居功自傲，专横跋扈，待老臣索尼病死后，他拉拢遏必隆，处死了不与他合作的苏克萨哈，更是朝政独揽，经常咆哮金殿，强制康熙屈从他的意愿。…… 康熙八歲即位，由順治遺命，以索尼、蘇克薩哈、遏必隆和鰲拜四人為輔臣。其中鰲拜居功自傲，專橫跋扈，待老臣索尼病死後，他拉攏遏必隆，處死了不與他合作的蘇克薩哈，更是朝政獨攬，經常咆哮金殿，強制康熙屈從他的意願。

One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, 11-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an "all-American boy".

Izzy Chen is dreading her family’s annual Chinese New Year celebration, where they all come together at a Michelin-starred restaurant to flaunt their status and successes in hopes to one up each other. So when her seventy-three-year-old glamorous and formidable grandmother walks in with a stunning woman on her arm and kisses her in front of everyone, it shakes Izzy to her core. She’d always considered herself the black sheep of the family for harboring similar feelings to the ones her Nainai just displayed.

Disgraced model-writer Bianca Bridge can’t stand hotshot makeup maven Obadiah Cortland. And he lets her know the feeling is mutual. But when working together is their last resort, they must navigate scandal, revenge, and unexpected affection to unlock the beauty that’s found in redemption.

经过三千屯丁试垦，古城子比屋环居，人们安土乐业，大有井田遗风。尤其是京旗屯田，更为满洲故里带来了勃勃的生机。然而，由于朝廷首鼠两端，京旗子弟忌惮稼穑之苦，轰轰烈烈的古城子屯田就要就此终结吗？…… 經過三千屯丁試墾，古城子比屋環居，人們安土樂業，大有井田遺風。尤其是京旗屯田，更為滿洲故里帶來了勃勃的生機。然而，由於朝廷首鼠兩端，京旗子弟忌憚稼穡之苦，轟轟烈烈的古城子屯田就要就此終結嗎？

《一千零一夜》是阿拉伯民间故事集。宰相的女儿山鲁佐德用讲述故事的方法吸引国王，她的故事一直讲了一千零一夜，国王终于被感动，与她白首偕老。…… 《一千零一夜》是阿拉伯民間故事集。宰相的女兒山魯佐德用講述故事的方法吸引國王，她的故事一直講了一千零一夜，國王終於被感動，與她白首偕老。

It is a strange world, one filled with a myriad of mysteries that shrouded its true history. It is a place where many races once thrived, only to eventually dwindle away from the records of time, locked in an eternal struggle against a strange but powerful kind. Our journey continues, as all the Chosen of the Chosen Battle Royale, and all of the major influential parties, along with the rogue practitioners had been transported to this world, or rather, to this ancient battlefield. It is here, their destinies will come to fruition; it is here, they will become renowned.

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……