Chinese Literature

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.

One of the most significant and popular books in the history of human thought, and China’s earliest philosophical classic, The Dao De Jing has served for millennia as a brilliant guide to living healthily and happily, to treating the Earth with respect, and to understanding our place in the cosmos. Renowned translator J. H. Huang has spent over two decades researching the Dao, resulting in the most accurate translation to date based on the oldest known transcripts of the text.

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。」……

吉普赛少女爱斯美拉达以街头卖艺为生，圣母院教堂副主教弗罗洛欲将其占为己有，但发现她另有情人，于是设计刺杀了她的情人并嫁祸于她，致使她被判死刑。但敲钟人卡西魔多把她救到圣母院避难…… 吉普賽少女愛斯美拉達以街頭賣藝為生，聖母院教堂副主教弗羅洛欲將其占為己有，但發現她另有情人，於是設計刺殺了她的情人並嫁禍於她，致使她被判死刑。但敲鐘人卡西魔多把她救到聖母院避難……

One by one, Tahir Hamut Izgil's friends disappeared. The Chinese government's brutal persecution of the Uyghur people had continued for years, but in 2017 it assumed a terrifying new scale. The Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim minority group in western China, were experiencing an echo of the worst horrors of the twentieth century, amplified by China's establishment of an all-seeing high-tech surveillance state. Over a million people have vanished into China’s internment camps for Muslim minorities.

格林童话是德国儿童文学宝库中的一颗璀璨明珠，更是瑰丽多姿世界童话王国中的一朵奇葩。它以幽默轻松的语言、想象丰富的情节吸引了一代又一代的孩子们。…… 格林童話是德國兒童文學寶庫中的一顆璀璨明珠，更是瑰麗多姿世界童話王國中的一朵奇葩。它以幽默輕鬆的語言、想像豐富的情節吸引了一代又一代的孩子們。

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

Trying to make some fast cash, two small-time crooks devise a plan to kidnap the son of a wealthy family in a village and hold him for ransom. When the kidnapped boy pulls out his Hong Hou (“Red Monkey”) costume, the two burglars realize they may be in for more than they planned. As their ransom notes remain unanswered and their scheme starts to drag on, the two crooks find out for themselves how a child's imagination can spell disaster for two inexperienced criminal minds.

《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……

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……

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……

Critically acclaimed author Gish Jen is a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee and the person John Updike proclaimed as the young novelist most likely to become his successor. In The Love Wife, Jen poignantly explores the explosive dynamics of a mixed-race modern family.

Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father’s grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng’s tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the “Chinese groove,” a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders.

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.

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……

安徒生是丹麦著名童话作家，世界文学童话创始人。《安徒生童话》中闪耀着的人性光辉，超越了国家、种族与文化的界线，是世界各地一代又一代读者的挚爱。…… 安徒生是丹麥著名童話作家，世界文學童話創始人。《安徒生童話》中閃耀著的人性光輝，超越了國家、種族與文化的界線，是世界各地一代又一代讀者的摯愛。

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.

Pedro is excited to celebrate Chinese New Year with his friend Katie Woo and her family. They attend a colorful parade filled with dragons and drums. But when Katie goes missing, Pedro is worried. How will he find his friend among all the bright colors and big sounds? Thankfully Pedro is ready to come to the rescue in this early chapter book.

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.

《西游记》是中国古代第一部浪漫主义章回体长篇神魔小说。该书以“唐僧取经”这一历史事件为蓝本，通过作者的艺术加工，深刻地描绘了当时的社会现实。《西遊記》是中國古代第一部浪漫主義章回體長篇神魔小說。該書以「唐僧取經」這一歷史事件為藍本，通過作者的藝術加工，深刻地描繪了當時的社會現實。