Classical Chinese : A Basic Reader / James Geiss, Haitao Tang, Naiying Yuan.
Classical chinese : a basic reader Naiying Yuan, Haitao Tang, James Geiss = 文言基礎讀本 / 袁乃瑛, 唐海濤, 蓋杰民.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yuan, Naiying, author.

Geiss, James, author.

Tang, Hai-tao, author.

袁乃瑛, author.

Contributor:

唐海濤, author.

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Readers.

Chinese language.

Chinese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (885 pages) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

文言基礎讀本

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Classical Chinese is the most comprehensive and authoritative textbook on the language, literature, philosophy, history, and religion of premodern China. Rigorously and extensively field-tested and fine-tuned for years in classroom settings, it sets a new standard for the field. Originally published in three volumes, Classical Chinese appears here in one convenient and easy-to-use volume.Classical Chinese contains forty selections from texts written between the fifth century BC and the first century AD, during which the classical Chinese language was fully developed and standardized. These passages, which express key themes in Chinese humor, wit, wisdom, moral conviction, and political ideals, are arranged in the order of complexity of the grammatical patterns they exemplify. Uniquely, each text is translated into both modern Chinese and English. A detailed glossary defines unfamiliar terms and names found in the first part of the textbook, and the last section features in-depth grammatical analyses, in which every sentence in the main selections is fully diagrammed to show the grammatical relations between their various parts. Corresponding exercises review and reinforce the materials. Four supplementary volumes-an introduction to grammar, readings in poetry and prose, selected historical texts, and selected philosophical texts-are separately available for use in conjunction with this basic reader.Classical Chinese provides a definitive resource for students and instructors of classical Chinese language and culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

A Brief Chinese Chronology

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Bilingual Table of Contents

Errata to the Texts

A Quote from Laozi

Reading Texts

Appendixes

Front Matter 2

Table of Contents

List of Errata to the Glossaries

鄭相卻魚 / The prime Minister of Zhèng Refuses a Gift of Fish

宋有富人 / There Was a Wealthy Man of Sòng

守株待兔 / Waiting for a Hare at the Tree Stump

逐臭 / Chasing after the Smell

先王之義勝 / The Righteous Ways of Ancient Kings Triumph

梟逢鳩 / The Owl Meets the Ringdove

矛盾 / Spears and Shields

逆旅二妾 / The Innkeeper's Two Concubines

盜鍾（鐘) / Stealing the Bell

鄭人買履 / A Man of Zhèng Buys Shoes

仁義 / Benevolence and Righteousness

蘇代諌趙王 / Sū Dài Admonishes the King of Zhào

郢書燕說 / The Letter from Ying Explained in Yàn

狐假虎威 / The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Prestige

攫金 / Grabbing the Gold

君子慎所藏 / A Person of High Moral Character Is Exceedingly Circumspect in Selecting His Living Conditions

刻舟求劍 / Carving the Boat and Seeking the Sword

和氏之璧 / The Pierced Jade Disk of a Man Surnamed He

東周欲為稻 / Eastern Zhōu Wants to Plant Rice

結草報恩 / Knotting Grass to Repay a Kindness

歧路亡羊 / A Sheep is Lost at the Forked Road

揠苗 / Pulling Up the Sprouts

燕人 / The Man from Yān

畫蛇添足 / Drawing a Snake and Adding Feet

濠梁之遊 / A Stroll on the Bridge Over the Hao River

齊桓公使管仲治國 / Duke Huān of Qi Orders Guān Zhong to Administer the Affairs of State

知音 / Understanding the Music

曾子辭邑 / Zēngzi Refuses a Grant of Land

孔子猶江海 / Confucius Is Like a River, Like a Sea

苛政猛於虎 / Oppressive Government Is More Fearsome Than a Tiger

曳尾於塗中 / Dragging Its Tail Through the Mud

塞翁失馬 / The Old Man at the Frontier Loses a Horse

齒亡舌存 / The Teeth Have Gone, Yet the Tongue Remians

晏子與楚王論盜 / Yanzi and the King of Chu Discuss Robbing

彌子瑕 / Mí Zixiá

楚莊王不殺絶纓者 / King Zhuang of Chu Does Not Put to Death the One with Broken Capstring

子羔為衛政 / Zigāo Administers the Government of the State of Wēi

郡忌諷齊王納諌 / Zou Ji Subtly Admonishes the King of Qi to Accept Criticism

魏節乳母 / The Upright Wet Nurse of Wei

子産不毀郷校 / Zichan Would not Destroy the Local School

Front Matter 3

List of Errata to the Analyses

逐真 / Chasing after the Smell

齊桓公使管仲治國 / Duke Huan of Qi Orders Guan Zhong to Administer the Affairs of State

晏子與楚王論盜 / Yànzi and the King of Chu Discuss Robbing

子羔為衛政 / Zigao Administers the Government of the State of Wei

鄒忌諷齊王納諌 / Zou Ji Subtly Admonishes the King of Qí to Accept Criticism

魏節乳母 / The Upright Wet Nurse of Wèi

Appendix: Grammatical Terminology Appendix: Grammatical Terminology

Notes:

"Now in one volume"-- Cover.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691118314

0691118310

OCLC:

1132690430