中國文學

Chinese literature, spanning over three thousand years, has well shaped the splendid and profound cultural identity of the Chinese people. Chinese literature is of immediate practical use from its source. It concerns human relationships and everyday life as well as political education. Moreover, it is closely related with the spiritual life of the people. The Chinese people strive for the harmony of man:with nature, firmly believing that the foundation of human relationships and everyday life is in communion with the heavenly principles. What the geniuses in the field of literature aspire to know and concern themselves with are the whole universe, history, and the bitter sorrow of the common people. All these are the great splendors in the tradition of Chinese literature.

Foreword

PART ONE: ANCIENT CHINESE LITERATURE by Yao Dan

The Book of Songs: The Earliest Anthology of Poetry

"Folk Songs of 15 Regions" ("Guofeng")

The Epic of the Western Zhou People

Prose Writings of Various Schools of Thought during

the Spring and Autumn andthe Warring States Period:

Models for Prose Writings

Tao Te Ching

The Analects

Mencius

Zhuangzi

Qu Yuan: A Romantic Lyricist

Qu Yuan

The Lament on Encountering Sorrows

Records of the Historian: The First and Last Work by Historians, Li Sao without Rhyme

Pre-Qin Historical Books

About Records of the Historian

The Characterization in Records of the Historian

History and Literature

Literature in the Wei and Jin Period: The Vigorous

and Powerful Style of Jian'an Literature and Tao

Yuanming

Li Bai and Du Fu: The Two Summits of Tang Poetry

Li Bai Romantic Genius Poet

Du Fu A Compassionate Sage Poet

Ci Poetry: Poems That Can Be Sung

Su Shi

Li Qingzhao

Xin Qiji

Two Outstanding Playwrights of the Yuan Opera: Guan

Hanqing and Wang Shifu

Guan Hanqing

Wang Shifu

Classical Fictions in Chapter-titled Style in the Ming

Dynasty: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh and Journey to the West

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Outlaws of the Marsh

Journey to the West

Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio: Short Stories of the Qing Dynasty

A Dream of Red Mansions: The Pinnacle of Classical Literature

PART TWO: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LITERATURE

by Deng linhui, Wang Feng & Tang Huiyun

Lu Xun: Founder of New Vernacular Literature

The Transformation of Literature

Lu Xun

Modern Fiction: Echo of the Times

Mao Dun and Modern Fiction

Ba in and His "Torrent Trilogy"

Lao She and "Beijing Style" Citizen Fiction

"Beijing School" and "Shanghai School"

New Poetry: Finding a Voice of Their Own

New Poetry: Finding a Voice of Their Own

Guo Moruo: A Destroyer and a Creator

Ai Qing: A Singer of the Land and the Sun

Mu Dan: Richness vs. Rich Suffering

Modern Drama: Birth and Maturing

Literature in the New Era: Reflections, Root-seeking and Explorations

Memories of the Historical Wounds

Root-seeking and Countryside Literatui

Avantgarde Novels

Writings of the Neo-realism

Trend of New Poetry

Present-day Literature: writings for the Public

New Historical Novels: Voices of Individuality

Cultural Prose: A New Literary Style

Youth Writing: Keeping Abreast with Fashion

Movie-TV Literature and Cyber-literature: Another Wing of Literature

Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties