Classical Chinese (Supplement 2): Readings in Poetry and Prose: Suppl. 2 (Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese) Book

This volume continues the rigorous standard set forth in the three-volume textbook Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader, while reinforcing its linguistic lessons from carefully chosen representative works. Comprised of three parts--"Poetry," "Lyrics," and "Prose"--it presents texts in chronological order to convey both their continuity as well as changes in their development. These selections represent the artistic embodiment of China's Confucian and Taoist thought. Two introductions separately describe in detail the structural and formal features of regulated verse and parallel prose; each genre is unique to Chinese literature yet both share common characteristics tempered by the Chinese language. The main text and its four supplementary volumes together represent 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 by three members of the Chinese Linguistics Project at Princeton University, it sets a new standard for the field. With Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader and its supplementary volumes, Naiying Yuan, Haitao Tang, and James Geiss provide the definitive new resource for students and instructors of classical Chinese language or culture, one whose impact will be lasting.Read More