A New Practical Primer of Literary Chinese

Paul Rouzer

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$39.95 • £34.95 • €36.95

ISBN 9780674022706

Publication Date: 06/30/2007

Short

540 pages

8-1/2 x 11 inches

Harvard University Asia Center > Harvard East Asian Monographs

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY: Chinese

Introduction
How to Use This Textbook
Map of Warring States China
Unit 1. Proverbs and Anecdotes from the Garden of Stories
Unit 2. Four Accounts from “Biographies of the Assassin-Retainers”
Unit 3. Two Biographies from the Biographies of Noted Women
Unit 4. Excerpts from the Mencius
Unit 5. Two Warrior Women
Unit 6. An Outer Chapter from the Zhuangzi
Answer Key and Translations
Text Sources and Character Variants
Suggestions fro Further Reading (Some Translations and Studies)
Japanese Kanbun Renderings of the Texts
Review of Various Common and Significant Words
Notes on the Radical System
Characters with “Difficult” Radicals
Comprehensive Glossary
Mandarin Pronunciation Index
Korean Pronunciation Index

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