古典散文
Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Complete Guide for Modern Readers
The world's most famous military text — what it actually says, how it's been misused, and why it matters beyond warfare....
Classical Chinese Prose: The Essays That Shaped a Civilization
Chinese prose is not just poetry's less glamorous sibling. The great prose writers — Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Ouyan...
The Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature
Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, and Dream of the Red Chamber — the novels every Chines...
Ouyang Xiu and The Drunkard's Pavilion: Getting Drunk on Mountains
One of China's most celebrated prose pieces was written by a demoted official who claimed the mountains made him drunk —...
Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream: The Most Famous Thought Experiment in Chinese Philosophy
Am I a man dreaming I'm a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I'm a man? The 2,300-year-old question that still has no an...