Chapter 1 Pre-Qin Dynasties:Early Poetry 1
The Book of Songs 2
Elegies of the South 6
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 13
Chapter 2 Pre-Qin Dynasties:Early Prose 17
The Analects 18
The Book of Tao and Teh 28
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 33
Chapter 3 The Han to Northern and Southern Dynasties:Poetry and Prose 35
Poems by Tao Qian and Folk Songs 36
Prose Writings by Tao Qian and Sima Qian 39
Leam Chinese from Famous Quotations 69
Chapter 4 The Tang Dynasty:Shi Poetry 72
Shi Poems by Li Bai 73
Shi Poems by Du Fu 75
Shi Poems by other Tang poets 78
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 83
Chapter 5 The Song Dynasty:Ci Poetry 87
Ci Poems by Su Shi 88
Ci Poems by Xin Qiii 91
Ci Poems by Li Qingzhao 93
Ci Poems by Other Poets 95
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 99
Chapter 6 The Tang and Song Dynasties:Prose 102
On Teachers by Han Yu 103
The Snake-Catcher by Liu Zongyuan 104
First Visit to the Red Cliff by Su Shi 106
Yueyang Pavilion by Fan Zhongyan 108
ThePavilion of the Old Drunkard by Ouyang Xiu 109
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 111
Chapter 7 The Yuan Dynasty:Qu Opera 114
Snow in Midsummer by Guan Hanqing 115
Rescued by a Coquette by Guan Hanqing 138
Romance of the Western Bower by Wang Shifu 158
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 169
Chapter 8 The Ming and Qing Dynasties:Fiction 171
Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 172
A Dream ofthe Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin 186
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 202
Chapter 9 Modern Times:Poetry and Fiction 209
Poetry 211
Poems by Hu Shi 211
Poems by Hai Zi 212
Poems by Other Poets 214
Fiction 218
A Madman's Diary by Lu Xun 218
A Dictionary of Maqiao by Han Shaogong 229
Red Sorghum by Mo Yan 255
Learn Chinese from Famous Quotations 275
Appendix 278
References 281