Chinese Literature

Chinese literature extends thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature fictional novels that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese. The introduction of widespread woodblock printing during the Tang Dynasty (618–907) and the invention of movable type printing by Bi Sheng (990–1051) during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) rapidly spread written knowledge throughout China. In more modern times, the author Lu Xun (1881–1936) is considered the founder of baihua literature in China.

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
Women, Seated
Ghost Music
长安的荔枝
Đêm Trường Tăm Tối
Land of Big Numbers
City of Fiction
Rouge Street: Three Novellas
太白金星有点烦
If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency)
A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
The Shadow Book of Ji Yun: The Chinese Classic of Weird True Tales, Horror Stories, and Occult Knowledge
The Art of War
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
To Live
Tao Te Ching
Three Kingdoms (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Monkey: The Journey to the West
Red Sorghum
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Outlaws of the Marsh (4-Volume Boxed Set)
The Analects
Love in a Fallen City
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
Dream of the Red Chamber
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
The Art of War by Sun TzuTao Te Ching by Lao TzuDream of the Red Chamber by Cao XueqinWild Swans by Jung ChangMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
Chinese Literature
323 books — 153 voters

A Free Life by Ha JinWar Trash by Ha JinBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieThe Art of War by Sun TzuWaiting by Ha Jin
Authors Born in China
18 books — 4 voters
Złota pagoda by Yukio MishimaWyznanie maski by Yukio MishimaDziennik szalonego starca by Jun'ichirō TanizakiJestem, tęsknię, mówię by Yūko TsushimaCzteroksiąg by 阎连科
Proza Dalekiego Wschodu
36 books — 6 voters

The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays by Richard HofstadterUbik by Philip K. DickThe Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
FOTRT essential reading
27 books — 2 voters
The Three-Inch Golden Lotus by Feng Jicai 冯骥才Panic and Deaf by Hsiao-Sheng LiangThe Remote Country of Women by Hua BaiChaos and All That by Liu SolaThe Money Demon by Chen Diexian
Fiction from Modern China series
12 books — 1 voter


Mouloud Benzadi
信任就像古董,一旦坏了,就再也无法修复。
Mouloud Benzadi

Abhijit Naskar
情感第, 晚点装。 简单第, 主权在后。 友谊第, 信仰以后。 善良第, 天后。 道德第, 国籍在后。 和平第, 后来爱国。 人性在先,其他切在后。 爱是我的宗教,人性是我的民族。
Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

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