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.

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
长安的荔枝
Women, Seated
Ghost Music
Land of Big Numbers
Rouge Street: Three Novellas
Jumpnauts
Cinema Love
太白金星有点烦
City of Fiction
Đêm Trường Tăm Tối
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Elsewhere
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
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
Outlaws of the Marsh (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
The Analects
Love in a Fallen City
Dream of the Red Chamber
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinDeath's End by Liu Cixin仰望星空之遥远的问候 by Bryant JohnsonVagabonds by Hao Jingfang
Chinese Science Fiction Novels
19 books — 24 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 Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellIt by Stephen  King
Big Fat Reads Worth The Effort 2.0
45 books — 73 voters
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


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