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
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 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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FOTRT essential reading
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