Han Yu and Study of the Way (原道) Introduction and Background of Han Yu Han Yu, (768-824), sometimes called Han Changli, was a master of Chinese prose, and an outstanding poet. The members of the Han family were all government officials. However, the period of time Han Yu lived in was not what we consider …
Category: Chinese Literature Study
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Jan 01
Cui Shu Murders the Marquis
Passage #1 comes from Zuo Zhuan, 左傳襄公二十五年傳, which will be called as Ref 1 in this article. Passage #2 comes from Lushi chunqiu, 呂氏春秋卷第十慎行論第二, which will be called as Ref 2 in this article. Passage #3 comes from Hanfeizi, 韓非子第四卷姦劫殺臣第十四, which will be called as Ref 3 in this article. Cui Shu Murders the Marquis …
Jan 01
English Translation of Notes on Tao Hua Yuan
Notes on Tao Hua Yuan or Record of Peach Blossom Fountainhead by Tao Yuan-ming (4th AD) Translation In Jin Dynasty, during the years of Tai Yuan, there was a once a native of Wu Lin, who took fishing as his career. One day he was cruising following a stream, and forgot how far he had …
Jan 01
Su Shi’s Greatest Works In His Own View
INTRODUCTION Culturally, the Song period was one of the great ages of Chinese history. It was strikingly modern in character. By Song times the Chinese had gotten up off the floor and were sitting on chairs, contraptions that came in from the west with Buddhism and spread slowly through out Chinese society; they were reading …
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