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Taiping Guangji 太平广记 – Top 100 Books in China
The longest existing collection of classical novels in China
Overview
Chinese Name: 太平广记
English Name: Taiping Guangji
Other Name: Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, Extensive Records of...
The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 文心雕龙 – Top 100 Books in...
The most systematic monograph on literary theory in ancient China
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Chinese Name: 文心雕龙
English Name: The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons
Author: Liu Xie 刘勰
Originally Published:...
Book of the Later Han/Hou Han Shu后汉书 – Top 100 Books in China
Biographical historical works focusing on the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty
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Chinese Name: 后汉书
English Name: Hou Han Shu, Book of the Later Han, History...
Shu Yu Ci 漱玉词 – Top 100 Books in China
Graceful style and the best works commensurate with the talent of the poetess
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Chinese Name: 漱玉词
English Name: Shu Yu Ci
Author: Li Qingzhao 李清照
Originally Published: AD 1084—1155...
Shi Tong 史通 – Top 100 Books in China
China’s first systematic monograph on historical theory
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Chinese Name: 史通
English Name: Shi Tong, Shitong
Author: Liu Zhiji 刘知几
Originally Published: 710 A.D
Genre: History
Brief Introduction of Shi Tong
Shi...
The Man with the Curly Beard 虬髯客传 – Top 100 Books in China
It is the earliest classical swordsman novel in China
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Chinese Name: 虬髯客传
English Name: The Man with the Curly Beard
Author: Du Guangting 杜光庭
Originally Published: AD ？-907 （The...
Wen Xuan 文选 – Top 100 Books in China
The earliest extant anthology of poetry and prose in China
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Chinese Name: 文选
English Name: Wen Xuan, Zhao Ming Wen Xuan, Anthology
Other Name: Selections of Refined Literature
Author: Xiao...
Investiture of the Gods 封神演义 – Top 100 Books in China
Fantastical novels about gods and demons
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Chinese Name: 封神演义
English Name: Investiture of the Gods
Other Name: The Creation of the Gods, Fengshen Bang 封神榜
Author: Xu Zhonglin 许仲琳
Originally Published:...
Romance of the Western Chamber 西厢记 – Top 100 Books in China
A masterpiece of realism in Chinese Classical Drama
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Chinese Name: 西厢记
English Name: Romance of the Western Chamber
Other Name: The Story of the Western Wing, The...
Call to Arms 呐喊 – Top 100 Books in China
The starting point of modern Chinese vernacular novels
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Chinese Name: 呐喊
English Name: Call to Arms
Other Name: Nahan
Author: Lu xun 鲁迅
Originally Published: In 1923
Genre: Novel
Brief Introduction of...
