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Luo Yang Qie Lan Ji 洛阳伽蓝记 – Top 100 Books in China
The only book in Chinese history describing urban temples
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Chinese Name: 洛阳伽蓝记
English Name: Luo Yang Qie Lan Ji, Luo Yang Kalan Ji
Other Name: Qie Lan...
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...
Chronicles of Huayang 华阳国志 – Top 100 Books in China
The oldest extant gazetteer of a region of China.
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Chinese Name: 华阳国志
English Name: Huayang Guo Zhi, Chronicles of Huayang, Annals of Huayang Country
Other Names: Huayang...
Tao Yuanming Sets 陶渊明集 – Top 100 Books in China
The first collection of poetry and prose about rural landscapes
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Chinese Name: 陶渊明集
English Name: Tao Yuanming Sets
Author: Tao Yuanming 陶渊明
Originally Published: May 1, 1979
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Brief...
Chu Ci 楚辞 – Top 100 Books in China
The first collection of Romantic poetry in China
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Chinese Name: 楚辞
English Name: Chu Ci
Other Name: Verses of Chu, Songs of Chu
Author: Qu Yuan 屈原, Liu Xiang 刘向
Originally Published:...
Book of Documents 尚书 – Top 100 Books in China
The earliest extant collection of Chinese prose
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Chinese Name: 尚书
English Name: Book of Documents, The Book of History, Shangshu
Other Name: Books, Ancient Books
Author: Anonymous 佚名, Compiled by Confucius...
Classic of Poetry 诗经 – Top 100 Books in China
The first anthology of poetry in China
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Chinese Name: 诗经
English Name: Classic of Poetry, The Book of Songs,The Book of Odes, Shijing
Other Name:Poems, Three Hundred Poems,...
The Travels of Xu Xiake 徐霞客游记 – Top 100 Books in China
The earliest diary travel notes in China
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Chinese Name: 徐霞客游记
English Name: TheTravels of Xu Xiake, Xu Xiake’s Travels, Xu Xiake You Ji
Author: Xu Xiake 徐霞客
Originally...
Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government 资治通鉴 – Top 100 Books in China
The most accomplished chronicle in Chinese history
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Chinese Name: 资治通鉴
English Name: Zizhi Tongjian, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government
Other Name: Tong Jian 通鉴
Author: Sima Guang...
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:...