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Introduction to Classical Chinese (Paperback)
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Introduction to Classical Chinese (Paperback)
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This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to
Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language
of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the
seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago.
Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively
short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout
the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that
continues to the present day. This book offers students all the
necessary tools to read, understand, and analyse Classical Chinese
texts, including: step-by-step clearly illustrated descriptions of
syntactic features; core vocabulary lists; introductions to
relevant historical and cultural topics; selected readings from
classical literature with original commentaries and in-depth
explanations; introductions to dictionaries and other reference
works on the study of ancient China; and a guide to philological
methods used in the critical analysis of Classical Chinese texts.
The extensive glossary provides phonological reconstructions, word
classes, English translations, and citations to illustrate usage,
while the up-to-date bibliography serves as a valuable starting
point for further research.
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