Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature, is an essential read for the intermediate and advanced student of Chinese. Nahan is his first collection of short stories and includes some of his most famous short stories. The most famous works include: A Madman's Diary, Kong Yiji, Medicine, Hometown, A Passing Storm, and A Village Opera. Due to its complex writing system, Chinese is one of the most difficult languages in the world. Full literacy of Chinese requires a working knowledge of three to four thousand Chinese characters and breaking into reading Chinese literature is a daunting task. Capturing Chinese Short Stories from Lu Xun's Nahan is a comprehensive tool to help students of Chinese read Chinese literature in its original form. Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text. There is no need to constantly consult a dictionary or look up difficult characters by radical. Historical events, people and places are explained throughout and illustrations recreate the scenes. * Full stories unabridged in simplified Chinese   * Pinyin for the entire text  * Definitions for difficult vocabulary  * Historical explanations and summaries  * Illustrations throughout  * Free MP3s read by two native speakers Please note, the text is in simplified Chinese characters. The following stories are included: * Nahan Preface * Diary of a Madman * Kong Yiji * Medicine * Tomorrow * A Small Incident * A Story About Hair * A Passing Storm * Hometown * Dragonboat Festival * The White Light * A Comedy of Ducks * Some Rabbits and a Cat * Village Opera

Capturing Chinese: Short Stories from Lu Xun's Nahan (English and Chinese Edition)

History

鲁迅

Asia

Capturing Chinese Publications

Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature, is an essential read for the intermediate and advanced student of Chinese. The Real Story of Ah Q is set in the Republican Revolution of 1911 and is one of Lu Xun's best works. Due to its complex writing system, Chinese is one of the most difficult languages in the world. Full literacy of Chinese requires a working knowledge of three to four thousand Chinese characters and breaking into reading Chinese literature is a daunting task. Capturing Chinese: Lu Xun's The Real Story of Ah Q presents one of the best works of modern Chinese literature as a comprehensive tool to help students of Chinese read Chinese literature in its original form. Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text. There is no need to constantly consult a dictionary or to look up difficult characters by radical. Historical events, people, and places are explained throughout and illustrations recreate the scenes. The text used in this book is in simplified characters. * Full story unabridged in simplified Chinese  * Pinyin for the entire text  * Definitions for difficult vocabulary  * Historical explanations and summaries  * Illustrations throughout  * Free MP3s read by two native speakers Free audio files of Lu Xun's The Real Story of Ah Q are also included with the purchase of this book and are available for download from the publisher's website. The audio files include both a woman and male speaker.

Capturing Chinese: Lu Xun's The Real Story of Ah Q (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Xun, Lu

World Literature

Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature, is an essential read for the intermediate and advanced student of Chinese. The New Year's Sacrifice is one of Lu Xun's best works from his second collection of short stories, Wondering. Due to its complex writing system, Chinese is one of the most difficult languages in the world. Full literacy of Chinese requires a working knowledge of three to four thousand Chinese characters and breaking into reading Chinese literature is a daunting task. Capturing Chinese: Lu Xun's The New Year's Sacrifice presents one of the best works of modern Chinese literature as a comprehensive tool to help students of Chinese read Chinese literature in its original form. Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text. There is no need to constantly consult a dictionary or to look up difficult characters by radical. Historical events, people, and places are explained throughout and illustrations recreate the scenes. The text used in this book is in simplified characters. An English translation of the story is included and helps readers gain a full understanding of the story. * Full story unabridged in simplified Chinese   * Pinyin for the entire text   * Definitions for difficult vocabulary  * Historical explanations and summaries  * English translation  * Illustrations throughout   * Free MP3s read by two native speakers (now available for download!)Free audio files of Lu Xun's The New Year's Sacrifice are also included with the purchase of this book and are available for download from the publisher's website, CapturingChinese.com. The audio files include both a woman and male speaker.

Capturing Chinese: Lu Xun's The New Year's Sacrifice

Xun, Professor Lu

The essays included in this Capturing Chinese Reader are some of the best from revolutionary China. Reading the great literature of Lu Xun, Hu Shi, Zhu Ziqing, Zhou Zuoren, and Lin Yutang is essential for a comprehensive understanding of Chinese history, and literature. Due to its complex writing system, Chinese is one of the most difficult languages in the world. Full literacy of Chinese requires a working knowledge of three to four thousand Chinese characters and breaking into reading Chinese literature is a daunting task. Capturing Chinese Stories: Prose and Poems by Revolutionary Chinese Authors presents some of the most influential works of modern Chinese literature as a comprehensive tool to help students of Chinese read Chinese literature in its original form.  Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text. There is no need to constantly consult a dictionary or to look up difficult characters by radical. Historical events, people, and places are explained throughout. The text used in this book is in simplified characters.  * Full story unabridged in simplified Chinese  * Pinyin for the entire text  * Definitions for difficult vocabulary  * Historical explanations and summaries  * Author illustrations  * Free MP3s read by two native speakers (now available!)Free audio files of Capturing Chinese Stories: Prose and Poems by Revolutionary Chinese Authors are also included with the purchase of this book and are available for download from the publisher's website. The audio files include both a woman and male speaker. (now available!) The following stories are included:Zhu Ziqing: Haste, Spring, The Silhouette of His Back, The Moonlit Lotus Pond, The White Man -- God's Proud Son and Thinking of Mr. Wei Woqing Lu Xun: Excerpts from Wild Grass: Epigraph, Autumn Night, Hope, and The Evolution of the Male Sex Hu Shi: Mr. Almost Man, My Mother, and In Memory of Zhimo Lin Yutang: My Turn at Quitting Smoking Zhou Zuoren: The Aging of Ghosts

Capturing Chinese: Prose and Poems by Revolutionary Chinese Authors

Six engaging short stories by six different authors provide enriching literature for Chinese language students.  Read Chinese literature with detailed footnotes, pinyin, author and story summaries all while listening to professionally created audio files. Capturing Chinese provides the ultimate learning tool for breaking away from textbook stories and breaking into engaging Chinese literature. Put down your dictionary, pick up your copy of Capturing Chinese and enjoy yourself some Chinese literature.  Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text.  Historical events, people, and places are explained throughout and illustrations recreate the scenes.   This book is in simplified Chinese characters.   Download the audio files, free with this book, from Capturing Chinese Explore these six different authors and their stories:   Ling Shuhua provides a woman's perspective during the May Fourth movement in The Night of Mid-Autumn Festival.   Lai He  provides his perspective of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation in The Steelyard.  Mao Dun depicts some of the problems facing rural China in his most famous story, Spring Silkworms.   Shen Congwen uses a basic story to show how rural customs inhibit modernization in his story, Xiaoxiao.   Yu Dafu takes his readers to Japan, where he himself spent time as a student. Yu Dafu's frank depiction of sexual urges in Sinking shocked the readers of his day.  Lao She illustrates the changing times in Beijing in his short story, An Old and Established Name.

Capturing Chinese: Short Stories by Revolutionary Authors