Library of Chinese Literature
Classical Chinese poems and prose about China’s mountains, rivers and historic sites, each with notes and a modern Chinese translation, and linked to the pages of the places they describe. The texts are in Chinese only, so author names and titles below are also given in Chinese.
By period
- Pre-Qin (before 221 BC): 诗经 老子 Laozi 论语 庄子 Zhuangzi 屈原 Qu Yuan …
- Qin and Han (221 BC – AD 220): 贾谊 Jia Yi 司马迁 Sima Qian 班固 Ban Gu 张衡 Zhang Heng …
- Wei, Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties (220–589): 曹操 Cao Cao 曹植 Cao Zhi 王羲之 Wang Xizhi 陶渊明 Tao Yuanming 郦道元 Li Daoyuan …
- Sui, Tang and the Five Dynasties (581–960): 王维 Wang Wei 李白 Li Bai 杜甫 Du Fu 白居易 Bai Juyi 李商隐 Li Shangyin …
- Song (960–1279): 欧阳修 Ouyang Xiu 苏轼 Su Shi 李清照 Li Qingzhao 陆游 Lu You 辛弃疾 Xin Qiji …
- Liao, Jin and Yuan (907–1368): 元好问 Yuan Haowen 关汉卿 Guan Hanqing 马致远 Ma Zhiyuan 赵孟頫 Zhao Mengfu …
- Ming (1368–1644): 罗贯中 Luo Guanzhong 王守仁 Wang Shouren 吴承恩 Wu Cheng'en 徐霞客 Xu Xiake 张岱 Zhang Dai …
- Qing (1644–1912): 蒲松龄 Pu Songling 纳兰性德 Nalan Xingde 郑燮 Zheng Xie 袁枚 Yuan Mei 龚自珍 Gong Zizhen …
- Modern (since 1912): 鲁迅 Lu Xun 郁达夫 Yu Dafu 徐志摩 Xu Zhimo 朱自清 Zhu Ziqing 老舍 Lao She …