Chinese Literature Fiction

《三国演义》中国古典四大名著之一，反映了三国时代的政治军事斗争和三国时代各类社会矛盾的渗透与转化，概括了这一时代的历史巨变，塑造了一批咤叱风云的英雄人物。…… 《三國演義》中國古典四大名著之一。反映了三國時代的政治軍事鬥爭和三國時代各類社會矛盾的滲透與轉化，概括了這一時代的歷史巨變，塑造了一批吒叱風雲的英雄人物。

These 11 stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu's fiction takes the listener to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu's stories show humanity's attempts to reason, navigate, and above all, survive in a desolate cosmos.

A Chinese mother and daughter wrestle with the demons of their past. Lemei, once a student Red Guard leader in 1960s Shanghai and a journalist at a state newspaper, was involved in a brutal act of violence during the Tiananmen Square protests and lost all hope for her country. Her daughter, Lin, is a student at an American university, executing her mother's grand plan for her to become a true Westerner. Following China's meteoric rise, Lemei is slowly dragged into a nationalistic perspective that stuns Lin, leading to grave conflicts.

为何读史？君从故乡来，应知故乡事。不读史，不知天地之大，不晓人生之难。 读史何用？读史知兴替，以史悟道……為何讀史？君從故鄉來，應知故鄉事。不讀史，不知天地之大，不曉人生之難。 讀史何用？讀史知興替，以史悟道……

Harbin, China, 1925. Fifteen-year-old Anyu Zhang discovers a priceless Fabergé egg in the snow and returns it to the owner, Isaac Mandelburg, a fugitive and former master jeweler for Russia’s imperial palace. In gratitude, he leaves her his address in Shanghai and a promise of hospitality, forever altering her fate. A dazzling world of jewelry shrouded in secrecy and greed awaits, when later Anyu arrives at Mandelburg’s jewelry shop as an orphan.

While classic war films played, Old Second and his countrymen found intimacy in the screening rooms. In the box office, Bao Mei sold movie tickets to closeted men, guarding their secrets and finding her own happiness with the projectionist. But when Old Second’s passion for his male lover is revealed, a series of haunting events unfold, propelling these characters toward an uncertain future in America.

China: AD 1200 Guo Jing and Lotus have escaped Qiu Qianren’s stronghold, but at a steep price: Lotus has been mortally wounded. The only one who could save her life is Duan, King of the South, a man skilled and renowned for his healing. But little do they know that danger awaits, including a plan to tear them apart.

胡雪岩白手起家，从一介布衣到富可敌国的“大清首富”，他凭借的是“做天下人生意”的眼光和野心，其经商绝学、处世韬略是留给后人的一笔宝贵财富，为世人所称道……胡雪巖白手起家，從一介布衣到富可敵國的「大清首富」，他憑藉的是「做天下人生意」的眼光和野心，其經商絕學、處世韜略是留給後人的一筆寶貴財富，為世人所稱道……

《战争与和平》是俄国作家托尔斯泰的代表作品。整部作品构思宏伟、气势奔腾，有力地展示出了俄罗斯历史上最壮丽的一页…… 戰爭與和平》是俄國作家托爾斯泰的代表作品。整部作品構思宏偉、氣勢奔騰，有力地展示出了俄羅斯歷史上最壯麗的一頁……

When recently widowed Maggie McElroy is called to China to settle a claim against her late husbands estate, she is blindsided by the discovery that he may have led a double life. Since work is all that will keep her sane, her magazine editor assigns her to profile Sam, a half-Chinese American who is the last in a line of gifted chefs tracing back to the imperial palace. As she watches Sam gear up for Chinas Olympic culinary competition by planning the banquet of a lifetime, she begins to see past the cuisines artistry to glimpse its coherent expression of Chinese civilization.

Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the privileged daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. But when the Ching dynasty is overturned, Violet is separated from her mother in a cruel act of chicanery and forced to become a "virgin courtesan." Half-Chinese and half-American, Violet grapples with her place in the worlds of East and West - until she is able to merge her two halves, empowering her to become a shrewd courtesan who excels in the business of seduction and illusion, though she still struggles to understand who she is.

A selection of the very best of Chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up of the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly two hundred years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese poetry.

《金瓶梅》借《水浒传》中武松杀嫂一段故事为引子，通过对兼有官僚、恶霸、富商三种身份的封建时代市侩势力的代表人物西门庆及其家庭罪恶生活的描述，揭露了明代中叶社会的黑暗和腐败…… 《金瓶梅》借《水滸傳》中武松殺嫂一段故事為引子，通過對兼有官僚、惡霸、富商三種身份的封建時代市儈勢力的代表人物西門慶及其家庭罪惡生活的描述，揭露了明代中葉社會的黑暗和腐敗……

几度情醉唐诗，几度梦回唐朝，唐诗中的唐朝，繁花如锦却又灾难深重，刚健理性却又缠绵多情，字字珠玉却也句句带血般的词句演绎出一代绝世风华……幾度情醉唐詩，幾度夢迴唐朝，唐詩中的唐朝，繁花如錦卻又災難深重，剛健理性卻又纏綿多情，字字珠玉卻也句句帶血般的詞句演繹出一代絕世風華……

This searing novel, originally banned in China but later named one of that nation's most influential books, portrays one man's transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. After squandering his family's fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution.

康熙八岁即位，由顺治遗命，以索尼、苏克萨哈、遏必隆和鳌拜四人为辅臣。其中鳌拜居功自傲，专横跋扈，待老臣索尼病死后，他拉拢遏必隆，处死了不与他合作的苏克萨哈，更是朝政独揽，经常咆哮金殿，强制康熙屈从他的意愿。…… 康熙八歲即位，由順治遺命，以索尼、蘇克薩哈、遏必隆和鰲拜四人為輔臣。其中鰲拜居功自傲，專橫跋扈，待老臣索尼病死後，他拉攏遏必隆，處死了不與他合作的蘇克薩哈，更是朝政獨攬，經常咆哮金殿，強制康熙屈從他的意願。

这是一个关于成长、成熟、信念和团结的冒险故事，这是一次充满险恶的疯狂之旅，这是一个脍炙人口的英雄传奇。根据中国古典名著《西游记》改编，是一部不可多得、不可错过、不可不听的重量级广播巨作！…… 這是一個關於成長、成熟、信念和團結的冒險故事，這是一次充滿險惡的瘋狂之旅，這是一個膾炙人口的英雄傳奇。根據中國古典名著《西遊記》改編，是一部不可多得、不可錯過、不可不聽的重量級廣播鉅作！

Frontier opens with the story of Liujin, a young woman heading out on her own to create her own life in Pebble Town, a somewhat surreal place at the base of Snow Mountain where wolves roam the streets and certain enlightened individuals can see and enter a paradisaical garden. Exploring life in this city (or in the frontier) through the viewpoint of a dozen different characters, some simple, some profound, Can Xue's latest novel attempts to unify the grand opposites of life

战国时期，在清溪鬼谷山上隐居着一位被尊称为鬼谷子的老人，他不和人来往，过着与世隔绝的生活……戰國時期，在清溪鬼谷山上隱居著一位被尊稱為鬼谷子的老人，他不和人來往，過著與世隔絕的生活……

Cherished Chinese Proverbs is a bilingual collection of classic stories that have been passed down to generations of Chinese speakers. This work was originally designed as a supplement for students of Chinese as a Second Language, but in this publication we have broadened the focus. In offering these classic stories in both Chinese and English, it is hoped that native Chinese speakers might also benefit.