Chinese Literature

Every year on the day of the Ghost Festival, creatures from the underworld roam city streets freely when the gate of hell is opened. The owner of the House of Life set out a lavish banquet to entertain and appease these hungry ghosts. This year, however, foul creatures led by a long-dead Manchurian nobleman came down from the Devil's Peak on horseback and stormed the banquet hall. They harassed the guests and wrecked havoc to the festivity, demanding the House of Life to hand over something it has been safe-keeping for centuries.

On a December morning in 1982, the courtyard of a Beijing siheyuan - a lively quadrangle of homes - begins to stir. Auntie Xue’s son Jiyue is getting married today, and she is determined to make the day a triumph. Despite Jiyue’s woeful ignorance in matters of the heart - and the body. Despite a chef in training tasked with the onerous responsibility of preparing the banquet.

This narration of Chi Him Chiu's book, Recollections of an Overseas Chinese, by Ian Brinkley, recounts the story of our hero, Huai Ren, and his friends, as they find themselves swept through southeast Asia in the turbulent times surrounding the Chinese Cultural Revolution and World War II. The story quickly moves through adventures spanning Singapore, Johor, Malaya, Kuching, Sarawak, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and finally, the United States.

In "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard," Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official. The first series is addressed to her husband whilst he is on a world tour with Prince Chung in the late 19th century. The second series of letters is from 25 years later and are addressed to her mother-in-law. Political intrigue is raging in China and the country is on the verge of a revolution.

During a chance encounter, two nearly identical boys, one a poor beggar and the other a prince, decide to exchange places. The pauper, now living in the royal palace, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is; while the Prince, dressed in rags, lives on the street enduring hardships he never thought possible. Both children soon discover that neither life is as carefree as they expected.

In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow arranged marriages juxtaposed with torrid forbidden love affairs; and the vanity of newly minted millionaires clashing with the desperation of the poor.

曾国藩仕途初期，九年内连升十级、这其中有着怎样的机遇，隐忍和智慧？……曾國藩仕途初期，九年內連升十級、這其中有著怎樣的機遇，隱忍和智慧？

他们经历了二十世纪六十年代的自然灾害，过早地尝到了生活的艰辛；轰轰烈烈的“文化大革命”，使他们激昂过也失落过……他們經歷了二十世紀六十年代的自然災害，過早地嚐到了生活的艱辛；轟轟烈烈的「文化大革命」，使他們激昂過也失落過……

后宫秽乱，贪官污吏横行，使得乾隆内外交困。唯一值得安慰的是，立下无数汗马功劳的大臣傅恒虽然身染沉可，仍然戒慎恐惧、忠心耿耿，令乾隆感动不已。然而另一方面，奸臣和珅却以巧言令色，取得乾隆的信任…… 後宮穢亂，貪官污吏橫行，使得乾隆內外交困。唯一值得安慰的是，立下無數汗馬功勞的大臣傅恆雖然身染沉可，仍然戒慎恐懼、忠心耿耿，令乾隆感動不已。然而另一方面，奸臣和珅卻以巧言令色，取得乾隆的信任……

天道茫茫，自有真理在，万里晴空，河汉盼晏清。翦除鳌拜恶势力后，年轻的康熙自掌朝政，但国库空虚，人心浮动，可谓四面楚歌…… 天道茫茫，自有真理在，萬里晴空，河漢盼晏清。翦除鰲拜惡勢力後，年輕的康熙自掌朝政，但國庫空虛，人心浮動，可謂四面楚歌……

Spring 1939 - Dashing young William Burton and the beautiful Constance Han set sail from London on the same ocean liner to Hong Kong. Connie is intrigued by Will’s talent for writing poetry, and as romance blossoms she offers to give him Cantonese lessons to help him with his new job — a cadet in the colonial service. But once in Hong Kong, Connie is constrained by filial duty towards her Eurasian parents, and their wish for her to marry someone from her own background.

美德教育是幼儿教育里十分重要的一个环节，同时也是最难以具体落实的一个环节……美德教育是幼兒教育裡十分重要的一個環節，同時也是最難以具體落實的一個環節……

受过教育的农家女孩爱玛嫁给乡医包法利，却向往更奢华浪漫的生活，在历经两次出轨，面对累累负债后爱玛在绝望之余吃下砒霜……受過教育的農家女孩愛瑪嫁給鄉醫包法利，卻嚮往更奢華浪漫的生活，在歷經兩次出軌，面對累累負債後愛瑪在絕望之餘吃下砒霜……

人人都在打老虎，“冢虎”司马懿教你当老虎！人称“冢虎”的司马懿，看不出来个性便是他的个性。隐而不发，深藏不露，成了他战胜别人的秘密武器……人人都在打老虎，「塚虎」司馬懿教你當老虎！人稱「塚虎」的司馬懿，看不出來個性便是他的個性。隱而不發，深藏不露，成了他戰勝別人的秘密武器……

他被许多人认为是无耻、腹黑、阴鸷的小人，然而他又是清末的治世能臣，民国的开国总统，中国现代军事的开创者。他是一个谜，一个今天史学家也很难盖棺定论的谜……他被許多人認為是無恥、腹黑、陰鷙的小人，然而他又是清末的治世能臣，民國的開國總統，中國現代軍事的開創者。他是一個謎，一個今天史學家也很難蓋棺定論的謎……

他是“五世相韩”的富家公子。张良，这个自出生之日起便身处逆境，遭受欺凌的公子哥，却在韩国灭亡之际，孤注一掷，做孤胆英雄，寻找机会刺秦……他是「五世相韓」的富家公子。張良，這個自出生之日起便身處逆境，遭受欺凌的公子哥，卻在韓國滅亡之際，孤注一擲，做孤膽英雄，尋找機會刺秦……

在一个暴雨肆虐之夜，沿海某市遭遇一场突如其来的灾难——城市在一夜之间无声无息地从大陆架上断裂开来，如孤岛一般漂浮在海洋上……在一個暴雨肆虐之夜，沿海某市遭遇一場突如其來的災難——城市在一夜之間無聲無息地從大陸架上斷裂開來，如孤島一般漂浮在海洋上……

一个打过抗日战争、解放战争、抗美援朝战争的老兵，告诉你他所目睹的战争真相……一個打過抗日戰爭、解放戰爭、抗美援朝戰爭的老兵，告訴你他所目睹的戰爭真相……

1948年，太平洋战争结束后三年，北平经济崩溃、民生凋敝，看似平静却早已暗流汹涌……1948年，太平洋戰爭結束後三年，北平經濟崩潰、民生凋敝，看似平靜卻早已暗流洶湧……

一个打过抗日战争、解放战争、抗美援朝战争的老兵，告诉你他所目睹的战争真相……一個打過抗日戰爭、解放戰爭、抗美援朝戰爭的老兵，告訴你他所目睹的戰爭真相……