Classical Chinese (Supplement 3) by Naiying Yuan

Classical Chinese (Supplement 3) by Naiying Yuan

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Classical Chinese (Supplement 3) by Naiying Yuan

Aims to instruct, inform, and inspire students of Chinese by presenting selected historical texts and their annotations. Taken from the seminal works known as the Four Histories, the fourteen included texts offer insights into the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of China over a long period of time.
"The present handbook provides a very interesting compilation of historical fragments, and a practical teaching toolIt offers a useful basis for a class discussion on the language and culture of Early China"--Ann Heirman, Linguistics
Naiying Yuan and Haitao Tang are Lecturers Emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages, and in the Chinese Linguistics Project, at Princeton University. Tang is coauthor of "Chinese Primer", an introductory Chinese language textbook (Princeton). James Geiss, who earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1979, was a Ming scholar and worked for many years as research associate, editor, and contributing author with the "Cambridge History of China Project".
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ISBN 13 9780691118345
ISBN 10 0691118345
Title Classical Chinese (Supplement 3)
Author Naiying Yuan
Series The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 2004-12-19
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.