Full Description
Mastering Advanced Modern Chinese through the Classics is a textbook to teach those who wish to achieve an advanced or native proficiency and cultural competence in modern Chinese, as well as to experience the beauty of Classical Chinese literature. Collecting representative works containing vibrant views of Chinese culture from different dynasties, this book is focused on how the grammatical patterns, vocabulary, and idioms that are found in Classical Chinese are relevant in the modern adaptation of the language, and how the accumulated traditional values and beliefs found there still shape the thinking and lifestyle of modern society.Online resources including audio, answer keys, and instructor aids will be part of the teaching package.
Contents
Users' Guides Dynastic Timeline and AuthorsLesson 1 The Classic of Poetry: Guan Ju * Lesson 2 Excerpts from the Analects of Confucius: Part I ( )Lesson 3 Excerpts from the Analects of Confucius: Part II ( )Lesson 4 Excerpts from Mencius Lesson 5 Excerpts from Laozi's Dao De Jing Lesson 6 Excerpts from Zhuangzi Lesson 7 The Collection of Yuefu Poetry: The Ballad of Mulan * Lesson 8 The Biography of Mr. Wuliu by Tao Yuanming Lesson 9 Three Poems by Wang Wei Lesson 10 Drink More by Li Bai Lesson 11 Two Poems by Du Fu Lesson 12 Ci Poetry by Li Yu and Li Qingzhao Lesson 13 On the Love of the Lotus by Zhou Dunyi Lesson 14 Remembering the Red Cliffs by Su Shi * Lesson 15 Defying Age by Guan Hanqing * Lesson 16 Viewing Snow in a Pavilion on the West Lake by Zhang Dai* List of Sources and Works ConsultedVocabulary and Grammar Points Index
