Chinese Literature

It's Lunar New Year, and Nian the Lion Beast is terrorising the Jade Kingdom—and our world is next. Nian is the creature of Jack's nightmares, and he can't help feeling afraid. Somehow he must master another zodiac creature's power—but can he master his fear?

Fifteen-year-old Kate lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the pre-war Hong Kong expatriate community, but when the Japanese invade she’s interned in squalid Stanley Camp with her parents. Enduring cramped conditions, humiliation, disease, and starvation, Kate befriends seventeen-year-old Charles, who is half Chinese, and they give their hearts to each other under the orchid tree. Meanwhile, forty miles away in Portuguese Macau, thirteen-year-old Sofia’s suspicions are aroused when her father invites a Japanese family to dinner.

她只是一个地位卑微的庶女，后来嫁给了侯爷为继妻，侯府的深宅大院，她该怎样以自己的才智生存下去……她只是一個地位卑微的庶女，後來嫁給了侯爺為繼妻，侯府的深宅大院，她該怎樣以自己的才智生存下去……

Sophie’s work on the Chinese booth at last year’s Rainbow Fair is a point of pride for her and her parents, even if Sophie and her best friend, Katie, think the whole thing is a little silly. Sophie's family is Hui, Chinese Muslim. The Muslim part is something she doesn't know much about. Her parents prefer to keep it private. So when it gets slipped to an overenthusiastic teacher that Sophie is Muslim, the only Muslim in her class, suddenly Sophie is in charge of debuting a booth representing the Islamic religion she doesn't practice, an assignment she is determined to keep secret.

他潇洒但是不风流，他才华横溢但从来不自鸣得意。所有这些汇成一个名字——苏东坡。……他瀟灑但是不風流，他才華橫溢但從來不自鳴得意。所有這些匯成一個名字——蘇東坡。

本卷着重讲述述张居正厉行改革所引发的朝野上下激烈冲突与复杂的宫廷政治斗争，既展示了政治经济改革之艰难，也塑造了张居正驾驭复杂局面的才能与他在权力缺少制衡时的独裁专断…… 本卷著重講述張居正厲行改革所引發的朝野上下激烈衝突與複雜的宮廷政治鬥爭，既展示了政治經濟改革之艱難，也刻畫了張居正駕馭複雜局面的才能與他在權力缺少制衡時的獨裁專斷……

《尚书》又称《书》、《书经》，为一部多体裁文献汇编，是中国现存最早的史书。…… 《尚書》又稱《書》、《書經》，為一部多體裁文獻彙編，是中國現存最早的史書。

火家召徒，各路盗贼为入火家纷纷亮出看家本领，百般技艺齐上阵。挑战贼王，需过三关！每一关危机四伏，盗取器物也光怪陆离，皆是生死攸关！金木水火土，五大世家陆续亮相，暗中有何玄机？火小邪历经艰辛，最终能否如愿成为火家弟子？…… 火家召徒，各路盜賊為入火家紛紛亮出看家本領，百般技藝齊上陣。挑戰賊王，需過三關！每一關危機四伏，盜取器物也光怪陸離，皆是生死攸關！金木水火土，五大世家陸續亮相，暗中有何玄機？火小邪歷經艱辛，最終能否如願成為火家弟子？

一九九三年，漂亮精明的老板娘在离北京城区几个小时路程的小乡村里，开了一家乡村客栈——补玉山居……一九九三年，漂亮精明的老闆娘在離北京城區幾個小時路程的小鄉村裡，開了一家鄉村客棧——補玉山居……

《三字经》《百家姓》《千字文》是千百年来流传最广的幼儿启蒙教材，俗称“三、百、千”。…… 《三字經》《百家姓》《千字文》是千百年來流傳最廣的幼兒啟蒙教材，俗稱「三、百、千」。

吕布，一个痴情的人，一个勇敢的人，一个敢对一切强权说不的人，这样的人在这个世界上，在不同的时代，会遇到什么，做出怎样的选择……呂布，一個癡情的人，一個勇敢的人，一個敢對一切強權說不的人，這樣的人在這個世界上，在不同的時代，會遇到什麼，做出怎樣的選擇……

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……

Rise of the Water Margin immerses the listener in a near-future world grounded in American and Chinese cultural and political landscapes bickering over climate responsibility, wherein technology challenges humanity to redefine its relationship with the Earth. Superpowers seek to leverage and subvert technology to further political ambitions while losing sight of human elements beyond their control.

One of America's best-known rock and entertainment journalists describes his journey from his childhood, cooped up in the "rice room" of his family's restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown, where he did chores, to the major role he played as a writer and editor at Rolling Stone. It is a story of teen worship of Elvis, but also of Chinese customs and the tragic murder of his brother, and of the '60s scene in San Francisco, where he found freedom - and his career.

In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom. Written, edited, and translated by a female and nonbinary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.

This is the audiobook version of the book. The print book has two versions. One version is marked with Pinyin and the other without Pinyin. Please select the version that best suits your need.

《论语》是儒家学派的经典著作之一，由孔子的弟子及其再传弟子编撰而成。它以语录体和对话文体为主，记录了孔子及其弟子言行，集中体现了孔子的政治主张、论理思想、道德观念及教育原则等。…… 《論語》是儒家學派的經典著作之一，由孔子的弟子及其再傳弟子編撰而成。它以語錄體和對話文體為主，記錄了孔子及其弟子言行，集中體現了孔子的政治主張、論理思想、道德觀念及教育原則等。

Yaosha Li, China's bravest writer, follows up his monumental work "A Decade of Undercover Reporting" with another groundbreaking masterpiece—"Evil in the Margine of Society". With his personal experiences, he documents the various distortions of human nature and animalistic evil present in the marginal society of China.

You'll love this collection of folktales from China. In "The Magic Paintbrush", Liang is given a magical paintbrush that has the power to turn anything he paints into real life. Liang must be clever, using both his brain and painting power to escape the greedy emperor. Also included are five other Chinese folktales: "The Water Bucket", "Song Dingbo and the Hungry Ghost", "Money Problems", "The Terrible Kites of Len Yo", and "The Divine Tortoise."

康熙晚年出现了诸多弊政，吏治败坏，贪风炽盛，冤案丛生，田赋不均，土地高度集中，百姓贫苦，民变时起。皇亲旧勋借支国库库银，致使国库亏空。众阿哥觊觎皇位，各自结党营私…… 康熙晚年出現了諸多弊政，吏治敗壞，貪風熾盛，冤案叢生，田賦不均，土地高度集中，百姓貧苦，民變時起。皇親舊勳借支國庫庫銀，致使國庫虧空。眾阿哥覬覦皇位，各自結黨營私……