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  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; 2nd Revised edition edition (24 Jan 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0198154607
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198154600
  • Product Dimensions: 26.8 x 18.6 x 1.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 637,237 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A New Introduction to Classical Chinese introduces the reader to the Classical Chinese of the ancient world through the presentation of text passages with grammatical commentary. Beginning with Mencius, the work which purports to contain the teachings of the first great disciple of Confucius, and passages from other writers of the fourth and third centuries BC, the author progresses to selections from the great Han Dynasty historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien, who became a model for future generations of Chinese writers. This book has become a standard work for use in universities as well as for private study. The introductory material employs the Wade-Giles system of romanization, which has been used for the great majority of academic works, but the bulk of the book also offers the reader the alternative of employing the now standard Pinyin romanization. This is a redesigned re-issue of A New Introduction to Classical Chinese which in 1985 replaced the author's An Introduction to Classical Chinese first published in 1968. The notes were entirely revised and the amount of text nearly doubled. The book goes beyond the fourth century to include material from the great Han Dynasty historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien, who perfected a narrative style that became a model for future generations of Chinese writers.


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Raymond Dawson is an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. He is the editor of The Legacy of China (OUP) and author of Confucius (OUP).

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2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly organised book. Save your money!, 4 Sep 2005
I found this book to be very poorly organised. The student is forced to jump back and forth from the original text to the explanatory notes and the translation. It is a mystery why the author decided on such an efficient layout. The information itself is accurate, although the author's translation style and explanations are a bit wooden. For a book that has undergone extensive revision since the first edition it is still far from a user-friendly text. I am of the opinion that the content does not justify the price. A better learner's text, now long out of print, would be Brandt's Introduction to Literary Chinese.
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