ChineseStudy · Classical Chinese learning
Read Chinese classics with modern study tools
Study classics such as the Zhou Yi and Dao De Jing through original text, pinyin, modern Chinese notes, and parallel translations.
Original text and pinyin
Keep the rhythm of the Chinese source while making pronunciation easier to follow.
Parallel translations
Read modern Chinese explanations and English translations alongside the source text.
Notes and visual aids
Use diagrams, images, and notes to understand structure, not just wording.
Library
Start with a classic
A small library, carefully structured for focused bilingual reading.ClassicMenciusText · pinyin · translationsClassicThree Hundred Tang Poems (Tang Shi San Bai Shou)Text · pinyin · translationsClassicThousand Character ClassicText · pinyin · translationsClassicDi Zi Gui: Rules for Young LearnersText · pinyin · translationsClassicZhuangziText · pinyin · translationsClassicTao Te Ching (Daodejing)Text · pinyin · translationsClassicThe Analects (Confucius)Text · pinyin · translationsClassicThree Character Classic (San Zi Jing)Text · pinyin · translationsClassicThe Art of War (Sun Tzu)Text · pinyin · translationsClassicI Ching (Book of Changes)Text · pinyin · translations
Figures
Learn through figures
People · ideas · reading pathsConfuciusMeet Confucius through The Analects, core ideas such as ren and li, and a guided path into original passages with translations and notes.People · ideas · reading pathsMenciusMeet Mencius through his exchanges with rulers on profit, livelihood, and humane government, then read Liang Hui Wang I in Chinese and English.People · ideas · reading pathsLaoziRead Laozi through the Tao Te Ching, Dao, wuwei, naturalness, and a guided path into key chapters with original text and translation.People · ideas · reading pathsZhuangziMeet Zhuang Zhou through the received Zhuangzi, then read Free and Easy Wandering and Equalizing Things in Chinese and English.People · ideas · reading pathsSun TzuStudy Sun Tzu through The Art of War, strategic calculation, restraint, knowing the enemy, and guided original passages with translation.People · ideas · reading pathsLi BaiRead Li Bai through Three Hundred Tang Poems, from mountain visits and drinking alone to dream journeys, exile, friendship, and the scale of Tang poetic imagination.People · ideas · reading pathsDu FuRead Du Fu through Three Hundred Tang Poems, from youthful ambition at Mount Tai to wartime meetings, dreams of Li Bai, and poetry as historical witness.People · ideas · reading pathsWang WeiRead Wang Wei through Three Hundred Tang Poems, where landscapes, farewells, and rural scenes become exercises in attention rather than decorative background.People · ideas · reading pathsBai JuyiRead Bai Juyi through Three Hundred Tang Poems, especially Song of Everlasting Regret and Song of the Pipa, where clear language carries narrative and social feeling.People · ideas · reading pathsLi ShangyinExplore Li Shangyin through longing, elusive imagery, and historical satire in Three Hundred Tang Poems.People · ideas · reading pathsMeng HaoranRead Meng Haoran beyond the recluse label, from Visiting an Old Friend to the Dongting Lake poem.People · ideas · reading pathsDu MuRead Du Mu beyond the romantic stereotype through historical poems, night scenes, and poems of parting.People · ideas · reading pathsWang ChanglingRead Wang Changling through frontier verse, farewell, and the shifting voice of A Woman’s Lament.People · ideas · reading pathsHan YuMeet Han Yu through narrative poems as well as his arguments about learning and prose.People · ideas · reading pathsLiu ZongyuanRead Liu Zongyuan through different river scenes and the poetry of distance, without treating every figure as autobiography.
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