A New Introduction to Classical ChineseThis authoritative new work replaces the author's 1968 edition. It takes into account recent advances in scholarship with entirely revised notes on the text passages and improved and simplified explanations. The book's expansion also permits the author to continue the story beyond the fourth century B.C. and introduces the reader to the writings of the great Han Dynasty historian, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, who perfected a narrative style which became a model for future generations of Chinese writers. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION | 8 |
NOTES ON THE TEXT PASSAGES | 32 |
GRAMMATICAL SURVEY I | 65 |
NOTES ON THE TEXT PASSAGES Continued | 76 |
GRAMMATICAL SURVEY II | 102 |
RADICALS WITH THEIR ABBREVIATED | 115 |
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Common terms and phrases
adjectival adjective adverb meaning adverbial position ancient Chinese aux.v auxiliary verb meaning Ch'i characters Chuang-tzu Classical Chinese common commonly Confucius conj conjunction construction context copula described in note direct object Duke element emphasis English equivalent example final particle follows the subject function function words Han Dynasty Hsiung-nu idiom indicate indirect questions interrogative introduce ji/chi2 Kuan Chung language literally main clause main verb Majesty Mencius minister negates negative imperative nominal sentence nominalised normally Notice noun clause occurs parallel PASSAGE passive verb person pronoun phonetic fusion pictographs pinyin possessive postposition precedes the verb predicate prep preposition proclausal pron pronominal pronunciation qualified RADICAL refers back relationship ruler second person pronoun sense shi/shih Shih sometimes stands strokes subordinate clause temporal auxiliary tense terminated text-passages transitive verb translated true king usage v.i. go verb-object verbal clause verbal sentence Wade-Giles Yi Yin yu/yü zhi/chih ཀྱི