Chinese Fiction

It is 1938 in China, and the Japanese are advancing. A young mother, Meilin, is forced to flee her burning city with her four-year-old son, Renshu, and embark on an epic journey across China. For comfort, they turn to their most treasured possession - a beautifully illustrated hand scroll. Its ancient fables offer solace and wisdom as they travel through their ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. His daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, but he refuses to talk about his childhood.

乾隆末年，大清盛世逐渐落幕。一方面各种邪教煽惑民心，各地民变四起，大有分崩离析之势，乾隆只好派出傅恒之子福康安四处弹压。先平山东，再战大小金川，又到台湾敉平林爽文之变…… 乾隆末年，大清盛世逐漸落幕。一方面各種邪教煽惑民心，各地民變四起，大有分崩離析之勢，乾隆只好派出傅恆之子福康安四處彈壓。先平山東，再戰大小金川，又到台灣敉平林爽文之變……

Black Wind, Arizona is torn apart with prejudice and hatred, fueled by the greed of a ruthless town boss and his hired guns. A nearby colony of Chinese immigrants, the hapless victims of violence, turn to Clint Adams for help. A lovely Oriental enchantress persuades him to join her people and to share her bedroll. So the Gunsmith will train the Chinese laborers in the art of western warfare, until he discovers he has his own score to settle with the wild town.

The Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu is one of the most translated books of world literature. It is here presented in a translation that deliberately avoids any philosophical commentary and renders the text in English in its most simple and straightforward composure.

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？

康熙八岁即位，由顺治遗命，以索尼、苏克萨哈、遏必隆和鳌拜四人为辅臣。其中鳌拜居功自傲，专横跋扈，待老臣索尼病死后，他拉拢遏必隆，处死了不与他合作的苏克萨哈，更是朝政独揽，经常咆哮金殿，强制康熙屈从他的意愿…… 康熙八歲即位，由順治遺命，以索尼、蘇克薩哈、遏必隆和鰲拜四人為輔臣。其中鰲拜居功自傲，專橫跋扈，待老臣索尼病死後，他拉攏遏必隆，處死了不與他合作的蘇克薩哈，更是朝政獨攬，經常咆哮金殿，強制康熙屈從他的意願……

Clever, rich, and single, the beautiful Ān Mò (Emma Woodhouse) is focused on her career as fashion designer in the glamour of 21st-century Shanghai. She sees no need for romance in her life, but when she tries to find a boyfriend for her new friend Fangfang (Harriet), her carefully laid plans being to unravel. As she ignores the warnings of her good friend Shi Wenzheng (Mr. Knightley), her decisions bring consequences that she never expected.

Harbin, China, 1925. Fifteen-year-old Anyu Zhang discovers a priceless Fabergé egg in the snow and returns it to the owner, Isaac Mandelburg, a fugitive and former master jeweler for Russia’s imperial palace. In gratitude, he leaves her his address in Shanghai and a promise of hospitality, forever altering her fate. A dazzling world of jewelry shrouded in secrecy and greed awaits, when later Anyu arrives at Mandelburg’s jewelry shop as an orphan.

In Search of Hua Ma is one of a series of novels in Chinese that are fun to listen to and proven to accelerate language learning. Every book in the Mandarin Companion series is carefully written to use characters, words, and grammar that a learner is likely to know. The breakthrough level is written using only 150 unique Chinese characters and is intended for Chinese learners who have obtained a low elementary or novice level of Chinese.

From one of China’s most famous contemporary writers, here is a stunning collection of stories, selected from the best of Yu Hua’s early work, that shows his far-reaching influence on a pivotal period in Chinese literature. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Yu Hua and other young Chinese writers began to reimagine their national literature. Departing from conventional realism in favor of a more surreal and subjective approach inspired by Kafka, Faulkner, and Borges, the boundary-pushing fiction of this period reflected the cultural changes sweeping the world’s most populous nation.

他集立德、立功、立言于一身而成为“真三不朽”，实现了古今圣贤的最高人格理想。他，就是王阳明……他集立德、立功、立言於一身而成為「真三不朽」，實現了古今聖賢的最高人格理想。他，就是王陽明……

《羊脂球：莫泊桑短篇小说选》收录莫泊桑多篇短篇小说。莫泊桑故事中的主人公，大多是小人物，这些人物构成了法国社会的主体，他们身边发生的故事，便构成世俗社会的万象。…… 《羊脂球：莫泊桑短篇小說選》收錄莫泊桑多篇短篇小說。莫泊桑故事中的主人公，大多是小人物，這些人物構成了法國社會的主體，他們身邊發生的故事，便構成世俗社會的萬象。

Willa Chen has never quite fit in. Growing up as a biracial Chinese American girl in New Jersey, Willa felt both hypervisible and unseen, too Asian to fit in at her mostly White school, and too White to speak to the few Asian kids around. After her parents’ early divorce, they both remarried and started new families, and Willa grew up feeling outside of their new lives, too.

清朝康熙年间，一代枭雄噶尔丹的铁骑再次席卷蒙古草原，威胁内地。康熙皇帝毅然出兵征讨。为筹措军需粮饷，他下旨向山西的“八大皇商”借钱，太谷武家堡村的孙家也在其中。而这件大事，改变了一个名叫王相卿的穷小子的命运。…… 清朝康熙年間，一代梟雄噶爾丹的鐵騎再次席捲蒙古草原，威脅內地。康熙皇帝毅然出兵征討。為籌措軍需糧餉，他下旨向山西的「八大皇商」借錢，太谷武家堡村的孫家也在其中。而這件大事，改變了一個名叫王相卿的窮小子的命運。

China has been a wellspring of storytelling for over 2,000 years. Sadly, this fantastic literature is little known in the west outside the halls of academia, though a handful of recent 20th century authors have attained a respectable following. The stories in this volume date from the sixth century A.D. to the early part of the 20th century, and will give the listener a good feel for the subject. Astonishingly, the Chinese enjoyed from the earliest times many of the genres we take for granted today.

海面上风起云涌，大战在即，英国海军从一艘法国舰船上俘获了一枚龙蛋。由于英国龙的数量有限，这枚龙蛋对于英国来说具有重要意义……海面上風起雲湧，大戰在即，英國海軍從一艘法國艦船上俘獲了一枚龍蛋。由於英國龍的數量有限，這枚龍蛋對於英國來說具有重要意義……

In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow arranged marriages juxtaposed with torrid forbidden love affairs; and the vanity of newly minted millionaires clashing with the desperation of the poor.

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……

三分天下诸葛亮，一统江山刘伯温，谋人，谋事，谋官，谋己，都是在谋利益。刘伯温用他的智慧和谋略，就了朱元璋建立的大明帝国，并被世人称为“帝师”、“王佐”……三分天下諸葛亮，一統江山劉伯溫，謀人，謀事，謀官，謀己，都是在謀利益。劉伯溫用他的智慧和謀略，成就了朱元璋建立的大明帝國，並被世人稱為「帝師」、「王佐」……

Amy has always loved art, but lately her drawings have been less than impressive. There's no passion, no personality, no...magic. Until Amy visits her Lao Lao, her grandmother, and finds an ancient paintbrush that brings anything Amy creates to life! Now her creation Luna has taken over her bedroom and is running through the streets of Flushing, Queens. What awaits: an international adventure filled with an ancient Chinese legend, a greedy adversary and ghastly beasts!