Great Books of China: From Ancient Times to the Present

FRANCES WOOD, a well-known historian of China and Chinese culture, was for many years head of the Chinese collections at the British Library. She has lectured widely, created exhibitions, and written a number of books including "Chinäs First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors", "The Silk Road", and the "Blue Guide to China".

Introduction

Book of Songs * Shi jing (c. 1000¿c. 600 BCE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Book of Changes * Yi jing (first millennium BCE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Classic of the Way and of Virtue * Daode jing
LAOZI (c. sixth century BCE)
Zhuangzi
ZHUANGZI (c. fourth century BCE)

Analects * Lun yu
CONFUCIUS (c. 551¿c. 479 BCE)

Mencius * Mengzi
MENCIUS (c. 372¿c. 289 BCE)

Master Sun¿s Art of War * Sunzi bingfa
SUN WU (c. 544¿c. 496 BCE)

Almanac * Tongshu
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Proper Ritual * Yi li (Western [or Former] Han/206 BCE¿9 CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

The Grand Scribe¿s Records * Shi ji
SIMA QIAN (c. 150¿c. 86 BCE)

Nineteen Old Poems * Gu shi shijiu shou (Eastern [or Later] Han/25¿220 CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Records of the Buddhist Kingdoms * Foguo ji
FAXIAN (c. 337¿c. 422 CE)

Lotus Sutra * Saddharmapundarika sutra (translation into Chinese third to fifth centuries CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Diamond Sutra * Vajracchedikaprajnaparamita sutra (translation into Chinese fifth century CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Poems
LI BAI (701¿762)
Poems
DU FU (712¿770)

Poems
LI SHANGYIN (c. 813¿c. 858)

The Story of Yingying * Yingying zhuan
YUAN ZHEN (779¿831)
Master Dong¿s Western Chamber Romance * Dong shi Xi xiang ji zhugongtiao
DONG JIEYUAN (flourished c. 1189¿c. 1208)
Romance of the Western Chamber * Xi xiang ji
WANG SHIFU (c. 1250¿c. 1337)

Poems
LI QINGZHAO (1084¿c. 1150)

The Orphan of Zhao * Zhao shi guer
Attributed to JI JUNXIAN (c. thirteenth century)

Three-Character Classic * Sanzi jing
Attributed to WANG YINGLIN (1223¿1296)

Twenty-Four Exemplars of Filial Piety * Ershisi xiao
Attributed to GUO JUJING (1260¿1368)

The Water Margin * Shuihu zhuan
Attributed to SHI NAIAN (c. 1296¿c. 1372) or LUO GUANZHONG (c. 1330¿c. 1400)

The Story of the Three Kingdoms * Sanguo zhi
Attributed to LUO GUANZHONG (c. 1330¿c. 1400)

The Story of the Lute * Pipa ji
GAO MING (c. 1305¿c. 1370)

The Classic of Lu Ban * Lu Ban jing (fifteenth century)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Journey to the West * Xiyou ji
Attributed to WU CHENG¿EN (c. 1500¿c. 1582)

Plum in a Golden Vase * Jinpingmei (c. 1582¿96)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
The Carnal Prayer Mat * Rou putuan
Attributed to LI YU (1610¿1680)

Travels of Xu Xiake * Xu Xiake youji
XU XIAKE (1587¿1641)
Tracks of a Wild Goose in the Snow * Hongxuan yinyuan tuji
LINQING (1791¿1846)

The Craft of Gardens * Yuan ye
JI CHENG (1582¿c. 1642)

Exploitation of the Works of Nature * Tiangong kaiwu
SONG YINGXING (1587¿c. 1666)

Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting * Jieziyuan huazhuan (1679¿1701)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN; Preface by LI YU (1610¿1680)

The Peach Blossom Fan * Taohua shan
KONG SHANREN (1648¿1718)

Poems/Essays
YUAN MEI (1716¿1798)

Unofficial History of the Grove of Literati * Rulin waishi
WU JINGZI (1701¿1754)

Three Hundred Tang Poems * Tang shi sanbai shou
SUN ZHU (1722¿1778)

Strange Stories from the Liao Studio * Liaozhai zhiyi
PU SONGLING (1640¿1715)

Dream of the Red Chamber * Hongloumeng
CAO XUEQIN (c. 1715¿1763)

Six Records of a Floating Life * Fusheng liu ji
SHEN FU (1763¿after 1807)

Poems
QIU JIN (c. 1875¿1907)

The Travels of Lao Can * Lao Can youji
LIU E (1857¿1909)

¿My Old Home¿ (in Call to Arms) * ¿Gu xiang¿ (in Nahan)
Old Tales Retold * Gushi xinbian
LU XUN (1881¿1936)

Miss Sophie¿s Diary * Shafei nüshi riji
DING LING (c. 1904¿1986)

Mr. Ma and Son * Er Ma
Camel Xiangzi * Luotuo xiangzi
Beneath the Red Banner * Zheng hongqi xia
LAO SHE (1899¿1966)

Family * Jia
BA JIN (1904¿2005)

Midnight * Ziye
MAO DUN (1896¿1981)

Autobiography of a Girl Soldier * Yige nübing de zizhuan
XIE BINGYING (1906¿2000)

The Man Who Came Home on a Snowy Night * Fengxue ye guiren
WU ZUGUANG (1917¿2003)

Little Black¿s Marriage * Xiao Erhei jiehun
ZHAO SHULI (1906¿1970)

Biography of the First Ming Emperor * Zhu Yuanzhang zhuan
WU HAN (1909¿1969)

Fortress Besieged * Wei cheng
QIAN ZHONGSHU (1910¿1998)

Memories of South Peking * Chengnan jiushi
LIN HAIYIN (1918¿2001)

From Emperor to Citizen * Wode qian ban sheng
PUYI (1906¿1967)

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung * Mao Zhuxi yulu
MAO ZEDONG (1893¿1976)

Half a Lifelong Romance * Bansheng yuan
Lust, Caution * Si, rong
ZHANG AILING (EILEEN CHANG) (1920¿1995)

Mayor Yin * Yin xianzhang
CHEN RUOXI (CHEN JO-HSI) (born 1938)

Six Chapters from a Cadre School Life * Ganxiao liu ji
YANG JIANG (1911¿2016)

Stones of the Wall * Ren a ren!
DAI HOUYING (1938¿1996)

Chronology
Notes
Index

MARKET: Shortest History of China; The First Emperor; Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy.

PRAISE FOR FRANCES WOOD'S CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR AND HIS TERRACOTTA WARRIORS: 'Fascinating book' Mail on Sunday. 'Wry, concise and authoritative' Times Literary Supplement. '[Wood's] close reading of these sources offers fresh insight' Publishers Weekly. '[An] interesting and informative work' Booklist. 'Wonderfully descriptive'