Ebook: 古汉语入门 Introduction to Classical Chinese

A textbook of Literary Chinese from China, in Simplified Chinese characters, with pinyin and English glosses and explanations. Note the physical version of this book did not come with an answer key.

From the foreword of the book: “This book is compiled for students studying classical Chinese in an English language environment. It could serve as the curriculum for a third or fourth year course on classical Chinese at an overseas university or college; it could serve as a reference for university students or secondary students in a Chinese language environment or anyone who is interested in classical Chinese. The contents of the twenty lessons in this book were selected form the most famous classical works throughout the last three thousand years from the Pre-Qin to Ming and Qing dynasties, giving a brief reflection on the whole development of Chinese history, philosophy and literature of the past thousands of years. At the same time, grammar rules and knowledge about the ancient language are explained step by step, with exercises and answer keys provided.”