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  2. The Messenger (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The Messenger" (Chinese: 信使; pinyin: xìnshǐ) is a science-fiction short story by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, first published in 2001. The short story was included in the collection A View from the Stars published by Head of Zeus in April 2024 and by Tor Books in May 2024. [1] [2] It was translated by Andy Dudak. [3]

  3. Classic Chinese Novels - Wikipedia

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    The literary critic and sinologist Andrew H. Plaks writes that the term "classic novels" in reference to these six titles is a "neologism of twentieth-century scholarship" that seems to have come into common use under the influence of C. T. Hsia's The Classic Chinese Novel.

  4. China Men - Wikipedia

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    Kingston is interested in presenting Chinese American history from its own perspective, presenting us with the men's views of American culture—the strange language with its incomprehensible alphabet, the violence and rigidity of missionary Christianity—and of their new communities, often made up of a mixture of Chinese regional backgrounds that would never have happened in China but ...

  5. Chinese classics - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Five Classics in the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves an abridgment of the Thirteen Classics.

  6. Chinese literature - Wikipedia

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    Studies in history of the modern Chinese literature from the 17th century to 21st century were published in 2017 by the Harvard University Press as a fourth volume of new literary history series. The book A New Literary History of Modern China, edited by David Der-wei Wang, contains many scholarly essays and articles in time-line order. [82]

  7. A Brief History of Chinese Fiction - Wikipedia

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    A Brief History of Chinese Fiction (Chinese: 中国小说史略; pinyin: Zhōngguó xiǎoshuō shǐlüè) is a book written by Lu Xun as a survey of traditional Chinese fiction. It was first published in Chinese in 1925, revised in 1930, translated into Japanese, Korean, German, and then into English in 1959 by Gladys Yang and Yang Xianyi .

  8. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    Fortune cookies are rarely found in China. Fortune cookies are not found in Chinese cuisine, despite their presence in Chinese restaurants in the United States and other Western countries. They originated in Japan and were introduced to the US by the Japanese. [66] In China, they are considered American, and are rare. [67]

  9. The True Story of Ah Q - Wikipedia

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    The story of Ah Q weaves together nationalism, modern Chinese literature and modern Chinese history. In modern Chinese language , the term the "Ah Q mentality" ( 阿Q精神 ; Ā Q jīngshén ) is used commonly as a term of mockery to describe someone who chooses not to face up to reality and deceives himself into believing he is successful, or ...