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This is a comprehensive list of all articles which pertain to classical works of Chinese literature. See Chinese classic texts , Chinese poetry , Chinese literature . Contents
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.
Some Chinese varieties may have many instances of foreign readings replacing native readings, forming multiple sets of literary and colloquial readings. A newer literary reading may replace an older literary reading, and the older literary reading may become disused or become a new colloquial reading. [ 6 ]
The first two known history books about Chinese literature were published by Japanese authors in the Japanese language. [80] Kojō Tandō wrote the 700 page Shina bungakushi (支那文学史; "History of Chinese Literature"), published in 1897. Sasakawa Rinpū wrote the second ever such book in 1898, also called Shina bungakushi. [81]
Pages in category "Chinese literary genres" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Over time, the meaning changed into the modern meaning of "cute" or "pretty" , and the pronunciation changed to かわゆい kawayui and then to the modern かわいい kawaii. [1] [2] [3] It is commonly written in hiragana, かわいい, but the ateji, 可愛い, is also frequently used.
Kanbun, literally "Chinese writing," refers to a genre of techniques for making Chinese texts read like Japanese, or for writing in a way imitative of Chinese. For a Japanese, neither of these tasks could be accomplished easily because of the two languages' different structures. As I have mentioned, Chinese is an isolating language.
The term zhiguai is an allusion to a passage in the inner chapters of the Zhuangzi. [4]During the Six Dynasties, xian were a common subject of zhiguai stories. [5] They often had "magical" Tao powers including the abilities to "walk...through walls or stand...in light without casting a shadow".