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Chinese classics and translations

afu — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:25:58 -0800

A collection of some of the greatest works of Chinese literature in the original chinese and translated in English and French. Every Chinese character is also a link to a chinese dictionary, allowing you to translate on the fly. Includes the Yi Jing The Book of Changes, Dao De Jing The Way and Its Power, The Analects of Confucius, Sun Tzu's Art of War and many more.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:28:02 -0800

Best of the web.

By: GrammarMoses

GrammarMoses — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:08:50 -0800

Stunning, fascinating, brilliantly executed. Thank you for posting this, afu.

By: Bureau of Public Secrets

Bureau of Public Secrets — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:12:14 -0800

Here are over 100 different English translations of Chapter 1 of the Tao Te Ching. The diversity of styles and interpretations is astonishing. The same website also features essays by Kenneth Rexroth on the Tao Te Ching, The Dream of the Red Chamber and other Chinese novels, the poetry of Tu Fu, The Tale of Genji, and many other Far Eastern classics, as well as Rexroth's translations of Chinese poetry.

By: semmi

semmi — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:22:37 -0800

Wow. I'm stuck here for months ahead. Thanks for posting this.

By: RobotAdam

RobotAdam — Sun, 14 May 2006 11:28:23 -0800

On a related note, if you find Chinese (or Japanese) text that you'd like to read along with, POPjisyo has a bookmarklet that will mark up every character in an entire page with javascript hovers showing pronunciation and translation. Here's an example.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sun, 14 May 2006 11:49:07 -0800

Best of the web indeed. Amazing. Thanks, afu.

By: bim

bim — Sun, 14 May 2006 12:08:56 -0800

Fabulous. I love all this ebooks stuff and such. Thanks!

By: pracowity

pracowity — Sun, 14 May 2006 13:50:31 -0800

Hmm.

Legend has it that after leaving he decided to travel westward riding an oxen. At this time a purple cloud started to hoover over him. Thus this journey is generally referred to as the Purple Cloud from the East. One day he came to China's westmost outpost. [...] At this point Lao Tze wrote a 5,000 word essay titled Tao Te Ching. After he finished the essay, Lao Tze continued his westward journey and not to be heard from again.

I think he was sucked up into the purple cloud.

By: state fxn

state fxn — Sun, 14 May 2006 14:33:14 -0800

Wow, thank you so much. I've been trying to read classical Chinese on my own but it's so hard with only a paper dictionary. I wish though that they have Zhuangzi as well.

By: ifjuly

ifjuly — Sun, 14 May 2006 15:14:33 -0800

i got wayyyy too excited when i misread an early comment thinking it said the dream of the red chamber was on there rather than essays ABOUT the dream of the red chamber. i'd do anything to be able to get the entire classic as beautifully translated and readily available as the three volumes still in print. sigh. but yay to tu fu. god, i love chinese classic romance literature.

By: afu

afu — Sun, 14 May 2006 21:26:31 -0800

that POPjisyo sight is really nice. To think I've been waisting all my time with the google translation system...

By: Rumple

Rumple — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:16:49 -0800

Fantastic, thank you. And also thanks to Bureau of Public Secrets for the added value!

By: dhruva

dhruva — Mon, 15 May 2006 01:03:07 -0800

Great post. Thanks.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 15 May 2006 09:57:05 -0800

Nifty

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Mon, 15 May 2006 14:27:02 -0800

Excellent. Thanks.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 25 May 2006 15:39:22 -0800

Wow. Way cool! Thank you!