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The Chinese language (Chinese: 漢語 / 汉语) is a language that is spoken in China, and by the ethnic Chinese living in other countries. It is the language...

affiliation. Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in China, at about 92% of the population,are often referred to as "Chinese" or "ethnic Chinese" in English...

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC; Chinese: 中华人民共和国; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), is a country located in eastern Eurasia. Also...

of Chinese proverbs (諺語 yànyŭ) and idioms (成語 chéngyŭ), given in and sorted by their pinyin transcription. Chinese proverbs and four-plus character idioms...

linguist, sinologist, author of Chinese language textbooks, lexicographer of Chinese dictionaries, and Professor Emeritus of Chinese Studies at the University...

treading on uncharted territory (for him) and does so at his peril. "Chinese Characters and the Greek Alphabet" in Sino-Platonic Papers, 5 (December 1987)...

Guiguzi (Chinese: 鬼谷子), also called the Baihece (Chinese: 捭闔策), is a collection of ancient Chinese texts compiled between the late Warring States period...

struggling to match Chinese characters and Japanese words, affixing native pronunciation in some cases, adopting approximations of Chinese pronunciation in...

throughout China. The author Lu Xun (1881–1936) is considered the founder of baihua literature (literature in the vernacular Chinese). Chinese literature...

老子 Lǎozi (c. 6th – 5th century BC) was a Chinese monist philosopher; also called Lao Zi, Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, or Lao Tze. The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin:...

about Mulan. Here is this story with all Chinese characters, and yet so many people related to her character and loved the story. So I really think as...

was a Chinese social philosopher, whose teachings deeply influenced East Asian life and thought. "Confucius" is a latinization of the Chinese 孔夫子, Kong...

uncharted territory (for him) and does so at his peril. Eric A. Havelock "Chinese Characters and the Greek Alphabet" in Sino-Platonic Papers, 5 (December 1987)...

October 2013. Traditional Chinese characters carry both cultural significance and artistic values and promoting these characters has nothing to do with any...

Press, 1996), ISBN 978-0300064100 Variant translation: What good are Chinese characters? All those Ph.D.'s are out of work. Much better to be a clerk for...

The Junzi (Chinese: 君子; pinyin: Jūn Zǐ; literally: 'Lording Master') is a Chinese philosophical term often translated as "gentleman" or "superior person"...

Li Guoqing and Zhao Feifei, Chinese Literature: From 'The Book of Songs' to 'A Dream of Red Mansions' (Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, 2006)...

Lin Yutang (Traditional Chinese: 林語堂; Simplified Chinese: 林语堂; pinyin: Lín Yǔtáng) (10 October 1895 – 26 March 1976) was a Chinese writer and translator...

Long considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, the novel is generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of Chinese fiction. Red Chamber is believed...

Cáo Xuěqín (Chinese: 曹雪芹; 4 June 1715 or 1724 – 12 February 1763 or 1 February 1764) was a Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty. He is best known as...