Gems of Chinese Literature: (modernised)

The present volume is a venture in a new direction. English readers will search in vain for any work leading to an acquaintanceship, however slight, with the general literature of China. Dr Legge's colossal labours have in-deed placed the canonical books of Confucianism within easy reach of the curious; but the immense bulk of Chinese authorship is still virgin soil and remains to be efficiently explored. I have therefore ventured to offer an instalment of short extracts from the works of t...