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Public-domain Chinese classics, re-typeset for reading, and museum-grade paintings released under CC0. Buy once, download at once. 153 titles.
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Chuang Tzu — Herbert Giles Translation
The thirty-three chapters of Zhuangzi in Giles’s 1889 translation. 380-page A5 edition, instant PDF download.
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The Analects of Confucius — James Legge Translation
Confucius in English: Legge’s 1861 translation, re-typeset as an 82-page A5 edition. Instant PDF download.
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The Shih King, or Book of Poetry — James Legge Translation
The oldest Chinese poetry anthology, with Legge’s full notes. 158-page A5 edition, instant PDF download.
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The Tao Teh King – James Legge Translation
A cleanly typeset English edition of Lao-Tse Tao Teh King, translated by James Legge (1891). Public…
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三十六計 · Thirty-Six Stratagems
Thirty-six stratagems in six sets of six, from deceiving the sky to crossing the ocean, with…
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世說新語 · Tales of the World (Chinese Text)
Thirty-six sections and about 1,130 anecdotes of the late Han and Eastern Jin, one entry per…
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中國人 · China and the Chinese
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中國文學 · Chinese Literature — Herbert A. Giles
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中國日本神話 · Myths of China and Japan
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中國詩續譯 · More Translations from the Chinese
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中山詩話 · Zhongshan Poetry Talks
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五老臺圖 · The Five Sages Terrace (Shen Zhou)
Shen Zhou, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill. Buildings against a cliff, pines below, figures on…
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仿倪瓚山水 · After Ni Zan (Wang Yuanqi)
Wang Yuanqi, hanging scroll. A low bank, one peak, and a wide band of empty water…
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八陣總述 · A General Account of the Eight Formations
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六朝文絜 · Wondrous Writing of the Six Dynasties
The classic anthology of Six Dynasties parallel prose: 72 fu, letters and memorials, from Bao Zhao…
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六韜 · Liutao
The Six Secret Teachings: the longest and most concrete of the seven military classics, in six…
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