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A new practical primer of literary Chinese

by Paul Rouzer

This textbook introduces the grammar and structures of Classical Chinese through forty-two lessons based on pre-Han and Han texts. It includes vocabulary lists, grammatical explanations, and character pronunciations in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Accession 21182 ISBN 9780674022706 Publisher Harvard University Asia Center
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