Li Bai Du Fu

Download or read book 李白與杜甫 written by Zu-yan Chen and published by Cheng & Tsui. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to a Chinese tradition that locates poetry at the heart of education, "Li Bai & Du Fu: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Literature" offers an innovative approach to studying the writings of China's most revered classical poets. Twenty-six poems of Li and Du in the original, classical Chinese are accompanied by a short essay of analysis and appreciation in contemporary Chinese, to encourage students to assimilate the subtleties of both contemporary and classical Chinese language. Also available are biographical and historical background in both Chinese and English, exercises in translation and comprehension, and indexed vocabulary.