Modern Chinese Essays
Explore Chinese essays in the flexible modern vernacular tradition, including personal reflection, parable, memory, philosophy, and observations of everyday life.
Reading list
- 心有事心xīn — 1. heart
2. mind
3. intention
4. center
5. core
6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)有事yǒu shì — 1. to be occupied with sth
2. to have sth on one's mind
3. there is something the matter (HSK 6)The Heart Has Its Cares
許地山 · Xu Dishan · 空山靈雨
- 笑笑xiào — old variant of 笑 (xiào) (HSK 1)Laughter
許地山 · Xu Dishan · 空山靈雨
- 阿長與《山海經》長cháng — 1. long
2. (bound form) length
3. (bound form) strong point; forte
4. (bound form) to be good at
5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. (zhàng)) (HSK 2)與yǔ — 1. (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases)
2. (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手 (yǔ tā wò shǒu) "shake hands with him", 與去年不同 (yǔ qù nián bù tóng) "different from last year")
3. (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow (HSK 6)山shān — 1. mountain; hill (classifier: 座 (zuò))
2. (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on (HSK 1)海hǎi — 1. ocean
2. sea
3. classifier: 個 (gè), 片 (piàn)
4. great number of people or things
5. (dialect) numerous (HSK 2)經jīng — 1. classics
2. sacred book
3. scripture
4. to pass through
5. to undergo
6. to bear
7. to endure
8. warp (textile)
9. longitude
10. menstruation
11. channel (TCM)
12. abbr. for economics 經濟 (jīng jì) (HSK 7-9) · 阿长与《山海经》Ah Chang and the Book of Hills and Seas
魯迅 · Lu Xun · 朝花夕拾