Paul Rouzer

This textbook has forty lessons that serve as the basic introduction to Classical Chinese literature, its patterns and structures, and its grammar and vocabulary; all of which are drawn from varying pre-Han and Han texts.

This textbook eschews the complicated literary interpretations of Classical Chinese and practically teaches the student the basics of the language. Each lesson has alongside the text, ample vocabulary lists (in pinyin, Japanese, English, and Korean), and most importantly exercises to aid the student in mastering the language with sentence drills and translations.

Rouzer has done an excellent job in preparing this textbook and its merit to Chinese students is great, easily enabling them to gain mastery of a richly rewarding language and literary history.… (meer)