Tag Archives: Chinese literature

Lu Xun’s Dragonboat Festival

Posted on December 2, 2011 by admin

Dragonboat Holiday or Dragonboat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.  It is also called Double Fifth.  The story is another story that closely follows Lu Xun’s own life.  For an … Continue reading →

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Almost Out! Capturing Chinese Stories: Prose and Poems by Revolutionary Chinese Authors

Posted on August 2, 2011 by admin

The next book in the Capturing Chinese series is almost out!  We are reading over the final draft of the book before shipping it off for publication.  This book takes a departure from the previous books in our series in … Continue reading →

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Video on Kong Yiji

Posted on February 5, 2010 by admin

Kong Yiji is one of my favorite stories from Lu Xun’s Nahan. Here is a video acting out the story of Kong Yiji. It’s useful for practicing with your listening skills. Read the story, and then listen to the video without the text in front of you and repeat until you’re understanding the whole video. Continue reading →

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FINALLY A BOOK TO HELP STUDENTS READ ORIGINAL CHINESE LITERATURE

Posted on October 15, 2009 by admin

October 15, 2009 – – Author, Kevin Nadolny, has published Capturing Chinese: Short Stories From Lu Xun’s Nahan, an original approach to help students break into reading Chinese literature without the usual frustration of looking up obscure characters, misunderstanding historical … Continue reading →

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