AConciseHistoryofChineseLiteratureconsistsoftechapters,eachofwhichrepresentsahistoricalperiodfromtheoriginsofwritingithePre-Qieratothepresentday,from"GuaJu"ofthethree-thousand-year-oldC/assicofPoetrytotheauthorMoYan,whoreceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturei2012.TakingothevastnessofChineseliteratureithisoneshortvolume,wehavehadnochoicebuttooverlookmanyexcellentworksofliteratureifavorofthemostrepresentativeauthorsandworks.Wehopethatfromthesecarefullychosetextsyouwillbeabletodiscoverthebrevity,elegance,andcharmofliteratureiChinese,andthattheseshortwritingswillhelpyoutakethefirststepstounderstandinghowChinesepeopleexpresstheiremotionsandthoughtsthroughliterature.

我学习法语、从事法语教学及相关工作已经36年，除了立志学好法语之外，更想证明学好法语并不是什么难事。法语存在已上千年，称得上是一门历史悠久的语言，无数人曾经或者正在用它表达着自己的思想和情感。既然这无数的差异性个体都能通过法语实现交流，我想那么法语一定是很容易被掌握的，而绝不像很多学生抱怨的那样“高深”、“难学”。

Remyisaratwhoenjoysthefinerthingsilife.WheahappyaccidentlandshimithekitcheofaParisiarestaurant,hecan’tresisthelpingahaplesscookcreateculinarymasterpiecesthathaveallofPariswaitingilineforataste.Withalittleencouragementfromaimaginarymasterchef,Remygetshisnewfriendoutfromunderthethumboftherestaurant’scruelmanagerandfollowshisowdreamsofbeingagreatchef.小米是一只懂得享受生活中美好事物的老鼠。由于一个偶然事件，他被带进了巴黎一家餐厅的厨房。他主动帮助一位倒霉的厨师,创造出了一道美味珍馐几乎整个巴黎城的人都排起长队,只为品尝这道佳肴。在一位想象中的厨艺大师的鼓励下，小米将他这位新朋友从冷酷的餐厅经理手中解救出来，而且实现了他自己成为一名厨师的梦想。

Remyisaratwhoenjoysthefinerthingsilife.WheahappyaccidentlandshimithekitcheofaParisiarestaurant,hecan’tresisthelpingahaplesscookcreateculinarymasterpiecesthathaveallofPariswaitingilineforataste.Withalittleencouragementfromaimaginarymasterchef,Remygetshisnewfriendoutfromunderthethumboftherestaurant’scruelmanagerandfollowshisowdreamsofbeingagreatchef.小米是一只懂得享受生活中美好事物的老鼠。由于一个偶然事件，他被带进了巴黎一家餐厅的厨房。他主动帮助一位倒霉的厨师,创造出了一道美味珍馐几乎整个巴黎城的人都排起长队,只为品尝这道佳肴。在一位想象中的厨艺大师的鼓励下，小米将他这位新朋友从冷酷的餐厅经理手中解救出来，而且实现了他自己成为一名厨师的梦想。

Remyisaratwhoenjoysthefinerthingsilife.WheahappyaccidentlandshimithekitcheofaParisiarestaurant,hecan’tresisthelpingahaplesscookcreateculinarymasterpiecesthathaveallofPariswaitingilineforataste.Withalittleencouragementfromaimaginarymasterchef,Remygetshisnewfriendoutfromunderthethumboftherestaurant’scruelmanagerandfollowshisowdreamsofbeingagreatchef.小米是一只懂得享受生活中美好事物的老鼠。由于一个偶然事件，他被带进了巴黎一家餐厅的厨房。他主动帮助一位倒霉的厨师,创造出了一道美味珍馐几乎整个巴黎城的人都排起长队,只为品尝这道佳肴。在一位想象中的厨艺大师的鼓励下，小米将他这位新朋友从冷酷的餐厅经理手中解救出来，而且实现了他自己成为一名厨师的梦想。

AConciseHistoryofChineseLiteratureconsistsoftechapters,eachofwhichrepresentsahistoricalperiodfromtheoriginsofwritingithePre-Qieratothepresentday,from"GuaJu"ofthethree-thousand-year-oldC/assicofPoetrytotheauthorMoYan,whoreceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturei2012.TakingothevastnessofChineseliteratureithisoneshortvolume,wehavehadnochoicebuttooverlookmanyexcellentworksofliteratureifavorofthemostrepresentativeauthorsandworks.Wehopethatfromthesecarefullychosetextsyouwillbeabletodiscoverthebrevity,elegance,andcharmofliteratureiChinese,andthattheseshortwritingswillhelpyoutakethefirststepstounderstandinghowChinesepeopleexpresstheiremotionsandthoughtsthroughliterature.