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