中国古代经典诗文是中国传统文化的奇葩。早在两千多年以前，中国诗人就写出了美丽的《诗经》和《楚辞》；以后，他们又创造了更加灿烂的唐诗和宋词。《论语》《老子》这样的经典著作，则在塑造、构成中华民族文化精神方面具有极其重要的意义。这些作品既是联接所有中国人思想、情感的文化纽带，也是中国文化走向世界的重要桥梁。 ???许渊冲先生从事翻译工作70年，2010年12月荣获“中国翻译文化终身成就奖”。他被称为将中国诗词译成英法韵文的专家，经他的妙手，许多中国经典诗文被译成出色的英文和法文韵语。这套“许译中国经典诗文集”荟萃许先生代表性的英文译作，既包括《论语》《老子》这样的经典著作，又包括《西厢记》《牡丹亭》《长生殿》《桃花扇》等戏曲剧本，数量最多的则是历代诗歌选集。这些诗歌选集包括诗、词、散曲等多

The title might have been written by Mao himself. Instead, it was dictated by the revealing, intimate, neverbeforepublished recollections of Li Yinqiao, Mao'odyguard, and brought to light by the author Quan Yanchi. After fifteen years of devoted service, Li received thisrequest from Mao: "If what happens in my family is a secretto others, it is not a secret to you. But don't write about mewhile I'm still alive; wait until I die, and write truthfully whenyou do." For the first time, the personal, inside story ofChina's dynamic leader and world statesman is told rathelife and thought of Mao, the husband, father, radeinarms, the peasant's son. The recollections, only now madepublic in English, provide the reader with a refreshinglydifferent perspective from any of the many other worksabout Mao, Highlighting the book are photographs, published here for the first time.

TheMONKEYSERIESarepicturebookasedontheancientChinesefantasynovelJourneytotheWest,astoryrichintalesaboutdemonsandmonsterswhotrytostoptheTangPriestXuanzangfromreachingtheThunderMonasteryinIndiatofetchBuddhistscriptures.Therealheroofthisnovel,lovedforfourhundredyearyChinesereaders,istheresourceful,braveandhumorousMonkey.

InthelateyearsoftheEasternHanDynasty(AD25--220),becauseofthecorruptionofthestateadministrationexacerbatedbyyearsoffamine,theordinarypeoplelivedaveryhardlife.InJulucounty,localmanZhangJue,togetherwithhisbrothersZhangLiang,andZhangBao,managedtoenlistsome500,000peoplefromtoday'sHebei,Henan,Shandong,HubeiandJiangsuprovinces,intoarebelforceandtheylaunchedajointattackupongovernmenttroops.Severaldayslater,fromeverysidepeoplejoinedthearmyoftherebelZhangJue.Therebelarmybegantowrapyellowscarvesaroundtheirheadsandthisquicklybecametheirsignature.Asthestrengthoftherebelarmyincreased,theimperialtroopsbecamelessandlessabletocontrolthem.