The dual-language Library of Chinese Classics is a key state-sponsored publishing project, approved by the General Administration of Press and Publication of China and included in the state plan. This series is both a major cultural project which, for the first time ever, presents to the world a systematic and complete set of selected and translated Chinese classics, and a foundation project for showcasing the cream of traditional Chinese culture. The library will comprise more than 100 of the most representative classic works, covering literature, history, philosophy, politics, economy, military science, and science and technology. Works in classical prose have been translated first into modern Chinese, and then into English.

 

Already published:

Laozi
Translated into English by Arthur Waley
Translated into modern Chinese by Chen Guying

Zhuangzi
Translated into English by Wang Rongpei
Translated into modern Chinese by Qin Xuqing and Sun Yongchang

The Analects
Translated into English by Arthur Waley
Translated into modern Chinese by Yang Bojun

Mencius
Translated into English by Zhao Zhentao and others
Translated into modern Chinese by Yang Bojun

Xunzi
Translated into English by John Knoblock
Translated into modern Chinese by Zhang Jue

Mozi

Guanzi
Translated into English by Zhai Jiangyue

Liezi
Translated into English by Liang Xiaopeng
Translated into modern Chinese by Li Jianguo

Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals
Translated into English by Zhai Jiangyue

The Book of Lord Shang

Tending the Roots of Wisdom
Translated into English by Paul White
Translated into modern Chinese by Jiang Hanzhong

Admonitions for the Yan Clan
Translated into English by Zong Fuchang
Yellow Emperor's Four Canons of Medicine

Sunzi:the Art of War and Sun Bin: the Art of War
Translated into English by Lin Wusun

Three Kingdoms
Translated into English by Moss Roberts

Outlaws of the Marsh
Translated into English by Sidney Shapiro

Journey to the West
Translated into English by W. J. F. Jenner

A Dream of Red Mansions
Translated into English by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang

Romance of the Western Bower
Translated into English by Xu Yuanchong

The Peony Pavilion
Translated into English by Wang Rongpei

The Scholars
Translated into English by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang

Creation of the Gods
Translated into English by Gu Zhizhong

Anecdotes about Spirits and Immortals
Translated into English by Ding Wangdao
Translated into modern Chinese by Huang Diming

The Complete Works of Tao Yuanming
Translated into English by Wang Rongpei
Translated into modern Chinese by Xiong Zhiqi

The Palace of Eternal Youth
Translated into English by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang

The Tale of Heroic Sons and Daughters
Translated into English by Fei Zhide

Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing
Translated into English by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang

The Handan Dream
Translated into English by Wang Rongpei

Dragon-Carving and the Literary Mind
Translated into English by Yang Guobin
Translated into modern Chinese by Zhou Zhenfu

Flowers in the Mirror
Translated into English by Lin Taiyi

The Travels of Lao Ts'an
Translated into English by Harold Shadick

Wuzi and Sima's Art of war, Weiliaozi
Translated into English by Pan Jiabin

The Six Principles of War
Translated into English by Nin Songlai

Three Strategies of Master Huangshi and Li Weigong

Answering the Questions of Emperor Tang Taizong
Translated into English by He Xiaodong

Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine-Plain Conversation
Translated into English by Liu Xiru and others
Translated into modern Chinese by Li Zhaoguo

The Verse of Chu

Amazing Tales(Vol.1)

Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns

300 Tang Poems

300 Song Poems

300 Pieces of Yuan Opera

Six Records of a Floating Life

Gems of classical Chinese Poetry

The Poems of Ruan Ji

A Dream under the Southern Bough

Selected Tales of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties Periods

Publishers:

Foreign Languages Press
Hunan People's Publishing House
New World Press
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
The Military Science Publishing House
Guangxi Normal University Press
World Publishing Corporation
The Commercial Press
Zhonghua Book Company
Hiher Education Press
Liaoning Education Press
Yilin Press
China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Yuelu Publishing House

(China.org.cn January 12, 2007)