Gems of Chinese Classics 中国历史著述（英文版）

“中华优秀传统文化传承系列”由上海译文出版社精心策划，获国家出版基金、上海出版资金资助出版，系列共含以下6册：
Chinese Idioms and Their Stories《中国成语故事（英文版）》
Ancient Chinese Who Left Their Marks on History《中国历史人物（英文版）》
Gems of Chinese Classics《中国历史著述（英文版）》
Chinese Mythology & Thirty-Six Stratagems《中国成语故事与三十六计（英文版）》
Brush Away the Mystery of Traditional Chinese Painting《中国历代著名绘画作品鉴赏（英文版）》
The Stories of Ancient Chinese Architecture《中国古建筑及其故事（英文版）》

《中国历史著述（英文版）》以地道流畅的英语，深入浅出地介绍了52本中国传统经典著作，配以彩色插画，赏心悦目，图文并茂，是读者学习中国传统文化、讲好中国故事的生动材料。
本书彩色印刷，装帧精美，封面采用进口环保艺术纸，运用了模切镂空工艺，正文采用105克东方雅韵艺术纸，裸脊彩线装订。

 
在中国的历史长河中，经典著述对国家的形成、人民日常生活的影响起到了至关重要的作用。本书每篇短文介绍一本经典著述，时间跨度3000余年，内容包含了医学、数学、军事谋略、宗教、文学以及艺术、游记等。
Throughout China’s long history, classic texts have played a vital role in shaping the country and influencing the daily lives of its people. 
In this series of short articles, we introduce classic texts spanning more than 3,000 years and covering everything from medicine, mathematics and military strategy to religion, literature, arts and travel.  

张慈贇，国内资深英文媒体人，高级编辑，享受国务院政府特殊津贴。曾就读于美国斯坦福大学，获硕士学位。长期从事英文新闻工作，参与《中国日报》的创办，主持创办《上海日报》《北京周末报》《上海英文星报》，均任第一任总编辑。现为中国翻译协会常务理事。曾在国内外报刊上发表大量新闻报道、特写、评论和专栏文章。
Born in Shanghai in 1949, ZHANG Ciyun (Peter) is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Shanghai Daily, a leading regional English-language daily newspaper on the Chinese mainland. He is also a prolific translator and writer.
Mr. Zhang graduated from Jilin Normal University in China, majoring in English language, and later from Stanford University in the United States with a master’s degree in journalism. 
Starting from 1980, he had worked in several news agencies in China and helped bring into existence four English-language newspapers, including China Daily and Shanghai Daily. 

三 字 经 
Three Character Classic
千 字 文 
Thousand Character Classic
百 家 姓 
Hundred Family Surnames
周 易 
Book of Changes
考 工 记
The Records of Examination of Craftsmen
山 海 经 
The Classic of Mountains and Seas
四民月令 
Ancient Guide Still Yields a Harvest
九章算术 
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
齐民要术 
China’s First Agricultural Encyclopedia
水 经 注 
Commentary on the Waterways Classic
缀 术 
The Method of Interpolation
食疗本草
Materia Medica for Dietotherapy Contents
茶 经 
The Classic of Tea
酒 经
The Classic of Wine and Spirits
梦溪笔谈
Dream Pool Essays
授 时 历 
The Season-Granting Calendar
天工开物 
Tiangong Kaiwu Encyclopedia
农政全书
A Complete Treatise on Agriculture
黄帝内经
The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon
难 经
Canon of 81 Difficult Medical Issues
伤 寒 论 
Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders
千金要方
Essential Prescriptions in Chinese Medicine
本草纲目
Compendium of Materia Medica
春 秋
The Spring and Autumn Annals
史 记 
Records of the Grand Historian
资治通鉴 
Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government
诗 经 
The Book of Songs
离 骚
The Lament
说文解字
Explaining and Analyzing Characters
文心雕龙 
The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons
唐 诗
Tang Poetry
宋 词
Song Lyric Poetry
西 厢 记
Romance of the West Chamber
窦 娥 冤 
The Injustice to Dou E
牡 丹 亭
The Peony Pavilion
西 游 记 
Journey to the West
水 浒 传
Water Margin
三国演义
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
红 楼 梦
A Dream of Red Mansions
金 瓶 梅
The Plum in the Golden Vase
聊斋志异
Strange Stories of Liaozhai
儒林外史
The Scholars
古文观止
The Ultimate Anthology of Ancient Prose
道 德 经
The Book of Virtue
论 衡 
Discourses Weighted in the Balance
盐 铁 论
Discourses on Salt and Iron
金 刚 经 
The Diamond Sutra
坛 经 
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
兰 亭 序 
Calligraphy Sage’s Crowning Masterpiece
孙子兵法 
The Art of War
三十六计
Thirty-Six Stratagems
徐霞客游记 
The Travelogue of Xu Xiake

Introduction

Throughout China’s long history, classic texts have played a vital role in shaping the country and influencing the daily lives of its people. They have provided academic learning, practical advice and instructions on how to live in harmony with man and nature. They have also given expression to hopes and dreams, joys and sorrows.

In this series of short articles, originally published in a weekly column in the English-language Shanghai
Daily, we introduce classic texts spanning more than 3,000 years and covering subjects ranging from medicine, mathematics and military strategy to religion, literature, arts and travel.

These articles, written by Shanghai Daily’s founding Editor-in-Chief Zhang Ciyun, tell interesting stories behind some of China’s most famous classic texts and reveal their indelible mark on the Chinese culture and their enduring influence in the country’s history.