A New Practical Primer of Literary Chinese - Paperback Book - by Paul Rouzer - 9780674022706 - Harvard University, Asia Center

Dimensions: 21.0cm x 27.9cm x 3.4cm - Forty lessons introducing students to the basic patterns and structures of Classical Chinese are taken from a number of pre-Han and Han texts selected to give students a grounding in exemplary Classical Chinese style. Two additional lessons use texts from later periods to help students appreciate the changes in written Chinese over the centuries.