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The Chinese text in this collection are presented in Chinese, many with English side-by-side translation. Those in the process of learning Chinese can also use YellowTip pointer rollover word annotator.

Loan Words	Chinese Loan Words in the English Language English Loan Words in the Chinese Language
Fun with Words	Chinese Tongue-Twisters "Lion Eating Poet": A Tongue-Twister Essay Chinese Palindromes Chinese Chat and Pager Codes
Classic Children Primers	Sanzi Jing; Three-Character Classic. Include translation and extensive commentary. Qianzi Wen: Thousand-Character Essay Bai Jia Xing: Hundred Surnames. No translation necessary. Ode to Mulan
Confucian Classics	Analects of Confucius Yi Jing [I Ching]
Daoist Classics	Dao De Jing [Tao Te Ching]. In Chinese and three different English translations, side-by-side.
Strategy Classics	Sun Zi's Art of War.
Classic Novels	Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as Story of the Stone). Complete Chinese text of one of the best Chinese novels ever written. Dream of the Read Chamber (Partial English Translation). Faithful translation of the first 56 chapters by H. Bencraft Joly.

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