Guwen Guanzhi is the most popular reader of intermediate classical Chinese prose, used by educators and students for centuries since its first compilation by Wu Chucai and his nephew Wu Diaohou in 1695.
The selection of 222 readings ranges from pre-Qin canonical works to authors at the end of the Ming Dynasty, spanning over the history of classical Chinese literature.
The current volume is a revised and corrected edition, based on up-to-date texts as established by modern critical scholarship, and supplied with critical apparatus.
