【中国古籍校读新论】.pdf
THE STUDY OF ANCIENT CHINESE CLASSICS A New Approach By CHENG LIN Edlitord:Translator Ancient(hinesc(lassies Series 中國古籍校讀新 鄭著 THEWORLDBOOKCOMPANY,LTD.SHANGHAI,CHINA.
Thelistofancient classics inSectionXis thefirstof itskind.Itgivesthecompletetitlesofthosebookswhicharestillextant today.IntheAppendixisfoundalistofthemostrepresentative works on eachsubject andwrittenafter the establishment ofManchu Dynastyinthe 17th Century.A.D.
is highly inadequate to express the fine shades of meaning,philoso.phical concepts,involved ideas and abstract principles.The reader is oftenatlosstodiscerntheexactintentottheauthor.Wefindtheancient Chinese compositionsveryterseandpithy but simple and naive,sententious and rhythmic lut abstruse an