Advanced: Yu Hua (余华) is for sure my favorite author of #Chinese modern lit. He writes the lives of ordinary village people, and like all great village-based fiction, the stories are full of vulgar realism, as you will soon see. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/19/nov…

Intermediate: Mythology: 《精卫填海》 from the Classic of Mountains and Seas - a short text that’s almost 2000 years old from an ancient compendium of mythological beasts that was formalized during the Han Dynasty. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/myt…

Beginner: Learn to read China's most famous (and blissfully short) poem, written over 1300 years ago. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/21/chi…

New beginner post: Children's Story: 《大树公公》Grandpa Tree #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/22/chi…

New advanced post: Famous 20th Century author Lu Xun's (鲁迅) letter to his friend in 1926 #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/23/let…

New beginner post: A bite-sized story with repetitive sentence structure which seems to be about a fickle monkey who can’t focus long enough to enjoy his meal, but which is actually a gut-wrenching satire of my entire life. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/24/chi…

Advanced: Jia Pingwa (贾平凹) is one of China’s modern literary greats. I don’t know how he crammed so many insights on the human condition into a few paragraphs about a rock, but he undeniably did. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/29/ess…

Beginner essay: 《帮忙》 Helping Out - In this one-paragraph read (around HSK 2-3), Little Brother wants to help dad get ready to leave the house, but his contribution falls flat. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/05/04/chi…

Advanced post: I <3 this piece: I’m not a super weepy person, but I legit cried reading this. Ba Jin may have been well into his later years when he put pen to paper, but he had lost none of his literary talent. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/05/05/chi…

New beginner post: This little #Chinese nursery poem was written almost 1400 years ago, during the Tang Dyansty. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/05/06/fam…

Intermediate: Taiwanese Buddhist essayist Lin Qingxuan marvels at the wonders of nature, time, space, and reincarnation. This piece is all about awe of the natural world. #learnchinese #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/05/07/chi…

Beginner Post: You could take a lot of lessons away from this story. Maybe that money is immaterial. Or maybe that God is fallible. Or that the grass is always greener. You read it, you decide. #chineselanguage #mandarin chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/05/18/chi…

New translation: Ready to cry your eyes out? This advanced-level essay by Taiwanese authoress Sanmao explores themes of deep grief. chinesereadingpractice.com/2023/03/25/ess…

Intermediate Chinese reading lesson: The moral of this short story, of course, is that faith burns more brightly the more people share it with each other. chinesereadingpractice.com/2023/03/27/fab…