Classical Chinese

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Snow wrote that Mao was “an accomplished scholar of classical Chinese, an omnivorous reader, a deep student of philosophy and history, a good speaker, a man with an unusual memory and extraordinary powers of concentration, an able writer, careless in his personal habits and appearance but astonishingly meticulous about details of duty, a man of tireless energy and a military and political strategist of considerable genius.”

From The Wall Street Journal

A martial arts role-playing game “Black Myth: Wukong,” inspired by the classical Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” notched record-breaking sales after its release in 2024 and lapped up rave reviews from Western gamers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Haoyan Zhang at Gene Gallery and Xinyu Long at Cub_ism_ Artspace twist myth and classical Chinese aesthetics into incredibly modern visions that deal with fear and the power of the individual.

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Now he views his restaurants as a cultural bridge for Western diners to better appreciate classical Chinese cuisine.

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“For two years, I ferreted through court documents, biographies and local histories, all in classical Chinese, trying to find the patches of historical forest in the midst of dense linguistic trees” on the Oboi Regency, he wrote in 2014 in Perspectives on History, the American Historical Association’s newsmagazine.

From New York Times