I just finished reading Journey to the West for a book report. holy shit Chinese books are awesome. Does anyone have the china /lit/ recommendations?
>>24947530This is a really good chart. Whoever made it knew their shit. But a very, very glaring omission is that it doesn't have poetry when classical Chinese poetry is like the greatest literary achievement they ever produced. Very weird.
>>24947549>it doesn't have poetryDoes the Dao De Jing not count?
>>24947674Of course not
ching chong bing bong.
>>24947522>>24947530Is it worth to learning some Mandarin for Chinese literature? Chinese history and literature is very rich and the language doesn't have any irregular verbs, conjugation, and genders.
>>24947747Learning enough mandarin/classical chinese to fully enjoy and understand the nuances of chinese literature as well as a native (or better than a translator) is basically impossible.
>>24947749you can still get to the ezra pound level of understanding, which is not bad