Chinese Book of the Day: A Fox Hunts a Hunter

Jin Jin's A Fox Hunts a Hunter in Chinese characters

Jin Jin’s A Fox Hunts a Hunter is a story which is a kind of modern folk tale. It is said that in Dingtian mountain there was a wolf with three eyes, four ears and five legs. On hearing this, a cunning fox was very happy and disguised himself as that strange-looking wolf and swaggered to the young hunter’s home and extorted the shotgun from the trembling hunter and the story unfolds…. This book is a lovely book which is very portable(dimensions of 19cm x 13cm).

Chinese books has many other books written in Chinese so that you can appreciate them in the original language in which they were written.

Chinese book of the Day: Confucius by Kong Xuelin

Confucius by Kong Xuelin in English

Chen Li’s Kong Xuelin’s Confucius is a great English book which provides both an interesting biography of Confucius’s life as well as an examination of the work and famous of saying of Confucius(such as Lunyu / The Analects). Kong Xuelin is a direct descendant of Confucius so he is best placed to write this book.

Chinese bookstore has many other books written about China in English so that you can learn more about Chinese culture. We also have lots of books in Chinese and for people learning Chinese.

Chinese Book of the Day: The Remote Head of the Yellow River

Chen Li's The Remote Head of the Yellow River in Chinese characters

Chen Li’s The Remote Head of the Yellow River is the story of an island boy looking for his father who was measuring the icy Yellow River. This book is a lovely book which is very portable(dimensions of 19cm x 13cm). Some of the other books written by Chen Li include: Three Gold Bricks, Mansul and Fadilah and the Magic Men.

Chinese books has many other books written in Chinese so that you can appreciate them in the original language in which they were written.

Chinese Book of the Day: Twilight Breaking Dawn

Twilight Breaking Dawn in Chinese

This is a four volume version of Twilight Breaking Dawn in Chinese characters. Breaking Dawn is the fourth book in Stefenie Meyer’s very popular series. Breaking Dawn was released in 2008 and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Divided into three parts, the first and third sections of Breaking Dawn are written from Bella’s perspective and the second is written from the perspective of Jacob.

The movie of Twilight Breaking Dawn will be released in two parts; the first part to be released in November 2011 and the second part to be released in November 2012. Before Twilight Breaking Dawn is released theatrically, why not re-read it in Chinese?

Chinese Bookstore has an vast range of books in Chinese; both fiction and non-fiction and has books from the wonderful Twilight Series in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters. Simplified Chinese characters are used in China and most overseas learners of Chinese use them. Traditional (Fanti) characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.