linguaholic Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Today I would like to share an amazing website with you: ctext.orgOn this page you can find ALL the Chinese classics (most with English translations). The cool thing about the page is that the navigation of the Classics is very easy and divided into different Time Periods (Dynasties) and the whole content can be searched for specific keywords. So, for instance, if you are interested about the evolution of a certain character you can easily find out about its frequency in different time documents. Let's take the character 是 as an example. 是 in ancient texts did not stand for 'to be'. It had several other meanings, one of the most important meanings being a demonstrative pronoun. When searching for 是, you can easily check different time documents where 是 is appearing and find out easily when it has been used for the first time as a copula verb meaning ’to be'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Languager1790 Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 I highly recommend this site. Very fun to sift through the Classics with the English translations right next to the characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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