As a series of classical poetry and writings textbooks for Chinese and foreign students in international Chinese education, Chinese Classical Poetry and Writings Recitation elaborately selects 300 ancient Chinese poetry and writings, using notes and brief analysis to interpret difficult words and phrases, explain cultural connotations, and briefly analyze the main ideas of the works. The whole series is divided into three volumes, i.e., elementary, intermediate and advanced, each of which is accompanied by a classical recitation recorded by the editor. The whole book advocates Chinese and foreign students to recite excellent classical poetry and writings of China step by step, understand the excellent Chinese traditional culture and improve the appreciation ability and comprehensive literacy, in order to boost international Chinese education.

Qiu Haiping, associate professor of College of International Cultural Exchange, Hebei Normal University, and postgraduate tutor in Ancient Chinese Literature and Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, has been engaged in teaching and research of ancient Chinese literature and Chinese culture for a long time, whose main courses include History of Ancient Chinese Literature, Selected Works of Ancient Chinese Literature for International Students, Introduction to Chinese Culture, Introduction to Chinese Studies, etc. He was awarded the title of Outstanding Teacher of Hebei Normal University, and has published academic monographs such as A Study of Ancient Chinese Zouyi Articles (China Social Sciences Press) and History of Zouyi Articles in Qin, Han, Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties (China Social Sciences Press).

This series of textbooks elaborately selects 300 pieces of ancient Chinese poetry and writings, including poem, ci, sanqu, prose, cifu, parallel prose, etc. The reading difficulty of the selected articles is gradually increased with each article accompanied with a recitation of classic ancient poetry and writings recorded by the editor, which is easy for readers to get started, arouse their interest in learning and enhance their confidence in learning, so as to understand the development process and basic features of ancient Chinese poetry and writings.

This book can be used with accompanying audio to recite classic works of Chinese ancient poetry and writings. This optional course takes 2-4 class hours per week.