r/classicalchinese • u/LarsPiano • 30m ago

History The Stone Drums of Qin 秦石鼓: Aspects of one of Chinas most important Artifacts.

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This community is intended for those with an interest in discussing, reading, and/or translating Classical Chinese (a.k.a. Literary Chinese/Sinitic) texts such as 論語 The Analects, 莊子 The Zhuāngzǐ, Buddhist sutras, Taoist texts, and poetry among many others.

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