Abstract:
This two-volume primer in Literary Chinese (also called "Classical Chinese" and wenyanwen) was prepared for use at the college and graduate school level. Knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is helpful, but all vocabulary is glossed, and students without Mandarin should be able to use this primer as well. This primer is intended to provide open-access online teaching materials, to be freely used or modified by individuals or by teachers employing them in a not-for-profit context.
