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Even for Chinese people, Journey to the West is a somewhat difficult text because it belongs to classical literature. Using some children's books published in r
by dylanzhangdev 9mo ago
Even for Chinese people, Journey to the West is a somewhat difficult text because it belongs to classical literature. Using some children's books published in recent years, and progressing gradually, might be a better approach?
- gcanyon 9mo agoIn the late 1800s/early 1900s there were books published "in words of one syllable" -- e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_Retold_in_Words_of_One_Syllable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonder... More: https://triviumpursuit.com/childrens-books-in-words-of-one-syllable/ https://triviumpursuit.com/childrens-books-in-words-of-one-s...
- bitwize 9mo agoRelated: https://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/al.html https://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/al.html
- simedw 9mo agoThis is a simplified version: Journey to the West in Easy Chinese by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang. Otherwise, I would definitely have waited a bit before biting off something like this.