Dream of the Red Chamber 2: The Grand View Garden (Level 2) - Graded Readers for Chinese Language Learners (Literary Stories)(800 words)
红楼梦 2: 大观园 (2级) - 学汉语分级读物 (文学故事)
Author(s):
CHEN Xianchun 陈贤纯,
Publisher:
Beijing Language & Culture University Press
Publication:
10/2015
Languages:
English, Chinese
Sales in last 12 months:
6
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787561943113
Pages:
95
Sizes:
214 x 149mm
Weight:
0.1300
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The series Graded Readers for Chinese Language Learners is composed of 50 books, divided into three subseries, namely folktales, literary stories and historical stories, corresponding to Levels 1-3 respectively. The rich and fun content and easy-to-understand language makes it easy for everyone, whether they are foreigners learning Chinese, children with parents of Chinese origin, ethnic minority students of the Chinese language, or even primary school students in China, to read this series. It enables the readers to gradually improve their Chinese reading skills and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture by reading and enjoying stories.
The “Literary Stories” subseries is based on the Four Great Classical Novels in ancient China. From each novel some epic snippets are extracted and adapted into 4-6 books, each with 20-30 thousand characters. Altogether there are 20 books in the subseries, six of which are from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, four from Water Margin, six from Journey to the West and four from Dream of the Red Chamber.
Dream of the Red Chamber is a novel of worldwide influence by the Qing dynasty writer Cao Xueqin. It depicts the rise and fall of four great families—Jia, Xue, Wang and Shi, and tells the love story of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, etc. There are four books in this series based on this novel, namely The Rongguo Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion, The Grand View Garden, A Few Incidents in the Rongguo Mansion, and The Decline.
The Grand View Garden tells the story of the construction of the Grand View Garden and things that happened in it. Jia Yuanchun, the eldest daughter of Jia Zheng, was chosen as an imperial concubine and the emperor allowed her to visit her family. The Jia family built a special courtyard for her to live in during the visit, which cost a good amount of money. Yuanchun name the courtyard “Grand View Garden”. When Yuanchun’s visit ended, Jia Baoyu moved in the garden with Lin Daiyu among other sisters and girls of their age. Baoyu teased his mother’s maid Jinchuan. His mother Madam Wang was so annoyed she sent Jinchuan away. Out of shame Jinchuan jumped into a well and died, and Baoyu received a good beating from his father.
Ms. Chen Xianchun is a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University who has engaged in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language since 1975, equipped with rich Chinese teaching experience. Professor Chen has made profound research into the teaching of Chinese reading and has published, in addition to more than 20 academic papers, many monographs and textbooks such as Teaching Reading and Psychology, Typical Characters and Events in Chinese Culture, A Primer on Modern Chinese Reading, An Intensive Chinese Course, and Read This Way.
“学汉语分级读物”丛书一共50本，包括民间故事、文学故事、历史故事三个系列，分别对应1、2、3级。本套读物内容丰富有趣，语言简单易懂，不论是学汉语的外国人、在国外的华人子女，还是学汉语的少数民族学生，甚至是国内的小学生，都可以轻松阅读。通过阅读，使读者在欣赏故事的同时，逐步提高汉语阅读能力，增进对中国文化的了解。
“文学故事”系列取材于中国古代的四大名著，每个名著抽取经典片段，编成4—6本书，每本2—3万字。具体包括：《三国演义》6本，《水浒传》4本，《西游记》6本，《红楼梦》4本，共20本。
《红楼梦》是中国清代作家曹雪芹创作的一部长篇小说，具有世界影响力。小说描述了贾家、薛家、王家、史家四个大家族由兴盛到衰落的过程，讲述了贾宝玉、林黛玉、薛宝钗等人的爱情故事。本系列包括《荣国府和宁国府》《大观园》《荣国府的事》《败落》，共4本。
《大观园》讲述了大观园的建成及发生在大观园里的故事。贾政的大女儿贾元春在皇宫被选为妃子，皇帝允许她回家省亲。贾府上下忙着盖省亲别院，花钱如流水。元春把省亲别院命名为“大观园”。贾宝玉、林黛玉跟姐妹们住进了大观园。因为宝玉跟母亲王夫人的丫环金钏开玩笑，惹怒了王夫人，她把金钏赶了出去。金钏跳井自杀。贾宝玉被父亲痛打一顿。
陈贤纯，北京语言大学教授，1975年开始从事对外汉语教学，具有丰富的汉语教学经验，并对汉语阅读教学有深入研究，发表论文20多篇，出版《外语阅读教学与心理学》《中国文化中的典型人物与事件》《现代汉语阅读入门》《汉语强化教程》《这样阅读》等多部专著与教材。
