Dream of the Red Chamber 3: A Few Incidents in the Rongguo Mansion (Level 2) - Graded Readers for Chinese Language Learners (Literary Stories)(800 words)
红楼梦 3: 荣国府的事 (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:
4
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787561943120
Pages:
98
Sizes:
214 x 149mm
Weight:
0.1340
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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.
A Few Incidents in the Rongguo Mansion tells a few things that happened in the Rongguo Mansion. Liu Laolao brought some fruits and vegetables from the countryside, making Grandma Jia so happy that she invited Liu to visit the Grand View Garden with her; knowing Jia Lian cheated on her with a servant’s wife, Xifeng was enraged and made a scene; Jia She wanted to take Grandma Jia’s maid Yuanyang as his concubine, but neither Yuanyang nor Grandma Jia agreed; Baoyu fell ill because Daiyu’s maid Zijuan told him Daiyu was going back to her own home in Suzhou.
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。
《荣国府的事》讲述了发生在荣国府的几件事。刘姥姥从乡下带来瓜果蔬菜，贾母很喜欢，带她一起游大观园；贾琏跟下人鲍二媳妇通奸，被凤姐发现，凤姐大闹起来；贾赦想让贾母的丫鬟鸳鸯做自己的小老婆，鸳鸯不愿意，贾母也不同意；黛玉的丫鬟紫鹃对宝玉说，黛玉要回苏州老家去了，宝玉信以为真，病了。
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。
