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Completed audiobooks - all free and available to download by following these links:-
'The Art of War', translated by Lionel Giles - read by Moira Fogarty
The Art of War is one of the oldest and most famous studies of strategy and has had a huge influence on both military planning and beyond.
'论语 Analects of Confucius' - read in Chinese
'Sayings of Confucius' - read in English
Promoting virtues such as filial devotion, compassion, loyalty, and propriety, these dialogues between the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and his disciples comprise the crux of Confucianism.
'China and the Chinese' by Herbert Alan Giles - read by David Barnes
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent
several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was
appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of
Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and
literature, history and philosophy.
'The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its
Characteristics', translated by James Legge - read by
Eric S. Piotrowski
By exploring the
nature of dualities and complements, Lao-Tze dissects
strength and weakness; presence and absence; life and
death. The Tao Teh King has served as a foundation for
centuries of philosophy and wisdom.
'Three Hundred Tang Poems,
Volume 1' (poems
1 to 45) - by various readers
with poems by
Zhang Jiuling, Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Wang
Changling, Qiu Wei, Qiwu Qian, Chang Jian, Cen Can, Yuan
Jie, Wei Yingwu, Liu Zongyuan and Meng Jiao.
Recordings in this volume are in Cantonese, Hokkien,
Mandarin and Taiwanese, as indicated in the titles; some
are spoken, others are sung.
'Three Hundred Tang Poems, Volume
2' (poems 46 to
89) - by various readers
with poems by Bai
Juyi, Cen Shen, Chen Zi’ang, Du Fu, Gao Shi, Han Yu,
Li Bai, Li Shangyin, Li Qi, Liu Zongyuan, Meng Haoran, Wang
Wei and Yuan Jie.
Recordings in this volume are in Cantonese, Hokkien,
Mandarin and Taiwanese.
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Audiobook projects looking for volunteer readers:-
'Three Hundred Tang Poems, Volume 3'
(poems 90 to 169)
All recordings are in Chinese, but we welcome any dialect.
If you can read a poem in Chinese, please sign up!