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Explore Chinese classics by meaning, author, and source.
A modern English search can lead to one line. These collections let you keep going—through related feelings, the work of a poet or thinker, and the original anthology or text behind the quotation.
Themes
Love, moonlight, family, solitude, learning, integrity, resilience, nature, travel, and more.
Poets & thinkers
Move from a single line into verified collections for Li Bai, Su Shi, Confucius, Laozi, and others.
Works & collections
Return quotations to the Book of Songs, Analects, Tao Te Ching, Complete Tang Poems, and other sources.
Popular author collections
Follow a voice across several themes.
Confucius孔子
Learning, friendship, self-reflection, fairness, proper conduct, patience, and empathy from source-linked passages in the Analects.
Li Bai李白
Moonlight, homesickness, friendship, ambition, beauty, release, and celebration in some of the most recognizable lines of Tang poetry.
Su Shi苏轼
Moonlight, separation, imperfection, perspective, hardship, and emotional steadiness expressed with unusual breadth and clarity.
Han Yu韩愈
Teachers, students, practice, diligence, talent, recognition, and the first signs of spring.
Wang Wei王维
Quiet mountains, moonlit solitude, travel, family longing, and landscape poems where stillness carries emotional meaning.
Mencius孟子
Human cooperation, hardship, integrity, ambition, and independent judgment in arguments that remain practical today.
Source collections
See where the lines actually come from.
Complete Tang Poems《全唐诗》
The largest source collection in the English corpus, spanning love, farewell, moonlight, nature, ambition, solitude, travel, and resilience.
The Analects《论语》
Teachings on learning, conduct, friendship, empathy, patience, integrity, and self-correction.
Guwen Guanzhi《古文观止》
Selected prose on teachers, talent, responsibility, cosmic perspective, and disciplined learning.
The Book of Songs《诗经》
Early Chinese songs of love, marriage, longing, family, ritual, beauty, and social feeling.
Book of Rites《礼记》
Passages from the Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Record of Learning, and related chapters on attention, preparation, practice, and teaching.
Dongpo Yuefu《东坡乐府》
Su Shi's lyric poetry on moonlight, distance, imperfection, weather, and emotional freedom.