Because of the huge number of such works that have been written over the centuries, only a very incomplete picture of these genres can be presented, with preference given to those which remain "classical," that is to say, those which are taught in the schools and read by the public at large in annotated
often paired with versions "translated" into modern Chinese.
André Lévy, trans. by William H. Nienhauser, Jr. - Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical (2000, Indiana University Press) - libgen.lc
