Excerpt from Elementary Chinese: Translated and Annotated It is hoped that the present work will prove to be an advance upon those which have gone before. In addition to the text of Wang Hsiang and a translation with explanatory notes, the literal meaning of each character is given; with its sound and its all-important tone according to the Peking dialect, and with its structural analysis as found in the a at Shuo Wen, an etymological dictionary by 33 - 13 'e'e Hsfi Shen, who died about ad. 120. There are also some Appendices, showing passages which have been interpolated by later hands, chiey in order to bring the historical portion down to the present dynasty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.