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Lessons in the Shanghai Dialect
Read by Xiaoyan Arrowsmith
Francis Lister Hawks Pott
A rare textbook on Shanghai dialect by Reverend F. L. H. Pott, an American missionary and educator who lived in China for more than 50 years…
Letter from China
Read by Peter James Froning
Peter James Froning
This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, Peo…
The Problem of China
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Bertrand Russell
In 1920-21 Bertrand Russell lived and taught in Peking (Beijing), publishing this book on his return to England. In 1920 he had visited Bols…
Musings of a Chinese Mystic: Selections from the Philosophy of Chuang Tzu
Read by Scotty Smith
Lionel Giles
If Lao Tzu then had revolted against the growing artificiality of life in his day, a return to nature must have seemed doubly imperative to …
US China Relations: An Introduction
Read by Rosemary Foot
Rosemary Foot
University of Oxford Podcasts
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei (Tao Teh King)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Laozi 老子 and Lao Tzu
The classic of the Way and of High Virtue is the Tao Teh Ching. Its author is generally held as a contemporary of Confucius, Lao Tzu, or Lao…
My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard
Read by MaryAnn
Elizabeth Cooper
"I hope that this book, based on letters shown me many years after they were written, will give a faint idea of the life of a Chinese l…
Confucian Analects
Read by Jing Li
Confucius 孔子
The Analects, or Lunyu (simplified Chinese: 论语; traditional Chinese: 論語; pinyin: Lún Yǔ; literally "Classified/Ordered Sayings&q…
The Dragon and The Cross: Christianity in China
Read by Xiaoxin Wu
Xiaoxin Wu
University of Oxford Podcasts
The Tao Teh King
Read by Eric S. Piotrowski
Laozi 老子 and Lao Tzu
Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King illuminates The Tao: a guiding principle of the universe and all within it. By exploring the nature of dualities and …
The Book of Lieh-Tzu
Read by Chris Masterson
Liezi
Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…
The Ontario Readers: Third Book
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Short Story Collection Vol. 055
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 055: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, i…
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 003
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…
A Chinese Wonder Book
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Norman Hinsdale Pitman
The Chinese Wonder Book is a compilation of Chinese folk tales for children full of moral values and insightful stories of China's culture a…
The Sayings of Lao Tzu
Read by Nemo
Lao Tzu
Lao-Tzu, also known as Laozi was a Chinese philosopher believed to have lived in the 6th century BCE and is credited with writing the Tao-Te…
The Hand of Fu-Manchu
Read by laineyben
Sax Rohmer
Further adventures of Nayland Smith and Doctor Petrie as they continue their battles against the evil genius, Dr Fu-Manchu. (summary by Elai…
The Chinese Dragon
Read by David Wales
Luther Newton Hayes
The subject of this little book [1923] is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a larg…
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Jules Verne
The rich and phlegmatic Kin-Fo loses his fortune and decides to die, but not before experiencing some strong emotions. He asks his friend Wa…