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Classical Chinese

Classic Texts

A Mencius Reader: For Beginning and Advanced Students of Classical Chinese.
Chinese Text Project

An online digital library that makes pre-modern (pre-Qin and Han, post-Han) Chinese texts available online. Includes annotations, overlayed dictionary entries, references, English translations, and more.

Diaolong Full-text Database of Chinese & Japanese Ancient Books 雕龙中日古籍全文检索数据库 For current UWest patrons only. Trial database, give us your feedback!

Trial expires: 6/30/2021. 

Ming Qing Women's Writings

A digitized collection of writings from women in late imperial China (1368-1911).

Reference (Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Bibliographies)

Chinese Civilization in Time and Space Abstract only.

Enables search of historical place names in Chinese history.

萌典 Chinese (to English) Dictionary

From the Taiwan Ministry of Education, this online Chinese (to English) dictionary also includes classical definitions of Chinese terms.